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.

Verlene

#4,663 most common girls' name of all time · #7,928 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–1981

Rank among girls
#4,663
Rank overall
#7,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,874
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1939 #888
Best rank
#888 1939
Girls Boys peak 63/yr
1920194019601980

Verlene first appears in 1915. 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
1981 5 — 5 #10,623
1978 5 — 5 #9,958
1977 5 — 5 #9,893
1975 6 — 6 #8,157
1972 8 — 8 #6,077
1971 7 — 7 #6,785
1970 7 — 7 #6,510
1969 13 — 13 #4,024
1968 10 — 10 #4,576
1967 16 — 16 #3,257
1966 22 — 22 #2,612
1965 12 — 12 #3,815
1964 20 — 20 #2,857
1963 15 — 15 #3,380
1962 22 — 22 #2,635
1961 28 — 28 #2,268
1960 24 — 24 #2,467
1959 32 — 32 #2,002
1958 30 — 30 #2,049
1957 25 — 25 #2,250
1956 49 — 49 #1,526
1955 51 — 51 #1,417
1954 32 — 32 #1,854
1953 37 — 37 #1,637
1952 43 — 43 #1,480
1951 40 — 40 #1,493
1950 49 — 49 #1,309
1949 38 — 38 #1,503
1948 31 — 31 #1,696
1947 47 — 47 #1,346
1946 31 — 31 #1,608
1945 39 — 39 #1,286
1944 46 — 46 #1,170
1943 49 — 49 #1,163
1942 42 — 42 #1,245
1941 42 — 42 #1,162
1940 51 — 51 #1,006
1939 63 — 63 #888
1938 61 — 61 #912
1937 53 — 53 #962
1936 54 — 54 #940
1935 49 — 49 #994
1934 54 — 54 #947
1933 36 — 36 #1,196
1932 43 — 43 #1,095
1931 58 — 58 #919
1930 36 — 36 #1,273
1929 33 — 33 #1,336
1928 33 — 33 #1,362
1927 36 — 36 #1,360
1926 37 — 37 #1,302
1925 28 — 28 #1,608
1924 31 — 31 #1,532
1923 20 — 20 #2,015
1922 25 — 25 #1,728
1921 29 — 29 #1,576
1920 13 — 13 #2,719
1919 11 — 11 #2,982
1918 13 — 13 #2,665
1917 7 — 7 #3,990
1916 14 — 14 #2,366
1915 8 — 8 #3,427