Verlyn

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #4,896 · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to boys 74.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 51 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,432
since 1914

Verlyn over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #1,697, 1934peak #881, 1934girlsboys
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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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1997#9,2655
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1984#6,3155
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1976#4,9356
1975#5,4645
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1972#3,9637
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1969#3,9356
1968#2,44512
1967#2,9858
1966#2,7849
1965#2,36612
1964#2,31013
1963#4,8968#2,30013
1962#2,18614
1961#2,07016
1960#5,6966#2,12115
1959#5,5666#2,03316
1958#3,92510#1,83819
1957#4,9187#1,48728
1956#4,4678#1,60824
1955#3,37712#1,29434
1954#1,43528
1953#3,68710#1,40829
1952#3,7969#1,37830
1951#2,69415#1,59822
1950#3,9628#1,36428
1949#4,2357#1,58322
1948#3,8838#1,51923
1947#2,76914#1,69620
1946#3,03411#1,35527
1945#3,1329#1,34924
1944#3,1399#1,37024
1943#4,6915#1,43124
1942#2,21416#1,38125
1941#2,66811#1,37224
1940#3,5037#1,18332
1939#2,20614#1,16831
1938#2,44712#1,14932
1937#2,19614#96742
1936#2,26313#91745
1935#1,91717#95644
1934#1,69720#88151
1933#2,68810#98042
1932#2,83110#96346
1931#3,8486#1,01543
1930#2,30614#94451
1929#2,43713#1,23732
1928#2,49713#89156
1927#2,33915#1,08043
1926#2,47414#1,14439
1925#2,77812#1,80619
1924#4,4346#1,38029
1923#2,91711#1,55124
1922#2,29116#2,04016
1921#4,0237#1,82919
1920#2,59013#2,05216
1919#4,8145#2,66510
1918#3,5128#2,8829
1917#2,69311#2,28012
1916#4,4175#2,15213
1915#2,31011
1914#2,8767#2,4578
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1912#2,6346
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Verlyn! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Verlyn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1930 (#1,237#944)
  • Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1929 (#891#1,237)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1934 at #881 (51 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1932–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,779
  • Highest: 1 in 19,779 boys born in 1928 were named Verlyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #881 in 1934, was only 1 in 20,247 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Verlyn (427) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1923
  • Mostly girls until 1922, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s63#2,152 (1916)#2,458
1920s293#891 (1928)#1,501
1930s427#881 (1934)#994
1940s245#1,183 (1940)#1,424
1950s258#1,294 (1955)#1,544
1960s118#2,070 (1961)#2,550
1970s18#3,963 (1972)#4,787
1980s5#6,315 (1984)#6,315
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265

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.

Verlyn in 1938

girls
#2,447
12 births · 1 in 91,955 girls
boys
#1,149
32 births · 1 in 34,661 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #2,447Verlyn12

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,149Verlyn32
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 91,955 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 51.0% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlyn
  1. #2,340Willma13
  2. #2,340Yvonnie13
  3. #2,340Zadie13
  4. #2,447Verlyn12
  5. #2,447Albertina12
  6. #2,447Aliene12
  7. #2,447Alix12
  8. #2,579Aletta11
  9. #2,579Almarie11
  10. #2,579Almer11

Tied with 131 names at #2,447; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 34,661 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlyn
  1. #1,125Sylvan33
  2. #1,125Tyler33
  3. #1,125Wendel33
  4. #1,149Verlyn32
  5. #1,149Allie32
  6. #1,149Clearence32
  7. #1,149Erik32
  8. #1,171Alice31
  9. #1,171Alonza31
  10. #1,171Annie31

Tied with 21 names at #1,149; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938