Vertie
Last seen for girls in 1966 at #5,809 · Last seen for boys in 1920 at #4,286
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,543since 1880
Vertie over time
Rank among girls' names. Vertie has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,114 | 47 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 | — | |
| 1916 | #964 | 50 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,023 | 34 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | — | |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | — | |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vertie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vertie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
- Biggest jump: 717 spots in 1899 (#1,700 → #983)
- Biggest drop: 833 spots in 1898 (#867 → #1,700)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #657 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1882–1897
- Highest: 1 in 11,899 girls born in 1890 were named Vertie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 282,030 girls born in 1966 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #657 in 1886, was only 1 in 12,044 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.1% of all girls named Vertie (357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #657 (1886) | #749 |
| 1890s | 130 | #667 (1890) | #911 |
| 1900s | 162 | #712 (1903) | #949 |
| 1910s | 327 | #914 (1910) | #1,081 |
| 1920s | 357 | #1,114 (1922) | #1,331 |
| 1930s | 273 | #1,161 (1930) | #1,451 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,750 (1941) | #2,815 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,909 (1950) | #4,369 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,296 (1963) | #6,066 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vertie in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 11,908 of them was named Vertie, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #636Sybil16
- #636Winona16
- #636Zada16
- #663Vertie15
- #663Alda15
- #663Alvena15
- #663Camilla15
- #690Albert14
- #690Almira14
- #690Arie14
Tied with 26 names at #663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.