Girls' name · since 1920
Verdine
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 168 babies named Verdine, peaking in 1927. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
Verdine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 168 recorded since 1920.
Verdine has 168 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1961.
- #21,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1920
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Verdine ranks #21,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1920, peaking in the 1940s.
- #21,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
Verdine's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Verdine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Verdine's full recorded timeline at 1939, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Verdine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1961
- Peak year (1927)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1961.
168 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 14 births in a single year.
Verdine by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (56 births, 33% of the file).
1940s was Verdine's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Verdine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
55 births
- 1930s
1930s
33 births
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 56 births (33% of all-time use).
Verdine decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Verdine's data
- Verdine's decade-level peak was the 1940s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Verdine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1920–1961 (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 Verdine 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.
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