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Baby name
Vernon
Boy
Origin of the name
Vernon was first a Norman surname, from French place names linked to the Gaulish word for the alder tree.
Classic name
146,413births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 65rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Vernon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Vernon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Vernon is most common in North Dakota (4.2 times), South Dakota (3) and Oklahoma (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Verlon 1,698
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