Versie

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,559
Given to girls 96.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1914 · 99 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,598
since 1890

Versie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Versie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #566, 1914girls
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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#2,86217#3,5596
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1949#1,84527#3,6905
1948#1,47339—
1947#1,66133—
1946#1,61730#3,5255
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1941#1,24337#3,5055
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1938#1,01849#3,5345
1937#1,13240#3,5185
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1934#1,14838#3,2776
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1932#98951#3,3616
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1927#1,21341#3,7806
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1924#91469#4,3475
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1922#87969#2,80110
1921#98757#3,5177
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Versie! It came in at #1,099, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Versie is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #300 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsARTennessee: #381 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,696 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,125 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #550 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,429 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedHITexas: #640 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,762 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Versie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#300 · 1 in 1,845
  2. Mississippi#379 · 1 in 3,125
  3. Tennessee#381 · 1 in 3,696
  4. Georgia#550 · 1 in 7,429
  5. Texas#640 · 1 in 5,762

Best ever in a state: #209 in Louisiana, 1910.

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Arkansas#300111 in 1,845
Mississippi#37971 in 3,125
Tennessee#38171 in 3,696
Georgia#55051 in 7,429
Texas#64091 in 5,762
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See more about Versie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 794 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #643)
  • Biggest drop: 656 spots in 1895 (#643 → #1,299)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1914 at #566 (99 births)
  • Births halved by 1927, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1904–1926
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,693
  • Highest: 1 in 7,693 girls born in 1914 were named Versie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Versie (595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s101#643 (1894)#1,052
1900s200#680 (1907)#845
1910s561#566 (1914)#817
1920s595#859 (1923)#976
1930s455#876 (1931)#1,062
1940s316#1,046 (1940)#1,571
1950s214#1,701 (1951)#2,461
1960s117#2,820 (1960)#3,820
1970s27#5,136 (1971)#7,388
1980s6#9,110 (1981)#9,110
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s6#13,477 (2024)#13,477

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.

Versie in 1919

girls
#1,000
52 births · 1 in 21,733 girls
boys
#3,736
6 births · 1 in 163,354 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #1,000Versie52

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #3,736Versie6
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 21,733 of them was named Versie, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Versie
  1. #984Susanne53
  2. #984Wynona53
  3. #984Zoe53
  4. #1,000Versie52
  5. #1,000Audie52
  6. #1,000Clarine52
  7. #1,000Clifford52
  8. #1,010Billy51
  9. #1,010Dana51
  10. #1,010Delta51

Tied with 9 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 163,354 of them was named Versie, which outranked 22.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Versie
  1. #3,391Windsor7
  2. #3,391Wofford7
  3. #3,391Wren7
  4. #3,736Versie6
  5. #3,736Achilles6
  6. #3,736Ade6
  7. #3,736Akio6
  8. #4,168Aarne5
  9. #4,168Able5
  10. #4,168Alba5

Tied with 431 names at #3,736; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →