Verbena

Girls' name

Leaves, twigs

Verbena has been given to 98 babies in the U.S. since 1907. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1928, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Verbena, 2015

1 in 740,000

Verbena over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Verbena: meaning, origin, and history

Leaves, twigs

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Verbena means

Verbena means “leaves, twigs”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Verbena is used in Various (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /vɜɹ.ˈbin.ə/ and /vɜː.ˈbiːn.ə/ for Verbena.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 98 girls were recorded with the name Verbena between 1907 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1928; its best national rank was #2,372 in 1907.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Verbena?

Verbena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Verbena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Verbena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Verbenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Verbena was born before 1922 — so the typical Verbena is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 36.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.1%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 36.7% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Verbena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1928 (9)
Years since peak: 97; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,372; 1907

Spellings of Verbena

Verbena is not the most common spelling — Verna is, with 53.6% against Verbena's 0.08%.

Verna53.6%69,113
Serena36.8%47,450
Verona3.3%4,314
Verena1.5%1,989
Verlene1.5%1,874
Everlena0.88%1,140
Veena0.49%636
Verneda0.49%631

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Verbena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,372; 1907
Peak year: 1928; 9 that year
First recorded: 1907
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 98
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Verbena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Verlena Verdena Verena Veralyn Veralynn Zareena Verdene Adreena Kailena Helaena Verina Veralee Verdean Vernida Vergene Aileena Naveena Verenis Vernica Verlisa Jaylena Verdine Veretta Verneal

Sibling names for Verbena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Edward Paul Charline Ardis Germaine Darline Marvel Richard

For a brother

Frances Jules Bud Rolland Normand Laverne Jewel Carrol

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