Meaning and history
From a Norman surname derived from a French place name, the name ultimately comes from the Gaulish word *wernā, meaning “alder.”
20062006: 146 births, rank #1,154
2007: 151 births, rank #1,171
2008: 137 births, rank #1,271
2009: 115 births, rank #1,453
2010: 138 births, rank #1,263
20112011: 118 births, rank #1,404
2012: 118 births, rank #1,407
2013: 113 births, rank #1,459
2014: 123 births, rank #1,385
2015: 106 births, rank #1,538
20162016: 111 births, rank #1,520
2017: 115 births, rank #1,467
2018: 103 births, rank #1,593
2019: 115 births, rank #1,485
2020: 80 births, rank #1,849
20212021: 125 births, rank #1,442
2022: 118 births, rank #1,523
2023: 107 births, rank #1,623
2024: 112 births, rank #1,556
20252025: 133 births, rank #1,382
Vernon moved from #916 to #945 for boys between 2002 and 2003. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 3,144 births.