girl's name

Verlaine

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 150

Verlaine is a girl's name. In 1964 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1940, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1922.

Verlaine over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 1960s. The striped bar is the 1960s, still in progress — it covers 1960 to 1964, not a full ten years.

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Births named Verlaine by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 33
1930s 25
1940s 47
1950s 5
1960s (to 1964) 5

How popular is Verlaine?

In 1964, Verlaine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Verlaine is used

France #5,734 5 in 2018
United States #6,958 5 in 1964

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Verlaine

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Verlaine also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Verlaine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Verlaine

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Verlaine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Verlaine

How popular is the name Verlaine?

In 1964, Verlaine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Verlaine a girl's or a boy's name?

Verlaine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Verlaine most popular?

Verlaine peaked in 1940, when 15 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.