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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Verle

Verle was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 852nd with 64 babies. More babies were named Verle 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
192064 babies
Total since 1880
2,279babies recorded

Verle popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
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2020————
2010————
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1990————
1980————
1970—#3,821—8
1960—#2,033—17
1950—#1,876—17
1940#4,989#1,181533
1930#2,416#1,0501444
1920#1,436#8523264
1910#2,765—5—
1900————
1890#1,520—5—
1880————

How popular is Verle, counting every spelling?

Verle has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Verle?

About 300 people born in the US named Verle are alive today, with a median age of 76; half are between 68 and 83. That makes Verle 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.

Verle by state

How common Verle was among boys born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (10.3×), Kansas (6.2×). In 45 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New 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: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesSD0.17Iowa: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesIA0.50Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 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: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNE0.21Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 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: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesKS0.30Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 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: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 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, Verle, boys, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Verle

How popular is the name Verle?

Verle was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 852nd with 64 babies. More babies were named Verle in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Verle a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 521 girls and 1,758 boys.

Where was Verle most popular?

In 1918–1922, Verle was most common in Iowa (0.50 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kansas and Nebraska.