Verda
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · Last seen for boys in 1916 at #3,177
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,062since 1882
Verda over time
Rank among girls' names. Verda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,276 | 52 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,161 | 60 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | — | |
| 1945 | #984 | 61 | — | |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 | — | |
| 1941 | #802 | 81 | — | |
| 1940 | #820 | 75 | — | |
| 1939 | #735 | 86 | — | |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #606 | 117 | — | |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 | — | |
| 1934 | #582 | 124 | — | |
| 1933 | #592 | 119 | — | |
| 1932 | #584 | 126 | — | |
| 1931 | #552 | 141 | — | |
| 1930 | #535 | 162 | — | |
| 1929 | #528 | 166 | — | |
| 1928 | #528 | 173 | — | |
| 1927 | #517 | 185 | — | |
| 1926 | #497 | 196 | — | |
| 1925 | #499 | 198 | — | |
| 1924 | #447 | 243 | — | |
| 1923 | #497 | 195 | — | |
| 1922 | #455 | 225 | — | |
| 1921 | #414 | 268 | — | |
| 1920 | #402 | 271 | — | |
| 1919 | #384 | 283 | — | |
| 1918 | #389 | 283 | — | |
| 1917 | #404 | 245 | — | |
| 1916 | #431 | 213 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #400 | 226 | — | |
| 1914 | #397 | 176 | — | |
| 1913 | #410 | 144 | — | |
| 1912 | #394 | 138 | — | |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 | — | |
| 1910 | #367 | 113 | — | |
| 1909 | #413 | 78 | — | |
| 1908 | #397 | 84 | — | |
| 1907 | #409 | 75 | — | |
| 1906 | #385 | 79 | — | |
| 1905 | #401 | 71 | — | |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | — | |
| 1903 | #365 | 77 | — | |
| 1902 | #365 | 78 | — | |
| 1901 | #352 | 74 | — | |
| 1900 | #399 | 69 | — | |
| 1899 | #356 | 68 | — | |
| 1898 | #348 | 79 | — | |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 | — | |
| 1896 | #360 | 65 | — | |
| 1895 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1894 | #382 | 54 | — | |
| 1893 | #430 | 40 | — | |
| 1892 | #406 | 43 | — | |
| 1891 | #393 | 40 | — | |
| 1890 | #425 | 36 | — | |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #512 | 19 | — | |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | — | |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Verda! It came in at #493, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Verda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
- Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1883 (#493 → #435)
- Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1884 (#435 → #556)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1898 at #348 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1882–1945
- Highest: 1 in 3,234 girls born in 1901 were named Verda (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #348 in 1898, was only 1 in 3,276 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.3% of all girls named Verda (2,120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #430 (1889) | #495 |
| 1890s | 529 | #348 (1898) | #389 |
| 1900s | 765 | #352 (1901) | #385 |
| 1910s | 1,917 | #367 (1910) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,120 | #402 (1920) | #478 |
| 1930s | 1,197 | #535 (1930) | #614 |
| 1940s | 683 | #802 (1941) | #989 |
| 1950s | 396 | #1,266 (1951) | #1,679 |
| 1960s | 215 | #2,013 (1960) | #2,756 |
| 1970s | 58 | #4,091 (1972) | #6,728 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,128 (1981) | #9,202 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,193 (1990) | #12,302 |
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.
Verda in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 4,903 of them was named Verda, which outranked 91.6% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #427Lucinda215
- #429Joy214
- #429Robbie214
- #431Verda213
- #431Agatha213
- #431Beryl213
- #431Jannie213
- #436Garnet209
- #437Maybelle208
- #438Bella207
Tied with 4 names at #431; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 127,154 of them was named Verda, which outranked 29.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).