Verta
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,093since 1887
Verta over time
Rank among girls' names. Verta has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Verta! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Verta is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#943 · 1 in 12,115
Best ever in a state: #396 in North Carolina, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #943 | 5 | 1 in 12,115 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Verta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1902 (#1,339 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 232 spots in 1903 (#972 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1902 at #972 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1902
- Highest: 1 in 20,313 girls born in 1902 were named Verta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,541 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 23.9% of all girls named Verta (261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,142 |
| 1890s | 42 | #1,061 (1894) | #1,265 |
| 1900s | 76 | #972 (1902) | #1,291 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,262 (1914) | #1,473 |
| 1920s | 261 | #1,403 (1922) | #1,655 |
| 1930s | 233 | #1,293 (1932) | #1,594 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,993 (1945) | #2,658 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,577 (1951) | #4,135 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,434 |
| 1970s | 6 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,292 |
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.
Verta in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 39,748 of them was named Verta, which outranked 73.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,456Vinnie31
- #1,456Vonnie31
- #1,456Willard31
- #1,486Verta30
- #1,486Albertine30
- #1,486Allean30
- #1,486Allen30
- #1,523Adelene29
- #1,523Aliene29
- #1,523Alleen29
Tied with 36 names at #1,486; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.