Versa — girls' name
688 babies named Versa in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Versa was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Versa in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Versa
The Social Security Administration has registered 688 babies named Versa between 1886 and 1958, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Versa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Versa performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Versa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Versa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Versa 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 688 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.
Versa at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Versa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1886
- Peak year (1921)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
688 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 35 births in a single year.
Versa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 189 births that decade — 27% of Versa's all-time total
Versa decade highlights
- Peak decade 189 births
- Runner-up 160 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Versa's strongest decade
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Versa by state
Where Versa concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 22 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Arkansas | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
22 of 688 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 3.2% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1886–1958 (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.