Verdell
3,425 recorded births · active 1907–2010
Compare Verdell →Living-age distribution
The median living Verdell is 70. If you meet a Verdell, there's about a 70% chance they're between 47 and 84 years old.
Popularity arc
Peak Verdell: 1935. Down 100% from peak.
Gender balance
45.8% male, 54.3% female.
Among males: median age 59 (34–78). Among females: median age 75 (64–87).
Rarity
Verdell ranks #5,400 out of 105,966 names ever recorded by the SSA.
Geographic fingerprint
Verdells are 0.7x more common in the South than the national average.
Predictive modeling
Three statistical models, all fit to Verdell's own SSA history plus the historical behavior of every other name in the dataset.
Peak popularity prediction
Verdell's modeled peak was #1,374 in 1935 — its trend isn't projected to beat that.
Not enough continuous recent history to project a peak rank.
Name life-cycle stage
A rule-based classifier over recent growth, momentum, and peak proximity.
Verdell hasn't shown up in SSA records since 2010 — fewer than 5 babies have gotten the name in any year since, which is below what the SSA even reports.
Popularity survival model
Once a name reaches a rank tier, how long does it typically stay there before falling out?
Built from a Kaplan-Meier survival curve: every historical run any name has ever had above this tier, with runs still ongoing today counted as still in progress rather than as an exit.Verdell isn't currently in the Top 100 tier. Estimated chance of entering it in the forecast window: 0%.
If Verdell enters Top 100, chance it's still there after:
Names that do enter Top 100 have historically stayed a median of ~19 years. Based on 668 historical Top 100 runs across every name in the dataset.