Verlen — boys' name
17 babies named Verlen in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Verlen was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Verlen in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Verlen
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Verlen between 1923 and 1941, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Verlen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Verlen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1926.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Verlen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Verlen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Verlen 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 17 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.
Verlen at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Verlen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
17 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 6 births in a single year.
Verlen popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1926 (Verlen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Verlen accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Verlen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 35% of Verlen's all-time total
Verlen decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Verlen's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1923–1941 (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.