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.
Where Verlyn is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#211 · 1 in 1,633
- Wisconsin#265 · 1 in 5,527
Best ever in a state: #106 in South Dakota, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Dakota | #211 | 5 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Wisconsin | #265 | 8 | 1 in 5,527 |
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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 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 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
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2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 72,813 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 67.1% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Stevenson29
- #1,408Wes29
- #1,408Woodie29
- #1,435Verlyn28
- #1,435Alvah28
- #1,435Augustin28
- #1,435Benard28
- #1,466Ardell27
- #1,466Arvid27
- #1,466Barrie27
Tied with 30 names at #1,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.