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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #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 1924

  • 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: #245 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,979 girlsWAIdaho: #139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 550 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: #359 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,147 girlsILWisconsin: #377 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,036 girlsWIMichigan: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,807 girlsMINew York: #635 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,900 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #210 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,464 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedINOhio: #434 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,430 girlsOHPennsylvania: #395 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,628 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #413 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,789 girlsCAUtah: #188 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 841 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCONebraska: #247 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,774 girlsNEMissouri: #287 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsMOKentucky: #218 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsKYWest Virginia: #411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,312 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: #279 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsKSArkansas: #402 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,096 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedTNNorth 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: #389 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,206 girlsOKLouisiana: #328 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,213 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: #670 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,242 girlsTXFlorida: #351 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,667 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#139 · 1 in 550
  2. Utah#188 · 1 in 841
  3. Iowa#210 · 1 in 1,464
  4. Kentucky#218 · 1 in 1,269
  5. Washington#245 · 1 in 1,979

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

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Idaho#13971 in 550
Utah#18861 in 841
Iowa#210151 in 1,464
Kentucky#218251 in 1,269
Washington#24551 in 1,979
Nebraska#24771 in 1,774
Kansas#27981 in 2,073
Missouri#287141 in 2,296
Louisiana#328111 in 2,213
Florida#35151 in 2,667
Illinois#359151 in 4,147
Wisconsin#37751 in 5,036
Oklahoma#38981 in 3,206
Pennsylvania#395151 in 6,628
Arkansas#40271 in 3,096
West Virginia#41151 in 4,312
California#413101 in 3,789
Ohio#43491 in 6,430
Michigan#45061 in 6,807
New York#63561 in 16,900
Texas#670101 in 6,242
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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 1924

girls
#447
243 births · 1 in 5,139 girls

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #447Verda243
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 5,139 of them was named Verda, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,900 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. #444Marietta246
  2. #445William245
  3. #446Earnestine244
  4. #447Verda243
  5. #447Rosalind243
  6. #449Augusta241
  7. #450Dessie239
  8. #450Marianne239

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →