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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Verl

Verl was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 673rd with 86 babies. More babies were named Verl in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
191886 babies
Total since 1880
2,728babies recorded

Verl popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 211 since 1898.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#3,5099
1960#2,20215
1950#1,49825
1940#94946
1930#1,06743
1920#75377
1910#1,1879
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Verl, counting every spelling?

Verl has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Verl?

About 500 people born in the US named Verl are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 65 and 82. That makes Verl a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Verl by state

How common Verl was among boys born in each state in 1916–1920, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (23.3×), Iowa (4.6×), Kansas (4.5×). In 38 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: 0.99 per 1,000 babiesID0.99Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesIA0.35Indiana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIN0.17Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesUT1.8Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNE0.09Missouri: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMO0.12Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesKS0.35Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesOK0.18Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Verl, boys, 1916–1920. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Verl: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Verl, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Verl

How popular is the name Verl?

Verl was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 673rd with 86 babies. More babies were named Verl in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Verl a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 211 girls and 2,517 boys.

Where was Verl most popular?

In 1916–1920, Verl was most common in Utah (1.81 per 1,000 boys), followed by Idaho and Iowa.