Verlon

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to boys 83.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1939 · 49 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,698
since 1913

Verlon over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #2,021, 1923peak #888, 1939girlsboys
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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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2001#10,5565
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1994#7,7706
1993#6,8167
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1987#6,0896
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1985#5,1477
1984#5,5616
1983#4,1419
1982#6,3855
1981
1980#6,2505
1979#4,0689
1978#4,1578
1977#3,60610
1976#3,09512
1975#3,07812
1974#2,79913
1973#2,51315
1972#2,32316
1971#2,27917
1970#2,73912
1969#2,13016
1968#2,9079
1967#2,03015
1966#2,7849
1965#1,80619
1964#2,40912
1963#1,95717
1962#1,85219
1961#3,0978
1960#1,55227
1959#6,2455#1,66523
1958#1,83819
1957#6,0865#1,54726
1956#1,44329
1955#1,61123
1954#5,7535#1,52525
1953#1,45527
1952#1,61522
1951#1,64321
1950#4,3157#1,36428
1949#5,2445#1,54423
1948#1,61121
1947#1,27133
1946#3,6658#1,32728
1945#1,32725
1944#1,19331
1943#1,18733
1942#3,7387#1,03642
1941#4,4205#1,04039
1940#3,2088#1,33425
1939#3,4297#88849
1938#3,4507#92147
1937#2,10115#1,23329
1936#3,7016#1,06836
1935#3,1568#98042
1934#3,8026#1,02440
1933#3,1098#1,18131
1932#3,5687#1,03541
1931#3,2268#1,17034
1930#2,30614#1,23533
1929#3,6827#1,09440
1928#3,1649#1,12539
1927#2,43314#1,22735
1926#2,87211#1,24234
1925#2,77812#1,20135
1924#2,80912#1,26333
1923#2,02119#1,14039
1922#4,0117#1,18137
1921#2,94111#1,82919
1920#2,73112#1,38228
1919#2,38414#1,62421
1918#3,5128#1,99816
1917#3,0929#1,98615
1916#2,36813#1,69818
1915#2,14314#1,87815
1914#3,1886#2,4578
1913#2,5407#1,80310
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Verlon! It came in at #1,803, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Verlon is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedKSArkansas: #286 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,379 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedMSAlabama: #411 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,466 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Verlon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#286 · 1 in 2,379
  2. Alabama#411 · 1 in 4,466

Best ever in a state: #180 in Arkansas, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#28671 in 2,379
Alabama#41161 in 4,466
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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 Verlon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1938 (#1,233#921)
  • Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1940 (#888#1,334)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1939 at #888 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1938–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,589
  • Highest: 1 in 22,589 boys born in 1939 were named Verlon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Verlon (382) 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
1910s103#1,624 (1919)#1,921
1920s339#1,094 (1929)#1,268
1930s382#888 (1939)#1,074
1940s300#1,036 (1942)#1,287
1950s243#1,364 (1950)#1,571
1960s151#1,552 (1960)#2,252
1970s124#2,279 (1971)#3,066
1980s38#4,141 (1983)#5,596
1990s13#6,816 (1993)#7,293
2000s5#10,556 (2001)#10,556

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.

Verlon in 1929

girls
#3,682
7 births · 1 in 159,509 girls
boys
#1,094
40 births · 1 in 26,890 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #3,682Verlon7

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #1,094Verlon40
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 159,509 of them was named Verlon, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlon
  1. #3,394Zeffie8
  2. #3,394Zela8
  3. #3,394Zilphia8
  4. #3,682Verlon7
  5. #3,682Adean7
  6. #3,682Adena7
  7. #3,682Agueda7
  8. #4,053Aaron6
  9. #4,053Ader6
  10. #4,053Adina6

Tied with 370 names at #3,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 26,890 of them was named Verlon, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlon
  1. #1,078Terrell41
  2. #1,078Wayland41
  3. #1,078Weston41
  4. #1,094Verlon40
  5. #1,094Burley40
  6. #1,094Colin40
  7. #1,094Cornell40
  8. #1,111Ashley39
  9. #1,111Chesley39
  10. #1,111Delmas39

Tied with 16 names at #1,094; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929