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.
Where Verle is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#220 · 1 in 2,150
- Minnesota#302 · 1 in 4,238
- Illinois#443 · 1 in 10,812
Best ever in a state: #174 in Iowa, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #220 | 9 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Minnesota | #302 | 5 | 1 in 4,238 |
| Illinois | #443 | 5 | 1 in 10,812 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 26,666 of them was named Verle, which outranked 75.1% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #982Lamont41
- #982Lawson41
- #982Sid41
- #1,000Verle40
- #1,000Armond40
- #1,000Cloyd40
- #1,000Earlie40
- #1,016Abner39
- #1,016Alfonzo39
- #1,016Artie39
Tied with 15 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.