Verner
Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to boys 92.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,963since 1881
Verner 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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| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
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| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,440 | 24 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | — | #1,239 | 31 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | — | #1,154 | 36 | |
| 1928 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #877 | 63 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #835 | 65 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #783 | 68 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #796 | 67 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #744 | 70 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #767 | 61 |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #681 | 44 |
| 1912 | — | #783 | 31 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Verner! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Verner is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#331 · 1 in 3,175
- New York#598 · 1 in 17,004
Best ever in a state: #226 in Wisconsin, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #331 | 6 | 1 in 3,175 |
| New York | #598 | 5 | 1 in 17,004 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Verner
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 444 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1895 (#480 → #978)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1894 at #480 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1885–1898
- Highest: 1 in 6,810 boys born in 1894 were named Verner (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 392,800 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Verner (503) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 52 | #498 (1889) | #695 |
| 1890s | 85 | #480 (1894) | #741 |
| 1900s | 103 | #506 (1901) | #827 |
| 1910s | 468 | #681 (1913) | #805 |
| 1920s | 503 | #835 (1920) | #987 |
| 1930s | 272 | #1,035 (1932) | #1,337 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,268 (1942) | #1,641 |
| 1950s | 141 | #1,630 (1953) | #2,203 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,200 (1963) | #3,023 |
| 1970s | 35 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,141 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,244 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,349 |
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.
Verner in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 120,141 of them was named Verner, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,879Zoa10
- #2,879Zollie10
- #2,879Zonie10
- #3,092Verner9
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adolph8
Tied with 251 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 13,221 of them was named Verner, which outranked 83.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).