Verlena — girls' name
349 babies named Verlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Verlena was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Verlena in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Verlena
The Social Security Administration has registered 349 babies named Verlena between 1907 and 1981, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verlena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Verlena performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Verlena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Verlena 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 349 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.
Verlena at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Verlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1907
- Peak year (1920)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
349 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 12 births in a single year.
Verlena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 78 births that decade — 22% of Verlena's all-time total
Verlena decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Verlena's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1907–1981 (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.