Verlie

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,714
Given to girls 92.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 33 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,282
since 1887

Verlie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #586, 1904peak #2,310, 1915girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1970#7,9955
1969#6,6176
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1964#6,7675
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606
1961#3,46014
1960#5,1687
1959#4,03110
1958#4,5208
1957#3,48912
1956#3,18614
1955#3,57111
1954#2,88915
1953#3,10613
1952#2,58117
1951#2,47417#3,7145
1950#2,34118#3,3296
1949#1,96724#3,0197
1948#2,25519
1947#2,04523#3,7335
1946#2,09420#2,9197
1945#1,54328#2,7437
1944#1,80822
1943#1,55629
1942#1,59227
1941#1,41830
1940#1,59124#3,1306
1939#1,51425#3,4805
1938#1,34330#3,5345
1937#1,08543
1936#1,24533#3,1476
1935#1,24433#3,6455
1934#1,12440#3,6795
1933#1,31130
1932#1,00449#3,7765
1931#88760#3,7635
1930#1,10145
1929#1,11943#2,9808
1928#1,01554
1927#1,02356#3,4517
1926#1,01254#3,7086
1925#1,02054
1924#88073#3,5057
1923#1,00556#3,4677
1922#90665#2,63011
1921#89268#3,2148
1920#92162#2,45912
1919#85866
1918#1,01850#3,7286
1917#78877#3,9815
1916#1,00547#3,5166
1915#81165#2,31011
1914#81751
1913#81042#2,8215
1912#89032
1911#83826
1910#71035
1909#61440
1908#70930
1907#71028
1906#68928
1905#76123
1904#58633
1903#81318
1902#90315
1901#82916
1900#80321
1899#1,03410
1898#1,00912
1897#1,03710
1896#84315
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#68718
1892#1,0179
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0068
1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
1887#63313
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Verlie! It came in at #633, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Verlie is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedARTennessee: #335 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,709 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #348 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,501 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,753 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #300 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,261 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedHITexas: #579 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,727 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Verlie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#300 · 1 in 2,261
  2. Tennessee#335 · 1 in 2,709
  3. North Carolina#348 · 1 in 3,501
  4. Louisiana#446 · 1 in 3,753
  5. Texas#579 · 1 in 4,727

Best ever in a state: #225 in North Carolina, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#300111 in 2,261
Tennessee#33591 in 2,709
North Carolina#34891 in 3,501
Louisiana#44651 in 3,753
Texas#579101 in 4,727
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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 Verlie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1893 (#1,017#687)
  • Biggest drop: 503 spots in 1888 (#633#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1904 at #586 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1900–1915
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,344
  • Highest: 1 in 8,344 girls born in 1904 were named Verlie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Verlie (585) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#633 (1887)#1,016
1890s113#687 (1893)#963
1900s252#586 (1904)#742
1910s491#710 (1910)#855
1920s585#880 (1924)#979
1930s388#887 (1931)#1,186
1940s246#1,418 (1941)#1,787
1950s135#2,341 (1950)#3,219
1960s43#3,460 (1961)#5,744
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

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.

Verlie in 1917

girls
#788
77 births · 1 in 14,042 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #788Verlie77

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Verlie5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 14,042 of them was named Verlie, which outranked 85.2% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlie
  1. #784Eloisa78
  2. #784Lucretia78
  3. #784Norene78
  4. #788Verlie77
  5. #788Adelia77
  6. #788Lilian77
  7. #788Nathalie77
  8. #792Arleen76
  9. #792Elisa76
  10. #792Hildred76

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Verlie, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlie
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Verlie5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917