Verlyn

Boy · recorded 1914–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

0265119141935195619761997

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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 61 recorded years as a table
Verlyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191412
191513
191615
191713
19189
191910
192015
192117
192215
192322
192426
192517
192635
192738
192851
192930
193046
193141
193244
193342
193449
193542
193643
193739
193829
193928
194028
194120
194218
194317
194418
194518
194617
194711
194813
194912
195016
195112
195215
195315
195414
195517
195611
195713
19589
19597
19607
19618
19627
19636
19647
19656
19665
19675
19687
19693
19724
19753
19764
19843
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Verlyn 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 1997
5
Rank in 1997
#9,265
How rare
1 in 377,028 boys
Since 1914
1,432

Verlyn was last recorded in 1997. 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 1928, at 51 per million boys born.

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

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