Verner

Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to boys 92.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 17 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,963
since 1881

Verner over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #1,766, 1913peak #480, 1894girlsboys
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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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2000—#10,3495
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1993—#8,7005
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1983—#6,2385
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1980—#6,2505
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1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,8378
1973—#4,0547
1972—#4,9865
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1970—#3,5218
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1968—#2,31113
1967—#3,9665
1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,9305
1964—#2,31013
1963—#2,20014
1962—#3,3057
1961—#2,70610
1960—#2,53511
1959—#2,66310
1958—#2,37012
1957—#2,37512
1956—#3,2167
1955—#2,04815
1954—#1,95616
1953—#1,63022
1952#5,5635#1,85617
1951—#1,97215
1950—#1,94115
1949#5,2445#2,22512
1948—#2,11513
1947—#1,55523
1946—#1,44024
1945—#1,53619
1944—#1,43822
1943—#1,52921
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,41123
1940—#1,89414
1939#3,4297#1,57818
1938#4,3425#1,33725
1937—#1,68817
1936—#1,27127
1935—#1,49421
1934—#1,35725
1933#3,7536#1,28127
1932#2,49012#1,03541
1931—#1,23931
1930#4,5505#1,09340
1929—#1,15436
1928—#96350
1927#4,2866#1,04145
1926#3,8737#1,06443
1925#4,9735#99847
1924#2,97311#1,07144
1923#3,9717#96151
1922#2,38715#90559
1921#2,63313#87763
1920#3,9577#83565
1919#3,4528#78368
1918#3,5128#79667
1917#3,0929#74470
1916#2,49812#89249
1915#3,7956#76761
1914—#69754
1913#1,76612#68144
1912—#78331
1911—#92513
1910—#98111
1909—#1,0209
1908—#87710
1907—#73513
1906—#1,0047
1905—#66613
1904—#68612
1903—#1,1305
1902—#8628
1901—#50615
1900—#78511
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1898—#7449
1897—#65211
1896—#8268
1895—#9786
1894—#48017
1893—#9076
1892—#59712
1891—#59710
1890—#8846
1889—#49814
1888—#7049
1887—#7527
1886—#6479
1885—#7008
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1881—#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Verner! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Verner is popular in 1912

No state had 5 or more boys named Verner in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Verner
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 444 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #686)
  • Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1895 (#480 → #978)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1894 at #480 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1885–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,810
  • Highest: 1 in 6,810 boys born in 1894 were named Verner (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,800 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.6% of all boys named Verner (503) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s52#498 (1889)#695
1890s85#480 (1894)#741
1900s103#506 (1901)#827
1910s468#681 (1913)#805
1920s503#835 (1920)#987
1930s272#1,035 (1932)#1,337
1940s201#1,268 (1942)#1,641
1950s141#1,630 (1953)#2,203
1960s83#2,200 (1963)#3,023
1970s35#3,521 (1970)#4,141
1980s10#6,238 (1983)#6,244
1990s5#8,700 (1993)#8,700
2000s5#10,349 (2000)#10,349

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.

Verner in 1912

boys
#783
31 births · 1 in 13,869 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #783Verner31
More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 13,869 of them was named Verner, which outranked 73.0% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verner
  1. #765Santiago32
  2. #765Vester32
  3. #765Wayland32
  4. #783Verner31
  5. #783Allie31
  6. #783Aron31
  7. #783Bernice31
  8. #800Adelbert30
  9. #800Alvie30
  10. #800Artis30

Tied with 16 names at #783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
  2. ↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
  3. ↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
  4. ↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
  5. ↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
  2. ↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
  3. ↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
  4. ↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
  5. ↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →