Verba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Verba

The Social Security Administration has registered 603 babies named Verba between 1897 and 1960, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verba performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 201 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Verba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Verba in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verba 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 603 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.