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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

  • 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: #136 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 538 girlsIDMontana: 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: #406 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,294 girlsILWisconsin: #366 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,658 girlsWIMichigan: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,834 girlsMINew York: #648 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,441 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedRIOregon: #187 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 975 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #190 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsSDIowa: #208 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedINOhio: #309 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsOHPennsylvania: #432 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,492 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #376 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCAUtah: #142 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 580 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCONebraska: #195 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,073 girlsNEMissouri: #448 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,761 girlsMOKentucky: #238 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,547 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: #263 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsKSArkansas: #277 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,636 girlsARTennessee: #357 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,047 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,251 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #199 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,043 girlsOKLouisiana: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,681 girlsLAMississippi: #418 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,520 girlsMSAlabama: 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: #462 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,376 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#136 · 1 in 538
  2. Utah#142 · 1 in 580
  3. Oregon#187 · 1 in 975
  4. South Dakota#190 · 1 in 1,022
  5. Nebraska#195 · 1 in 1,073

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

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Idaho#13671 in 538
Utah#14281 in 580
Oregon#18751 in 975
South Dakota#19061 in 1,022
Nebraska#195111 in 1,073
Oklahoma#199191 in 1,043
Iowa#208151 in 1,375
Kentucky#238161 in 1,547
Kansas#26381 in 1,870
Arkansas#277111 in 1,636
Ohio#309141 in 3,621
Tennessee#35781 in 3,047
Wisconsin#36651 in 4,658
California#37661 in 3,477
Louisiana#37971 in 2,681
Illinois#406111 in 5,294
Mississippi#41851 in 3,520
Pennsylvania#432111 in 8,492
North Carolina#43761 in 5,251
Missouri#44861 in 4,761
Texas#462141 in 3,376
Michigan#48051 in 6,834
New York#64851 in 19,441
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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 1917

girls
#404
245 births · 1 in 4,413 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #404Verda245
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 4,413 of them was named Verda, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verda
  1. #401Glenna249
  2. #402Gretchen246
  3. #402Hallie246
  4. #404Verda245
  5. #405Georgie244
  6. #405Rubye244
  7. #407Cynthia240
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →