Vertie
Vertie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 689th, in 1886, 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191650 births
- Best rank
- #689first in 1886
- Since 1880
- 1,542people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,542 girls have been named Vertie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 50 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 50 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1921, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1916, its biggest year
Vertie was the 977th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Vertie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nellpeak 1917
- Floypeak 1918
- Olapeak 1921
- Clorapeak 1924
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Altapeak 1918
- Onapeak 1916
- Verniepeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.