Girls' name · since 1912
Vermelle
234 babies named Vermelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vermelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 234 recorded since 1912.
Vermelle has 234 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1962.
- #18,253 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vermelle ranks #18,253 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vermelle's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Vermelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vermelle's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vermelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1962
- Peak year (1925)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Vermelle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (98 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Vermelle's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Vermelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 32
1910s
32 births
- 1920s
1920s
98 births
- 1930s
1930s
48 births
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 98 births (42% of all-time use).
Vermelle by state
Where Vermelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 53 | 22.6% |
53 of 234 births nationwide.
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What to do with Vermelle's data
- Vermelle's decade-level peak was the 1920s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Vermelles (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vermelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1912–1962 (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 Vermelle 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.