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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
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| 1989 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 220,691 of them was named Verner, which outranked 13.1% 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).
Tied with 653 names at #4,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 44,366 of them was named Verner, which outranked 66.9% 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).
- #1,310Shelly26
- #1,310Sid26
- #1,310Sigmund26
- #1,337Verner25
- #1,337Alec25
- #1,337Ashley25
- #1,337Aubry25
- #1,364Arlon24
- #1,364Armin24
- #1,364Arnie24
Tied with 26 names at #1,337; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.