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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 33,286 of them was named Vertie, which outranked 77.8% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,255Virgia37
- #1,255Zada37
- #1,255Zettie37
- #1,282Vertie36
- #1,282Aleene36
- #1,282Alexandra36
- #1,282Almira36
- #1,312Aimee35
- #1,312Arletta35
- #1,312Candelaria35
Tied with 29 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 212,871 of them was named Vertie, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 703 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.