Girls' name · since 1941
Veralyn
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 146 babies named Veralyn, peaking in 1946. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,148 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 1941
- 1940s
- peak decade
Veralyn currently ranks #15148 among girls' names in America, with 146 babies recorded since 1941.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veralyn has been recorded 146 times among girls since 1941, currently ranked #15148 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2025.
- #23,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,148 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 146 born since 1941
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Veralyn ranks #23,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,148 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 146 born since 1941, peaking in the 1940s.
- #23,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,148 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 1941
- 1940s
- peak decade
Veralyn's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Veralyn compares
146 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Veralyn's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Veralyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Veralyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Veralyn splits its recorded history at 2013: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1946 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Veralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (1946)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Veralyn by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (65 births, 45% of the file).
1940s was Veralyn's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Veralyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
65 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 65 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Veralyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Veralyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~84 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1941–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Veralyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.