Versa

Last seen for girls in 1958 at #6,103

Peak · girls
1892 · 11 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
688
since 1886

Versa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Versa has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #908, 1892girls
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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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1958#6,1035
1957#5,3776
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1955#4,7407
1954#3,9679
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1951#5,4145
1950#3,05212
1949#5,2445
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1946#3,6658
1945#3,1329
1944#4,5745
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1942#3,7387
1941#3,0309
1940#2,73710
1939#3,4297
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1937#3,1468
1936#2,8579
1935#2,9269
1934#2,08715
1933#3,4067
1932#2,13015
1931#2,30713
1930#4,0476
1929#3,6827
1928#2,62312
1927#2,55213
1926#2,35115
1925#2,77812
1924#1,99220
1923#2,58713
1922#2,29116
1921#1,34135
1920#2,17217
1919#1,80121
1918#2,20916
1917#1,65222
1916#1,38028
1915#1,57122
1914#1,26224
1913#1,27420
1912#1,71911
1911#1,17115
1910#1,52110
1909#1,6078
1908#1,26111
1907#1,20611
1906#1,5537
1905#1,4208
1904#1,6596
1903#1,2049
1902#1,13310
1901#1,4666
1900#1,23110
1899#1,2787
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,1229
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1894#1,3536
1893#1,1757
1892#90811
1891#1,3325
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1889#1,1476
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Versa! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Versa is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Versa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
  • Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1892 (#1,332 → #908)
  • Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1893 (#908 → #1,175)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1892 at #908 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,304
  • Highest: 1 in 19,304 girls born in 1892 were named Versa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 402,324 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Versa (189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,108 (1886)#1,128
1890s56#908 (1892)#1,278
1900s86#1,133 (1902)#1,374
1910s189#1,171 (1911)#1,556
1920s160#1,341 (1921)#2,437
1930s89#2,087 (1934)#2,926
1940s53#2,737 (1940)#3,731
1950s44#3,052 (1950)#4,776

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

Versa in 1893

girls
#1,175
7 births · 1 in 30,415 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #1,175Versa7
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 30,415 of them was named Versa, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Versa
  1. #1,091Woodie8
  2. #1,091Zelpha8
  3. #1,091Zoa8
  4. #1,175Versa7
  5. #1,175Adelaida7
  6. #1,175Adelle7
  7. #1,175Agda7
  8. #1,277Affie6
  9. #1,277Agness6
  10. #1,277Aida6

Tied with 101 names at #1,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1893 →