Verdell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Verdell has been given to 3,425 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 1932, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% girls, 39% boys all-time.
Babies named Verdell, 1982
1 in 702,000
Verdell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Verdell over time
In 2010, Verdell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Verdell?
Verdell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1982
- 1 in 702,000
- 5 of 3,507,638 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 339,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1982
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 486,263 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Verdell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 486,263 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Verdell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Verdells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Verdell was born before 1938 — so the typical Verdell is around 87 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 23.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 12.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 568
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 23.0% of all recorded uses (479).
Is Verdell 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 1932 (58)
- Years since peak
- 93
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.4% average annual change
Spellings of Verdell
Verdell is not the most common spelling — Vernell is, with 34.2% against Verdell's 10.0%.
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.
Where Verdell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Verdell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 56,112 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 16,667
- 2Georgia1 in 20,000
- 3Florida1 in 33,333
- 4South Carolina1 in 50,000
- 5Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 6Texas1 in 100,000
- 7Illinois1 in —
- 8North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Verdell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Verdell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Verdell was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,204,007 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arkansas1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Iowa1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5South Carolina1 in —
- 6Texas1 in —
- 7Wisconsin1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Verdell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Verdell around the world
Where Verdell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1985–1985#671in 1985
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Verdell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Verdell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Verdell
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Verdell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Verdell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.