Verda

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · Last seen for boys in 1916 at #3,177
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1898 · 79 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,062
since 1882

Verda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Verda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #348, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Verda! It came in at #493, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1977–1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Verda is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #347 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,678 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedINOhio: #246 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,139 girlsOHPennsylvania: #339 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,268 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCAUtah: #53 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 150 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #175 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 911 girlsMOKentucky: #265 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedARTennessee: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedHITexas: #266 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#53 · 1 in 150
  2. Missouri#175 · 1 in 911
  3. Ohio#246 · 1 in 2,139
  4. Kentucky#265 · 1 in 1,773
  5. Texas#266 · 1 in 1,288

Best ever in a state: #53 in Utah, 1910.

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Missouri#175121 in 911
Ohio#24671 in 2,139
Kentucky#26561 in 1,773
Texas#266151 in 1,288
Tennessee#29751 in 2,096
Pennsylvania#33961 in 5,268
Illinois#34751 in 3,678
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See more about Verda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
  • Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1883 (#493 → #435)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1884 (#435 → #556)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1898 at #348 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1882–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,234
  • Highest: 1 in 3,234 girls born in 1901 were named Verda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #348 in 1898, was only 1 in 3,276 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.3% of all girls named Verda (2,120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s158#430 (1889)#495
1890s529#348 (1898)#389
1900s765#352 (1901)#385
1910s1,917#367 (1910)#399
1920s2,120#402 (1920)#478
1930s1,197#535 (1930)#614
1940s683#802 (1941)#989
1950s396#1,266 (1951)#1,679
1960s215#2,013 (1960)#2,756
1970s58#4,091 (1972)#6,728
1980s12#8,128 (1981)#9,202
1990s12#10,193 (1990)#12,302

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.

Verda in 1910

girls
#367
113 births · 1 in 3,509 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #367Verda113
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 3,509 of them was named Verda, which outranked 86.8% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verda
  1. #364Louella117
  2. #365Dovie115
  3. #365Gloria115
  4. #367Verda113
  5. #368Lulu112
  6. #369Ione111
  7. #369Loraine111
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →