Verle
Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,059
Given to boys 77.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,758since 1906
Verle 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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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,544 | 23 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,228 | 32 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,187 | 31 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | — | #1,000 | 40 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #956 | 44 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #869 | 51 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #902 | 51 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #1,037 | 44 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #975 | 48 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | #872 | 58 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | #1,034 | 45 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | #930 | 54 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #977 | 52 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | #950 | 55 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | #846 | 64 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | #1,062 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | #982 | 44 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
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| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Verle! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Verle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1915 (#1,260 → #962)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1938 (#1,000 → #1,171)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1908 at #825 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1931–1937
- Highest: 1 in 14,031 boys born in 1908 were named Verle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,640 boys born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all boys named Verle (506) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1914, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #825 (1908) | #1,039 |
| 1910s | 276 | #922 (1916) | #1,137 |
| 1920s | 506 | #846 (1920) | #980 |
| 1930s | 444 | #869 (1933) | #968 |
| 1940s | 267 | #1,156 (1940) | #1,371 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,701 (1952) | #2,061 |
| 1960s | 79 | #1,973 (1960) | #3,107 |
| 1970s | 14 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,290 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Verle in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 45,205 of them was named Verle, which outranked 71.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,565Wilhelmena26
- #1,565Yaeko26
- #1,565Zadie26
- #1,604Verle25
- #1,604Azzie25
- #1,604Berna25
- #1,604Clorinda25
- #1,649Albena24
- #1,649Anthony24
- #1,649Arvella24
Tied with 44 names at #1,604; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 22,794 of them was named Verle, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,024Nevin44
- #1,024Paris44
- #1,024Reino44
- #1,034Verle43
- #1,034Barton43
- #1,034Baxter43
- #1,034Colin43
- #1,047Anna42
- #1,047Arley42
- #1,047Cliff42
Tied with 12 names at #1,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.