How Many People Are Named Verner?
people named Verner are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 962,774 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,134 babies named Verner in Social Security records from 1881 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of WERNER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Verner, 4.6% were girls and 95.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1900s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.4% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Verner alive today is about 71 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Verner first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1917, to 79 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Verner has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #500, in 1894.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #500 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #988 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Verner alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Verner were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 2 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Verner was given about 15.9 times as often in Minnesota.
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