Vertis

Last seen for girls in 1967 at #5,457 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #4,968
Given to boys 63.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1917 · 20 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
587
since 1912

Vertis 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 #1,571, 1915peak #1,643, 1917girlsboys
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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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1987—#4,9688
1986—#6,7215
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1977—#4,5827
1976—#5,5875
1975—#3,42810
1974—#4,1907
1973—#3,4459
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1970—#4,7245
1969—#3,9356
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1966—#2,7849
1965—#3,5376
1964—#2,8549
1963—#4,0485
1962—#3,6406
1961#5,3097#4,0655
1960#5,1687#3,6656
1959—#3,2907
1958—#3,0338
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,62810
1955—#2,13914
1954#5,7535#2,59210
1953#5,6735#3,4256
1952—#2,8758
1951—#2,8448
1950—#3,6815
1949#4,6736#2,33711
1948#4,2057#1,88116
1947#2,53016#3,3706
1946#3,03411#1,69218
1945#3,6767#2,7437
1944#2,62512#3,1096
1943#3,2499#2,9647
1942#3,1949#2,26811
1941#3,2528#2,6568
1940#2,57211#2,4789
1939#2,73610#2,28810
1938—#1,97613
1937#3,4347#2,08812
1936#3,7016#1,72316
1935—#3,6455
1934#2,74110#2,9737
1933#3,4067#2,09312
1932#2,36513#1,65119
1931#3,8486#2,6519
1930—#3,0228
1929#3,6827#3,2477
1928#3,4368#2,16214
1927#3,2849#2,70310
1926#3,2699#3,3857
1925#3,3629#2,75510
1924#3,6658#3,2608
1923#3,6418#2,33113
1922#3,15210#3,0149
1921#5,0995#4,3225
1920#3,9577#3,4897
1919#4,2516#2,66510
1918#3,5128#3,7286
1917#3,7137#1,64320
1916#3,5527#2,15213
1915#1,57122#2,6219
1914#3,1886#2,2719
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Vertis! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Vertis is popular in 1912

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

See more about Vertis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1917 at #1,643 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1918, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46,274
  • Highest: 1 in 46,274 boys born in 1917 were named Vertis (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 233,373 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Vertis (111) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
  • Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s72#1,643 (1917)#2,518
1920s90#2,162 (1928)#3,067
1930s111#1,651 (1932)#2,411
1940s99#1,692 (1946)#2,550
1950s87#2,139 (1955)#2,900
1960s52#2,784 (1966)#3,566
1970s50#3,428 (1975)#4,274
1980s26#4,907 (1983)#5,516

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.

Vertis in 1912

girls
#2,634
6 births · 1 in 93,020 girls
boys
#2,544
5 births · 1 in 85,988 boys

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #2,634Vertis6

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. #2,544Vertis5
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 93,020 of them was named Vertis, which outranked 23.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vertis
  1. #2,360Zillah7
  2. #2,360Zofia7
  3. #2,360Zonnie7
  4. #2,634Vertis6
  5. #2,634Achsah6
  6. #2,634Adena6
  7. #2,634Adina6
  8. #2,979Adelma5
  9. #2,979Adie5
  10. #2,979Adlene5

Tied with 344 names at #2,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 85,988 of them was named Vertis, which outranked 12.4% 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 Vertis
  1. #2,269Zeak6
  2. #2,269Zeke6
  3. #2,269Zenon6
  4. #2,544Vertis5
  5. #2,544Able5
  6. #2,544Abron5
  7. #2,544Acel5

Tied with 361 names at #2,544; 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 →