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.

Verle**

#2,897 most common boys' name of all time · #7,009 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1890–1978 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,897
Rank overall
#7,009 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
2,279
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #852
Best rank
#852 1920
Girls Boys peak 96/yr
1900192019401960

Verle first appears in 1890. 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
1978 6 6 #5,128
1970 8 8 #3,576
1968 5 5 #4,221
1967 5 5 #4,051
1966 7 7 #3,301
1965 6 6 #3,595
1964 10 10 #2,706
1963 13 13 #2,326
1962 8 8 #3,086
1961 8 8 #3,145
1960 17 17 #1,990
1959 8 8 #3,087
1958 14 14 #2,199
1957 20 20 #1,804
1956 14 14 #2,200
1955 18 18 #1,862
1954 13 13 #2,241
1953 14 14 #2,130
1952 20 20 #1,721
1951 18 18 #1,801
1950 17 17 #1,838
1949 23 23 #1,559
1948 5 19 24 #1,726
1947 26 26 #1,466
1946 21 21 #1,577
1945 29 29 #1,243
1944 26 26 #1,321
1943 27 27 #1,353
1942 32 32 #1,233
1941 31 31 #1,200
1940 5 33 38 #1,176
1939 39 39 #1,028
1938 7 31 38 #1,189
1937 40 40 #1,011
1936 6 48 54 #889
1935 8 44 52 #964
1934 9 44 53 #967
1933 13 51 64 #872
1932 9 51 60 #908
1931 9 52 61 #896
1930 14 44 58 #1,047
1929 14 48 62 #981
1928 21 58 79 #880
1927 13 44 57 #1,073
1926 22 45 67 #1,045
1925 20 39 59 #1,133
1924 25 47 72 #1,040
1923 22 54 76 #938
1922 19 52 71 #985
1921 26 55 81 #952
1920 32 64 96 #852
1919 25 43 68 #1,044
1918 24 41 65 #1,074
1917 26 44 70 #990
1916 14 47 61 #935
1915 17 42 59 #974
1914 24 22 46 #1,285
1913 13 12 25 #1,626
1912 7 17 24 #1,158
1911 10 8 18 #1,343
1910 5 5
1909 9 9
1908 7 11 18 #869
1907 5 5
1906 5 5 #1,358
1905 8 8
1904 5 5
1898 5 5
1895 7 7
1893 6 6
1890 5 5