Verble
Gene Kermit Verble was an American shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Satchel", he played a full season for the 1951 Washington Senators, as well as for part of the Senators' 1953 campaign, batting .202 with 40 hits, 17 runs batted in and no home runs in 81 games and 198 at bats.
Meaning & Origin of Verble
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gene Kermit Verble was an American shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Satchel", he played a full season for the 1951 Washington Senators, as well as for part of the Senators' 1953 campaign, batting .202 with 40 hits, 17 runs batted in and no home runs in 81 games and 198 at bats.
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The Story of Verble
As a girl name
Verble first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 12 Verbles were born — ranking #2,498 that year. As of 2026, Verble ranks #4,181 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 80 Verbles have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Verble first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1916, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 9 Verbles were born — ranking #2,730 that year. As of 2026, Verble ranks #3,538 for boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 57 Verbles have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Verble
Verble is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Verble's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,498. Use the chart and map above to compare Verble's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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