Varick — boys' name
257 babies named Varick in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Varick was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Varick in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Varick
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Varick between 1963 and 2022, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Varick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Varick performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Varick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Varick in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Varick in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 257 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Varick at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Varick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1963
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
257 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 14 births in a single year.
Varick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 95 births that decade — 37% of Varick's all-time total
Varick decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Varick's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Varick by state
Where Varick concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.