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Verne

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Verne has been given to 6,719 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 167 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Verne, 1990

1 in 790,000

Verne over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Verne over time

In 1990, Verne went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Verne: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Verne means

Verne is a given name.

The naming story behind Verne

Wikidata records Verne as a given name. The entity identifier is Q96356005, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,841 boys were recorded with the name Verne between 1880 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 167 in 1919; its best national rank was #306 in 1893.

In the United States, 878 girls were recorded with the name Verne between 1882 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1918; its best national rank was #792 in 1891.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Verne?

Verne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990
1 in 790,000
5 of 3,949,959 births
Among boys only
1 in 411,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1990
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
547,582 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Verne sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Verne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vernes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Verne was born before 1929 — so the typical Verne is around 96 today.

Median birth year
1929
About 96 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
5.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,193
People you could plausibly meet
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1920s — 24.2% of all recorded uses (1,411).

Is Verne rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1919 (167)
Years since peak
106
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
47.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#306
1893

Spellings of Verne

Verne is not the most common spelling — Vernon is, with 32.0% against Verne's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Verne is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Verne was most concentrated in South Dakota — about 1 in 6,667 boys, against 1 in 42,499 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

015 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Dakota1 in 6,667
  2. 2Iowa1 in 7,692
  3. 3Nebraska1 in 11,111
  4. 4Kansas1 in 14,286
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 16,667
  6. 6Washington1 in 16,667
  7. 7Illinois1 in 20,000
  8. 8North Dakota1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Verne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Verne is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Verne was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 310,106 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Verne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Verne around the world

Where Verne ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1946–1967
    #552
    in 1967

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Verne

People whose public names include Verne, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Verne in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Verne. Linked forms have their own page here.

Vern

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Verne by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#306
1893
Peak year
1919
167 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
5,841
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#792
1891
Peak year
1918
42 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
1962
All-time count
878
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Verne

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

VernLorneVergilVerlinVerleArneVernieVerlVernerVernalVerlonVernellVerylVerlynVernaVeronVernardOsborneVernonVerdellVertisThorneVeraVerse

Names with a curve like Verne

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Verne, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Verne

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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