Vernal

Boy · recorded 1894–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Vernal.

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Its story

Popularity since 1894

0295718941922195019772005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 89 recorded years as a table
Vernal, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189443
189744
189857
190241
190748
190845
190943
191057
191140
191253
191347
191438
191533
191655
191742
191828
191944
192043
192139
192241
192339
192433
192526
192632
192732
192826
192943
193030
193130
193239
193331
193432
193535
193633
193727
193832
193929
194026
194122
194222
194317
194418
194513
194614
194714
194810
194919
195010
195111
19528
19539
195410
19556
19569
19579
19588
19598
19608
19617
19628
19636
19648
19655
196611
19675
19686
19698
19705
19715
19727
19738
19746
19757
19764
19784
19793
19804
19814
19824
19834
19844
19854
19863
19873
19884
19903
19934
20023
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Vernal isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1894
1,788

Vernal was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 57 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Vernal doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.