How Many People Are Named Vernell?
people named Vernell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,586 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,468 babies named Vernell in Social Security records from 1897 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
215 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Vernell, 60% were girls and 40% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Vernell fell from 78.2% in the 1910s to 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vernell alive today is about 64 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vernell first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1935, to 215 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Vernell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #479, in 1935. Among boys, its best rank was #853, in 1949.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #479 (1935) | #853 (1949) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #522 in the 1930s | #999 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vernell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vernell were born in South Carolina than in any other state: about 334 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vernell was given 7.8 times as often in South Carolina, 4 times in Mississippi and 3.7 times in Virginia.
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