Verne

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to boys 86.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 33 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,841
since 1880

Verne over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #750, 1891peak #300, 1893girlsboys
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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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1990—#8,1175
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1987—#6,9515
1986—#6,7215
1985—#3,80511
1984—#5,5616
1983—#3,88410
1982—#3,69211
1981—#6,2625
1980—#2,83116
1979—#4,4038
1978—#2,92914
1977—#3,60610
1976—#2,70915
1975—#3,07812
1974—#2,94612
1973—#2,51315
1972—#3,6228
1971—#2,12619
1970—#2,73912
1969—#1,68024
1968—#1,54426
1967—#1,57324
1966—#1,32733
1965—#1,51326
1964—#1,58125
1963—#1,08150
1962#6,5785#1,45429
1961—#1,15646
1960#5,6966#1,22941
1959#5,5666#1,19942
1958—#1,09149
1957—#98160
1956#5,3256#1,05651
1955#4,7407#84476
1954#3,32512#76287
1953#3,9559#77983
1952#4,1238#81474
1951#4,8336#79179
1950#3,23511#81969
1949#2,99912#84266
1948#3,13711#76678
1947#3,7069#78876
1946#2,88012#72681
1945#2,91610#77563
1944#4,0546#69879
1943#3,04010#75174
1942#2,11717#68787
1941#3,5597#65487
1940#3,5037#78263
1939—#65682
1938#2,9409#64885
1937#3,1468#70073
1936#2,26313#63383
1935#2,73110#59395
1934#2,74110#63788
1933#2,68810#59795
1932#2,83110#542117
1931#2,9729#582101
1930#2,84510#549120
1929#2,73711#543117
1928#1,63725#521134
1927#2,69912#558123
1926#3,04610#502145
1925#2,28316#513141
1924#2,21217#525144
1923#2,09118#494155
1922#2,38715#496158
1921#2,12018#483162
1920#2,01519#533132
1919#1,34833#454167
1918#1,15342#490148
1917#1,24134#454154
1916#1,73920#477144
1915#1,19033#497124
1914#1,60317#483101
1913#1,67013#47284
1912#1,29717#64942
1911#1,11316#92513
1910#1,03018#67719
1909#1,05215#54523
1908#1,26111#65716
1907#1,03714#43928
1906#1,7276#41128
1905#1,6966#54918
1904#1,4867#44423
1903#1,2049#47020
1902#1,07511#47520
1901#1,06710#37125
1900#1,4318#55519
1899#1,2787#54813
1898#1,09810#45220
1897#98211#34629
1896—#38825
1895#1,2028#43720
1894#1,4855#52115
1893#1,2776#30033
1892#79614#42220
1891#75013#49713
1890#1,0997#35125
1889#83910#43418
1888—#60911
1887—#6798
1886—#41718
1885#9216#48015
1884#7938#7018
1883—#7996
1882#8136#9435
1881—#44215
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Verne was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Verne is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNHWashington: #262 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,871 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #152 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 952 boysNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedWIMichigan: #440 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,669 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #534 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,075 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Verne, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#152 · 1 in 952
  2. Washington#262 · 1 in 2,871
  3. Michigan#440 · 1 in 10,669
  4. California#534 · 1 in 12,075

Best ever in a state: #98 in Oregon, 1914.

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Washington#26271 in 2,871
Michigan#44051 in 10,669
California#53471 in 12,075
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Verne
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
  • Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1912 (#925 → #649)
  • Biggest drop: 501 spots in 1882 (#442 → #943)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #300 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,404
  • Highest: 1 in 3,404 boys born in 1893 were named Verne (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.2% of all boys named Verne (1,411) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1912
  • Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s115#417 (1886)#608
1890s213#300 (1893)#426
1900s220#371 (1901)#492
1910s996#454 (1919)#558
1920s1,411#483 (1921)#517
1930s939#542 (1932)#614
1940s754#654 (1941)#747
1950s670#762 (1954)#914
1960s324#1,081 (1963)#1,414
1970s125#2,126 (1971)#3,067
1980s69#2,831 (1980)#4,963
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117

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.

Verne in 1944

girls
#4,054
6 births · 1 in 221,204 girls
boys
#698
79 births · 1 in 17,252 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #4,054Verne6

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #698Verne79
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 221,204 of them was named Verne, which outranked 22.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verne
  1. #3,687Zelia7
  2. #3,687Zera7
  3. #3,687Zeta7
  4. #4,054Verne6
  5. #4,054Acquanetta6
  6. #4,054Adel6
  7. #4,054Adelene6
  8. #4,574Adelmira5
  9. #4,574Adonna5
  10. #4,574Adra5

Tied with 519 names at #4,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 17,252 of them was named Verne, which outranked 82.1% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verne
  1. #695Humberto81
  2. #695Warner81
  3. #697Walker80
  4. #698Verne79
  5. #698Ismael79
  6. #698Regis79
  7. #698Sydney79
  8. #702Enoch78
  9. #702Lynwood78
  10. #702Melton78

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

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 647Rickie#1,461 → #814
  2. ↑ 586Rusty#1,577 → #991
  3. ↑ 585Humberto#1,280 → #695
  4. ↑ 408Llewellyn#1,343 → #935
  5. ↑ 402Hilario#1,308 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 359Elwyn#923 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 356Albin#856 → #1,212
  3. ↓ 348Prentiss#980 → #1,328
  4. ↓ 286Barrie#969 → #1,255
  5. ↓ 269Duke#986 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944 →