Verdun — boys' name

What the Data Says About Verdun

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Verdun between 1916 and 1922, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Verdun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1922. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Verdun is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 8 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verdun performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Verdun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Verdun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verdun 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 81 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.