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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #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 1915

  • 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: #229 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #363 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,970 girlsMNIllinois: #441 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,920 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: #164 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 779 girlsORNevada: 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: #180 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedINOhio: #395 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,705 girlsOHPennsylvania: #327 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,132 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: #82 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 269 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCONebraska: #274 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsNEMissouri: #259 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,887 girlsMOKentucky: #312 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,359 girlsKYWest Virginia: #241 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,480 girlsWVVirginia: 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: #248 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,670 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #395 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,139 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #285 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,867 girlsOKLouisiana: #381 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,804 girlsLAMississippi: 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: #381 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,269 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#82 · 1 in 269
  2. Oregon#164 · 1 in 779
  3. Iowa#180 · 1 in 1,055
  4. Washington#229 · 1 in 1,564
  5. West Virginia#241 · 1 in 1,480

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

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Utah#82151 in 269
Oregon#16461 in 779
Iowa#180181 in 1,055
Washington#22951 in 1,564
West Virginia#241101 in 1,480
Kansas#24881 in 1,670
Missouri#259141 in 1,887
Nebraska#27451 in 2,095
Oklahoma#28591 in 1,867
Kentucky#312101 in 2,359
Pennsylvania#327171 in 5,132
Minnesota#36351 in 3,970
Louisiana#38161 in 2,804
Texas#381191 in 2,269
North Carolina#39571 in 4,139
Ohio#39581 in 5,705
Illinois#44191 in 5,920
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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 1915

girls
#400
226 births · 1 in 4,353 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #400Verda226
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 4,353 of them was named Verda, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verda
  1. #397Zelda230
  2. #398Dorthy228
  3. #398Paula228
  4. #400Verda226
  5. #401Leone225
  6. #402Lauretta224
  7. #402Leta224
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →