Verlan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Verlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Verlan between 1916 and 1968, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Verlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Verlan performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Verlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Verlan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Verlan 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 319 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.