Verdie
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292 · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to girls 92.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,614since 1880
Verdie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,321 | 30 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,062 | 43 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #1,179 | 36 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #974 | 58 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,079 | 48 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #888 | 72 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #896 | 67 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #862 | 73 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #850 | 72 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #858 | 66 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #1,002 | 49 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #872 | 61 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #839 | 60 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #742 | 60 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #767 | 47 | — | |
| 1912 | #809 | 38 | — | |
| 1911 | #733 | 35 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 | — | |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 | — | |
| 1901 | #645 | 24 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | — | |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 | — | |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #622 | 24 | — | |
| 1894 | #597 | 24 | — | |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 | — | |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Verdie was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Verdie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1918 (#1,002 → #802)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1929 (#974 → #1,159)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #483 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1884–1916
- Highest: 1 in 6,624 girls born in 1891 were named Verdie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,541 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 22.6% of all girls named Verdie (592) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 97 | #556 (1884) | #681 |
| 1890s | 245 | #483 (1891) | #596 |
| 1900s | 330 | #537 (1902) | #614 |
| 1910s | 540 | #630 (1910) | #805 |
| 1920s | 592 | #850 (1920) | #979 |
| 1930s | 362 | #1,043 (1931) | #1,234 |
| 1940s | 254 | #1,347 (1940) | #1,801 |
| 1950s | 143 | #2,116 (1951) | #3,240 |
| 1960s | 39 | #3,801 (1963) | #5,187 |
| 1970s | 12 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,340 |
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.
Verdie in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,862 of them was named Verdie, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #793Sibyl11
- #793Zelda11
- #793Zoa11
- #837Verdie10
- #837Aileen10
- #837Alicia10
- #837Allene10
- #894Abby9
- #894Aletha9
- #894Alverta9
Tied with 56 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.