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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 131,072 of them was named Verle, which outranked 35.5% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,926Yetta9
- #2,926Zane9
- #2,926Zoila9
- #3,156Verle8
- #3,156Ader8
- #3,156Aileene8
- #3,156Akiko8
- #3,431Adalene7
- #3,431Adria7
- #3,431Adrianna7
Tied with 274 names at #3,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 23,667 of them was named Verle, which outranked 76.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).