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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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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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
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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
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1908—#1,2176
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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 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNHWashington: #215 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,887 boysWAIdaho: #137 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 598 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedSDIowa: #313 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,952 boysIAIndiana: #342 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,190 boysINOhio: #382 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,564 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedCAUtah: #116 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 487 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNMKansas: #282 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,045 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Verl, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#116 · 1 in 487
  2. Idaho#137 · 1 in 598
  3. Washington#215 · 1 in 1,887
  4. Kansas#282 · 1 in 3,045
  5. Iowa#313 · 1 in 3,952

Best ever in a state: #78 in Utah, 1938.

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Utah#116101 in 487
Idaho#13761 in 598
Washington#21551 in 1,887
Kansas#28251 in 3,045
Iowa#31351 in 3,952
Indiana#34251 in 5,190
Ohio#38271 in 7,564
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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 1927

girls
#3,053
10 births · 1 in 119,243 girls
boys
#786
70 births · 1 in 16,099 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #3,053Verl10

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #786Verl70
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 119,243 of them was named Verl, which outranked 45.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verl
  1. #2,859Wilberta11
  2. #2,859Willamae11
  3. #2,859Zenith11
  4. #3,053Verl10
  5. #3,053Adelyn10
  6. #3,053Aldena10
  7. #3,053Aldonia10
  8. #3,284Agripina9
  9. #3,284Al9
  10. #3,284Ala9

Tied with 230 names at #3,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 16,099 of them was named Verl, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verl
  1. #780Franklyn71
  2. #780Fritz71
  3. #780Garnett71
  4. #786Verl70
  5. #786Allison70
  6. #786Carey70
  7. #786Carleton70
  8. #799Angus69
  9. #799Beryl69
  10. #799Buck69

Tied with 12 names at #786; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →