girls:
488 births since 1912
#5228 (9th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1914
#3209 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1912
#5844 (24th percentile)
The name Verlyn is the #5,844 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,920 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 24.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,209 (30.0% percentile) for all time with 1,432 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,228 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 488 births since 1912.
Verlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Verlyn is available in 62 out of the 86 years between 1912 and 1997 (61 years for boys and 47 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 Verlyn has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.6% of all recorded births being male. In 1997, 100.0% of babies named Verlyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1915, the name was more popular for girls (61.9% girls from 1912 to 1914), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.0% boys from 1915 to 1997).
For boys, Verlyn reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #492) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1997.
For girls, Verlyn reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #552) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verlyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Verlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.7% confident that Verlyn is pronounced as VER-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VER-luhn, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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