Verlan

Boy · recorded 1916–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1927best year

Most popular in 1927.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Verlan.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

071419161929194219551968

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Verlan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19167
191710
19195
19207
19225
19245
192511
19266
192714
192811
19298
19319
193210
193314
193410
19355
193611
193712
193811
193911
19409
19426
19435
19444
19464
19475
19483
19493
19504
19524
19533
19545
19552
19563
19573
19583
19593
19643
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Verlan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#4,136
How rare
1 in 347,594 boys
Since 1916
319

Verlan was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1927, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Verlan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.