girls:
8 births since 1918
#5708 (0th percentile)
boys:
81 births since 1916
#4505 (2nd percentile)
overall:
89 births since 1916
#7650 (1st percentile)
The name Verdun is the #7,650 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 89 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,505 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 81 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,708 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 1918.
Verdun first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Verdun is available in 6 out of the 7 years between 1916 and 1922 (6 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Verdun has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Verdun reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #511) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 24 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1922.
For girls, Verdun reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #587) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1918.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verdun".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Verdun. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Verdun is pronounced as ver-DUHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VER-duhn, at 45.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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