Verba

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390

Peak · girls
1907 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
603
since 1897

Verba over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Verba has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,289, 1907girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1960#6,3905
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1956#4,1619
1955#4,3768
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1952#4,4837
1951
1950#3,23511
1949
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1945#3,3888
1944#3,3788
1943#3,04010
1942#3,1949
1941#2,27214
1940#3,5037
1939#2,9229
1938#2,9409
1937#2,57011
1936#3,1038
1935#1,91717
1934#2,18714
1933#2,16114
1932#1,87718
1931#2,58111
1930#2,02317
1929#2,30114
1928#1,83721
1927#1,55928
1926#2,07618
1925#2,11918
1924#1,72325
1923#2,02119
1922#2,47914
1921#1,92721
1920#1,75123
1919#2,51513
1918#1,88720
1917#1,77320
1916#2,24614
1915#1,57122
1914#1,89613
1913#2,3318
1912#2,9795
1911#1,45011
1910
1909#2,2085
1908#1,6767
1907#1,28910
1906
1905#1,4208
1904#1,8775
1903#1,5926
1902
1901#1,4666
1900
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1897#1,5555
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Verba! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Verba
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1907 at #1,289 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 31,856
  • Highest: 1 in 31,856 girls born in 1907 were named Verba (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.3% of all girls named Verba (201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s47#1,289 (1907)#1,647
1910s126#1,450 (1911)#2,072
1920s201#1,559 (1927)#1,979
1930s128#1,877 (1932)#2,428
1940s56#2,272 (1941)#3,129
1950s35#3,235 (1950)#4,064
1960s5#6,390 (1960)#6,390

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Verba in 1925

girls
#2,119
18 births · 1 in 67,632 girls

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #2,119Verba18
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 67,632 of them was named Verba, which outranked 63.3% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verba
  1. #2,018Victor19
  2. #2,018Vira19
  3. #2,018Wilhelmena19
  4. #2,119Verba18
  5. #2,119Adelaida18
  6. #2,119Allison18
  7. #2,119Arlis18
  8. #2,191Abelina17
  9. #2,191Adda17
  10. #2,191Adrian17

Tied with 71 names at #2,119; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1925