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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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 1933

  • 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: #118 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 453 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: #456 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,874 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: #484 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,592 girlsOHPennsylvania: #573 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,722 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: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,244 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedKYWest 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: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,568 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedARTennessee: #448 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,130 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: #367 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,734 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #647 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,056 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Verda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#118 · 1 in 453
  2. Kansas#306 · 1 in 2,568
  3. Oklahoma#367 · 1 in 2,734
  4. Missouri#445 · 1 in 5,244
  5. Tennessee#448 · 1 in 5,130

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

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Idaho#11871 in 453
Kansas#30651 in 2,568
Oklahoma#36781 in 2,734
Missouri#44551 in 5,244
Tennessee#44851 in 5,130
Illinois#45671 in 6,874
Ohio#48451 in 8,592
Pennsylvania#57351 in 13,722
Texas#64791 in 6,056
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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 1933

girls
#592
119 births · 1 in 8,470 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #592Verda119
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 8,470 of them was named Verda, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verda
  1. #588Dessie120
  2. #588Lucinda120
  3. #588Petra120
  4. #592Verda119
  5. #592Ava119
  6. #594Adelaide118
  7. #594Gerry118
  8. #594Hellen118

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

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →