Verne
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to boys 86.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,841since 1880
Verne 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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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,454 | 29 |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,229 | 41 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #844 | 76 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #762 | 87 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #779 | 83 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #814 | 74 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #791 | 79 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #819 | 69 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #842 | 66 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #766 | 78 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #788 | 76 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #726 | 81 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #775 | 63 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #698 | 79 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #687 | 87 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #654 | 87 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #782 | 63 |
| 1939 | — | #656 | 82 | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #648 | 85 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #700 | 73 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #633 | 83 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #593 | 95 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #637 | 88 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #597 | 95 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #542 | 117 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #582 | 101 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #549 | 120 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #543 | 117 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 | #521 | 134 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #558 | 123 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #502 | 145 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #513 | 141 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #525 | 144 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #494 | 155 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #496 | 158 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #483 | 162 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #533 | 132 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | #454 | 167 |
| 1918 | #1,153 | 42 | #490 | 148 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | #477 | 144 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #497 | 124 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #483 | 101 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #472 | 84 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #649 | 42 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | #545 | 23 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #657 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | #439 | 28 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #411 | 28 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #444 | 23 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #470 | 20 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | #475 | 20 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | #371 | 25 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #452 | 20 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | #346 | 29 |
| 1896 | — | #388 | 25 | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | #437 | 20 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #300 | 33 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | #422 | 20 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #351 | 25 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | #434 | 18 |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Verne was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Verne
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1912 (#925 → #649)
- Biggest drop: 501 spots in 1882 (#442 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #300 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 3,404 boys born in 1893 were named Verne (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all boys named Verne (1,411) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #417 (1886) | #608 |
| 1890s | 213 | #300 (1893) | #426 |
| 1900s | 220 | #371 (1901) | #492 |
| 1910s | 996 | #454 (1919) | #558 |
| 1920s | 1,411 | #483 (1921) | #517 |
| 1930s | 939 | #542 (1932) | #614 |
| 1940s | 754 | #654 (1941) | #747 |
| 1950s | 670 | #762 (1954) | #914 |
| 1960s | 324 | #1,081 (1963) | #1,414 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,126 (1971) | #3,067 |
| 1980s | 69 | #2,831 (1980) | #4,963 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
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.
Verne in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 154,355 of them was named Verne, which outranked 48.1% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,974Vona12
- #2,974Wendolyn12
- #2,974Zoila12
- #3,137Verne11
- #3,137Adair11
- #3,137Adonna11
- #3,137Alean11
- #3,350Aggie10
- #3,350Alan10
- #3,350Aldene10
Tied with 212 names at #3,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 22,495 of them was named Verne, which outranked 81.8% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).