How Many People Are Named Verlyn?
people named Verlyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 538,243 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,920 babies named Verlyn in Social Security records from 1912 to 1997, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
71 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Verlyn, 27.1% were girls and 72.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Verlyn fell from 40% in the 1910s to 10.6% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Verlyn alive today is about 73 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Verlyn first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1934, to 71 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1997.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 1997
🏆 Rank History
Verlyn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #886, in 1934. Among girls, its best rank was #1,768, in 1934.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #886 (1934) | #1,768 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #986 in the 1930s | #2,337 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Verlyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Verlyn were born in Iowa than in any other state: about 43 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Verlyn was given 25.7 times as often in South Dakota, 18.8 times in Iowa and 11.9 times in Wisconsin.
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