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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Verla

Verla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 490th with 199 babies. More babies were named Verla in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1922199 babies
Total since 1880
6,190babies recorded

Verla popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#5,8119
1960#2,30227
1950#1,14366
1940#654114
1930#538160
1920#540174
1910#56953
1900#80022
1890#1,0908
1880——

How popular is Verla, counting every spelling?

Verla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Verla?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Verla are alive today, with a median age of 79; half are between 71 and 86. That makes Verla 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.

Verla by state

How common Verla was among girls born in each state in 1920–1924, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Idaho (13.9×), Utah (8.2×), Iowa (4.4×), Nebraska (4.1×), Kansas (3.4×). In 25 states fewer than five girls 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: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesWI0.21Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesWA0.34Idaho: 2.0 per 1,000 babiesID2.0Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesND0.17Minnesota: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMN0.11Illinois: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesIL0.30Michigan: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMI0.08New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesOR0.17Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesSD0.30Iowa: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesIA0.64Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesUT1.2Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesNE0.59Missouri: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesMO0.18Kentucky: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesKY0.14West Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesWV0.07Virginia: 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: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesKS0.49Arkansas: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesAR0.32Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesNC0.18South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesOK0.29Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesAL0.17Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Verla, girls, 1920–1924. Darker means more common.

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

Questions about the name Verla

How popular is the name Verla?

Verla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 490th with 199 babies. More babies were named Verla in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Verla a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,190 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Verla most popular?

In 1920–1924, Verla was most common in Idaho (2.00 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Iowa.