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
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,062since 1882
Verda over time
Rank among girls' names. Verda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
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| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
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| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,276 | 52 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,161 | 60 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | — | |
| 1945 | #984 | 61 | — | |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 | — | |
| 1941 | #802 | 81 | — | |
| 1940 | #820 | 75 | — | |
| 1939 | #735 | 86 | — | |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #606 | 117 | — | |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 | — | |
| 1934 | #582 | 124 | — | |
| 1933 | #592 | 119 | — | |
| 1932 | #584 | 126 | — | |
| 1931 | #552 | 141 | — | |
| 1930 | #535 | 162 | — | |
| 1929 | #528 | 166 | — | |
| 1928 | #528 | 173 | — | |
| 1927 | #517 | 185 | — | |
| 1926 | #497 | 196 | — | |
| 1925 | #499 | 198 | — | |
| 1924 | #447 | 243 | — | |
| 1923 | #497 | 195 | — | |
| 1922 | #455 | 225 | — | |
| 1921 | #414 | 268 | — | |
| 1920 | #402 | 271 | — | |
| 1919 | #384 | 283 | — | |
| 1918 | #389 | 283 | — | |
| 1917 | #404 | 245 | — | |
| 1916 | #431 | 213 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #400 | 226 | — | |
| 1914 | #397 | 176 | — | |
| 1913 | #410 | 144 | — | |
| 1912 | #394 | 138 | — | |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 | — | |
| 1910 | #367 | 113 | — | |
| 1909 | #413 | 78 | — | |
| 1908 | #397 | 84 | — | |
| 1907 | #409 | 75 | — | |
| 1906 | #385 | 79 | — | |
| 1905 | #401 | 71 | — | |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | — | |
| 1903 | #365 | 77 | — | |
| 1902 | #365 | 78 | — | |
| 1901 | #352 | 74 | — | |
| 1900 | #399 | 69 | — | |
| 1899 | #356 | 68 | — | |
| 1898 | #348 | 79 | — | |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 | — | |
| 1896 | #360 | 65 | — | |
| 1895 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1894 | #382 | 54 | — | |
| 1893 | #430 | 40 | — | |
| 1892 | #406 | 43 | — | |
| 1891 | #393 | 40 | — | |
| 1890 | #425 | 36 | — | |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #512 | 19 | — | |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | — | |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Indiana#336 · 1 in 3,723
- Louisiana#368 · 1 in 2,778
- Kentucky#401 · 1 in 4,032
- Missouri#438 · 1 in 5,366
- Texas#606 · 1 in 5,771
Best ever in a state: #53 in Utah, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #336 | 7 | 1 in 3,723 |
| Louisiana | #368 | 8 | 1 in 2,778 |
| Kentucky | #401 | 7 | 1 in 4,032 |
| Missouri | #438 | 5 | 1 in 5,366 |
| Texas | #606 | 10 | 1 in 5,771 |
| California | #635 | 5 | 1 in 8,904 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Verda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
- Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1883 (#493 → #435)
- Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1884 (#435 → #556)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1898 at #348 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1882–1945
- 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
- 26.3% of all girls named Verda (2,120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #430 (1889) | #495 |
| 1890s | 529 | #348 (1898) | #389 |
| 1900s | 765 | #352 (1901) | #385 |
| 1910s | 1,917 | #367 (1910) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,120 | #402 (1920) | #478 |
| 1930s | 1,197 | #535 (1930) | #614 |
| 1940s | 683 | #802 (1941) | #989 |
| 1950s | 396 | #1,266 (1951) | #1,679 |
| 1960s | 215 | #2,013 (1960) | #2,756 |
| 1970s | 58 | #4,091 (1972) | #6,728 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,128 (1981) | #9,202 |
| 1990s | 12 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 11,035 of them was named Verda, which outranked 86.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #682Karin101
- #682Leilani101
- #682Marge101
- #687Verda100
- #687Alva100
- #687Cleta100
- #687Isabella100
- #693Charleen99
- #693Colette99
- #693Laurie99
Tied with 5 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.