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.
Where Verdie is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Florida#325 · 1 in 2,329
- Tennessee#439 · 1 in 4,700
- North Carolina#490 · 1 in 6,438
- Arkansas#497 · 1 in 4,136
- Louisiana#505 · 1 in 4,737
Best ever in a state: #224 in Tennessee, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #325 | 5 | 1 in 2,329 |
| Tennessee | #439 | 6 | 1 in 4,700 |
| North Carolina | #490 | 6 | 1 in 6,438 |
| Arkansas | #497 | 5 | 1 in 4,136 |
| Louisiana | #505 | 5 | 1 in 4,737 |
| Texas | #844 | 6 | 1 in 9,826 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 20,356 of them was named Verdie, which outranked 83.3% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 98,923 of them was named Verdie, which outranked 47.1% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,486Willey12
- #2,486Yancey12
- #2,486Yancy12
- #2,630Verdie11
- #2,630Acy11
- #2,630Agustus11
- #2,630Alberta11
- #2,801Alanson10
- #2,801Alcee10
- #2,801Aldine10
Tied with 170 names at #2,630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.