Verlyn

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #4,896 · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to boys 74.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 51 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,432
since 1914

Verlyn over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #1,697, 1934peak #881, 1934girlsboys
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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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1975—#5,4645
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1969—#3,9356
1968—#2,44512
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,7849
1965—#2,36612
1964—#2,31013
1963#4,8968#2,30013
1962—#2,18614
1961—#2,07016
1960#5,6966#2,12115
1959#5,5666#2,03316
1958#3,92510#1,83819
1957#4,9187#1,48728
1956#4,4678#1,60824
1955#3,37712#1,29434
1954—#1,43528
1953#3,68710#1,40829
1952#3,7969#1,37830
1951#2,69415#1,59822
1950#3,9628#1,36428
1949#4,2357#1,58322
1948#3,8838#1,51923
1947#2,76914#1,69620
1946#3,03411#1,35527
1945#3,1329#1,34924
1944#3,1399#1,37024
1943#4,6915#1,43124
1942#2,21416#1,38125
1941#2,66811#1,37224
1940#3,5037#1,18332
1939#2,20614#1,16831
1938#2,44712#1,14932
1937#2,19614#96742
1936#2,26313#91745
1935#1,91717#95644
1934#1,69720#88151
1933#2,68810#98042
1932#2,83110#96346
1931#3,8486#1,01543
1930#2,30614#94451
1929#2,43713#1,23732
1928#2,49713#89156
1927#2,33915#1,08043
1926#2,47414#1,14439
1925#2,77812#1,80619
1924#4,4346#1,38029
1923#2,91711#1,55124
1922#2,29116#2,04016
1921#4,0237#1,82919
1920#2,59013#2,05216
1919#4,8145#2,66510
1918#3,5128#2,8829
1917#2,69311#2,28012
1916#4,4175#2,15213
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1914#2,8767#2,4578
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Verlyn! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Verlyn is popular in 1923

No state had 5 or more boys named Verlyn in 1923, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Verlyn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1930 (#1,237 → #944)
  • Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1929 (#891 → #1,237)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1934 at #881 (51 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1932–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,779
  • Highest: 1 in 19,779 boys born in 1928 were named Verlyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #881 in 1934, was only 1 in 20,247 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Verlyn (427) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1923
  • Mostly girls until 1922, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s63#2,152 (1916)#2,458
1920s293#891 (1928)#1,501
1930s427#881 (1934)#994
1940s245#1,183 (1940)#1,424
1950s258#1,294 (1955)#1,544
1960s118#2,070 (1961)#2,550
1970s18#3,963 (1972)#4,787
1980s5#6,315 (1984)#6,315
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265

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.

Verlyn in 1923

girls
#2,917
11 births · 1 in 109,670 girls
boys
#1,551
24 births · 1 in 45,671 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #2,917Verlyn11

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,551Verlyn24
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 109,670 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 49.2% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlyn
  1. #2,732Yoshiye12
  2. #2,732Yuri12
  3. #2,732Zina12
  4. #2,917Verlyn11
  5. #2,917Adalene11
  6. #2,917Adlean11
  7. #2,917Ala11
  8. #3,125Adabelle10
  9. #3,125Adair10
  10. #3,125Adelfa10

Tied with 207 names at #2,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 45,671 of them was named Verlyn, which outranked 68.4% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlyn
  1. #1,502Wilma25
  2. #1,502Winslow25
  3. #1,502Young25
  4. #1,551Verlyn24
  5. #1,551Abelardo24
  6. #1,551Anson24
  7. #1,551Aram24
  8. #1,589Aldon23
  9. #1,589Algie23
  10. #1,589Alma23

Tied with 37 names at #1,551; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →