Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Verba

#9,832 most common girls' name of all time · #16,364 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1897–1960

Rank among girls
#9,832
Rank overall
#16,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
603
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #1,577
Best rank
#1,365 1907
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960

Verba first appears in 1897. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1960 5 5 #6,501
1956 9 9 #4,222
1955 8 8 #4,459
1952 7 7 #4,573
1950 11 11 #3,285
1945 8 8 #3,468
1944 8 8 #3,469
1943 10 10 #3,110
1942 9 9 #3,284
1941 14 14 #2,315
1940 7 7 #3,612
1939 9 9 #2,990
1938 9 9 #3,026
1937 11 11 #2,635
1936 8 8 #3,190
1935 17 17 #1,965
1934 14 14 #2,250
1933 14 14 #2,218
1932 18 18 #1,921
1931 11 11 #2,651
1930 17 17 #2,064
1929 14 14 #2,368
1928 21 21 #1,872
1927 28 28 #1,577
1926 18 18 #2,127
1925 18 18 #2,164
1924 25 25 #1,746
1923 19 19 #2,062
1922 14 14 #2,538
1921 21 21 #1,964
1920 23 23 #1,792
1919 13 13 #2,578
1918 20 20 #1,930
1917 20 20 #1,817
1916 14 14 #2,306
1915 22 22 #1,608
1914 13 13 #1,966
1913 8 8 #2,418
1912 5 5 #3,127
1911 11 11 #1,524
1909 5 5 #2,376
1908 7 7 #1,818
1907 10 10 #1,365
1905 8 8 #1,518
1904 5 5 #2,063
1903 6 6 #1,752
1901 6 6 #1,640
1897 5 5 #1,793