Recorded 1963–2022 Boys' name Peak 2014 257 births

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.

1960s221970s581980s51990s102000s502010s952020s17
2010s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Varick was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

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 2022

Total births

257

Since 1963

60 years of records

Peak year

2014

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1963

Recorded for 60 years

Last year on file: 2022

Varick popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1963

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2014)
14
Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
46810121416 20222017201220061996197419691963 6

Varick by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
95 births that decade — 37% of Varick's all-time total
1960s221970s581980s51990s102000s502010s952020s17

Varick by state

Where Varick concentrates geographically — total births since 1963

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Varick
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 1.9%
New York share of Varick's total US births 1.9%

5 of 257 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Varick?
257 babies have been named Varick since 1963. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2014 with 14 births.
When was Varick most popular?
Varick was most popular in the 2010s decade with 95 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Varick most popular?
The top states for the name Varick are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Varick been used?
Varick has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 60 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Varick?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Varun, Varian, Vardaan, Varnell, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.