Verl

Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to boys 92.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 86 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,517
since 1895

Verl over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #1,502, 1898peak #667, 1918girlsboys
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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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1987—#6,9515
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1982—#6,3855
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1978—#5,7725
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1974—#4,6346
1973—#4,0547
1972—#4,4416
1971—#2,81312
1970—#3,2829
1969—#2,21715
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1967—#3,5596
1966—#2,7849
1965—#2,17814
1964—#2,04016
1963—#2,04416
1962—#2,03516
1961—#2,14815
1960—#2,12115
1959—#1,97417
1958—#1,59324
1957—#1,54726
1956—#1,67622
1955—#1,53825
1954—#1,59323
1953—#1,37830
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,48925
1950—#1,46425
1949—#1,18536
1948#5,2435#1,16038
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,40925
1945—#1,05637
1944—#1,12035
1943—#93351
1942—#99145
1941—#90549
1940—#93946
1939—#1,03338
1938—#89749
1937#2,9409#92246
1936—#1,16932
1935—#93046
1934—#86952
1933—#85253
1932—#90251
1931#3,8486#81659
1930—#1,05343
1929#2,30114#84460
1928#4,7255#79667
1927#3,05310#78670
1926#3,5648#72677
1925#4,9735#82265
1924#3,6658#81768
1923#3,9717#82167
1922#2,47914#76674
1921#2,94111#86864
1920#3,3409#74477
1919#2,38414#69580
1918#3,02410#66786
1917#3,0929#67479
1916#2,49812#83456
1915#2,68810#70569
1914#2,8767#93335
1913#2,03410#75938
1912#2,6346#85427
1911#2,4635#1,03811
1910#2,3985#1,1189
1909—#95110
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,3455
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1905—#1,0027
1904—#8748
1903—#7839
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five boys were named Verl! It came in at #978, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1896–1902, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Verl is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Verl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1936 (#930 → #1,169)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1918 at #667 (86 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1912–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,715
  • Highest: 1 in 11,715 boys born in 1917 were named Verl (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #667 in 1918, was only 1 in 11,785 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.4% of all boys named Verl (689) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1903
  • Mostly girls until 1902, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#978 (1895)#978
1900s45#783 (1903)#1,029
1910s490#667 (1918)#828
1920s689#726 (1926)#799
1930s469#816 (1931)#944
1940s396#905 (1941)#1,095
1950s245#1,378 (1953)#1,568
1960s122#2,035 (1962)#2,347
1970s45#2,813 (1971)#4,166
1980s10#6,385 (1982)#6,668

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Verl in 1895

boys
#978
6 births · 1 in 19,566 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #978Verl6
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 19,566 of them was named Verl, which outranked 21.2% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verl
  1. #872Winston7
  2. #872Woodie7
  3. #872Zeke7
  4. #978Verl6
  5. #978Abel6
  6. #978Alf6
  7. #978Alois6
  8. #1,079Ace5
  9. #1,079Albertus5
  10. #1,079Albion5

Tied with 100 names at #978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 573Alma#1,074 → #501
  2. ↑ 463Delmar#954 → #491
  3. ↑ 453Connie#954 → #501
  4. ↑ 434Bradford#1,074 → #640
  5. ↑ 434Brady#1,074 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 536Beverly#543 → #1,079
  2. ↓ 512Boss#567 → #1,079
  3. ↓ 498Verner#480 → #978
  4. ↓ 457Abel#521 → #978
  5. ↓ 457Justin#521 → #978

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

See the top 100 for 1895 →