Verdell — unisex name
2,085 babies named Verdell in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Verdell was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Verdell in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Verdell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,085 babies named Verdell between 1907 and 1982, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verdell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 58 babies received it in a single year. Verdell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,340 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Verdell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 479 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Verdell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 206 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Verdell in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Verdell 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 2,085 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.
Verdell at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Verdell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1907
- Peak year (1932)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
2,085 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 58 births in a single year.
Verdell popularity over time — boys
1,340 total births recorded since 1914 (Verdell as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Verdell accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Verdell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 479 births that decade — 23% of Verdell's all-time total
Verdell decade highlights
- Peak decade 479 births
- Runner-up 441 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Verdell's strongest decade
479 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Verdell by state
Where Verdell concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 206 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 191 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 160 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 154 | 7.4% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 47 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
206 of 2,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 9.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 7.4% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Verdell appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1907–1982 (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.