girls:
8.1k births since 1882
#1816 (68th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1916
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
8.1k births since 1882
#3011 (61st percentile)
The name Verda is the #3,011 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,069 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 61.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,816 (68.2% percentile) for all time with 8,062 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1916.
Verda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1916 for boys). Birth data for Verda is available in 99 out of the 118 years between 1882 and 1999 (99 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Verda has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Verda reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 40.3% percentile (ranked #355) with 241 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 291 births per million (ranked 21.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Verda reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #500) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1916.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verda".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Verda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Verda is pronounced as VER-duh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAIR-duh, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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