Name meaning & stats
Vernon
Vernon means “place of alder trees”. 74,525 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“place of alder trees”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
74,525 US babies were named Vernon between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Vernon (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 90% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)