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
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,432since 1914
Verlyn 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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| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #917 | 45 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #956 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #881 | 51 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #891 | 56 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #2,457 | 8 |
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| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1934 at #881 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1932–1937
- 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
- 29.8% of all boys named Verlyn (427) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1922, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 63 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,458 |
| 1920s | 293 | #891 (1928) | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 427 | #881 (1934) | #994 |
| 1940s | 245 | #1,183 (1940) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 258 | #1,294 (1955) | #1,544 |
| 1960s | 118 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,550 |
| 1970s | 18 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,787 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 5 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,208Zane8
- #3,208Zela8
- #3,208Zondra8
- #3,503Verlyn7
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
- #3,863Adina6
- #3,863Adra6
- #3,863Adrain6
Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 36,224 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 70.0% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,156Thurston33
- #1,156Verle33
- #1,156Wayman33
- #1,183Verlyn32
- #1,183Alec32
- #1,183Beryl32
- #1,183Brendan32
- #1,208Alonza31
- #1,208Arland31
- #1,208Bailey31
Tied with 24 names at #1,183; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.