Vernal
Recorded 1892–2005 · United States
Vernal was most popular in 1920, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,712 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,158 people named Vernal.
Vernal over time
How old is the name Vernal?
Vernal first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 93 of the 134 years since. It was last recorded in 2005.
How many people are named Vernal?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,158 American births named Vernal between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 622 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Vernal in 2025?
Vernal was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Vernal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Vernal is mostly a boy’s name — 17.2% of the 2,158 Americans given it were girls and 82.8% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Vernal?
Roughly 622 Americans named Vernal are alive today — 29% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 69 years old, and half are between 57 and 80.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org