How popular is the baby name Verity in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Verity.
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Last year, the country of Scotland — which takes up the northern third of Great Britain — welcomed 45,779 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah.
Here are Scotland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:
Girl names
Olivia, 266 baby girls
Isla, 264
Freya, 244
Lily, 231
Millie, 222
Sophia, 214
Amelia, 198 (tie)
Emily, 198 (tie)
Ella, 195
Charlotte, 191
Ava, 188 (tie)
Bonnie, 188 (tie)
Grace, 183
Evie, 180 (tie)
Ivy, 180 (tie)
Rosie, 167
Sophie, 164
Maisie, 161
Maya, 159 (tie)
Orla, 159 (tie)
Harper, 149
Sofia, 147
Aria, 142
Poppy, 135
Maeve, 129
Mia, 126
Daisy, 123
Lucy, 113
Willow, 106
Mila, 105
Elsie, 104 (tie)
Hallie, 104 (tie)
Esme, 102
Ruby, 100
Ellie, 99
Zara, 98
Lottie, 97
Eilidh, 91 – pronounced EH-lee
Ayla, 90 (tie)
Chloe, 90 (tie)
Layla, 89 (3-way tie)
Sienna, 89 (3-way tie)
Violet, 89 (3-way tie)
Ada, 87
Skye, 83
Phoebe, 82
Callie, 81
Jessica, 80 (tie)
Robyn, 80 (tie)
Isabella, 79
Boy names
Noah, 366 baby boys
Muhammad, 293
Rory, 275
Theo, 270
Leo, 260
Luca, 255
Jack, 247 (tie)
Oliver, 247 (tie)
Harris, 243
Archie, 228
Finlay, 220
Alexander, 208 (tie)
Jude, 208 (tie)
James, 203
Alfie, 196
Brodie, 195
Finn, 190
Arlo, 177
Charlie, 159
Thomas, 154 (tie)
Tommy, 154 (tie)
Oscar, 151
Lucas, 147
Arthur, 145
Freddie, 144 (tie)
Mason, 144 (tie)
Jacob, 141
Lewis, 136
Logan, 132 (tie)
Max, 132 (tie)
Harry, 124
Albie, 123
Cameron, 117
Ollie, 116
Myles, 111
Callan, 108 (tie)
Theodore, 108 (tie)
Angus, 106 (tie)
Reuben, 106 (tie)
Harrison, 105
Blake, 102
Adam, 101 (tie)
Caleb, 101 (tie)
Sonny, 100
Louie, 99
Roman, 98
Liam, 93
George, 91
Isaac, 90
Luke, 89
Muhammad, which entered the boys’ top 100 in 2008, jumped from 11th to 2nd place.
And the bonny name Bonnie, which entered the girls’ top 100 in 2018, now sits just outside the top 10.
Last year’s fastest-rising girl names already in the top 100 were Violet, Arabella, Myla, and Chloe, while the fastest-rising girl names entering the top 100 for the first time were Eliza, Romy, and Nora.
The fastest-rising boy names already in the top 100 were Myles, Callan, Ruairidh, and Lochlan, while the fastest-rising boy name entering the top 100 for the first time was Reggie.
Una and Ernie, two of the top names in the Scottish archipelago of Orkney, were given to 19 baby girls and six baby boys (respectively) nation-wide.
Here’s a selection of the names that were given to just three babies each in Scotland last year:
Beira is a modern Scottish name for the Gaelic mythological figure Cailleach, and Innis is a Scottish Gaelic word meaning “small island, islet.”
(I can’t give you the usual sampling of Scotland’s single-use names because, as of 2024, the country has decided to stop releasing names given to fewer than three babies. The news release noted that “the exclusion of the names given to one or two babies is consistent with policies in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.”)
Finally, here are Scotland’s 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
The curious name Demelza first appeared in the U.S. baby name data in 1978:
1980: unlisted
1979: 6 baby girls named Demelza
1978: 6 baby girls named Demelza [debut]
1977: unlisted
1976: unlisted
Where did it come from?
The character Demelza Carne from the BBC television series Poldark, which aired in the U.S. — as part of Masterpiece Theater, on PBS — from 1977 to 1978. (It was originally broadcast in the UK from 1975 to 1977.)
The 29-episode series, based on the Poldark novels by author Winston Graham, was set in Cornwall during the last two decades of the 1700s.
The protagonist was Ross Poldark (played by Robin Ellis), who, at the start of the story, had just returned to Cornwall after fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War.
Demelza Carne from “Poldark“
In the second episode, Ross impulsively hired 13-year-old Demelza Carne (played by actress Angharad Rees) as a housemaid.
Over the next several episodes (which cover several years), Demelza grew to become a “smart and vivacious and charming” young woman. She and Ross eventually got married.
Demelza’s name is not a traditional Cornish personal name. Instead, it’s a Cornish place name. The meaning isn’t known for certain, but one theory holds that it refers to an “eel house” (which would be a fitting definition, given the history of the fishing industry in Cornwall).
Other Poldark characters also influenced U.S. baby names. Thanks to Ross Poldark, for instance, the baby name Ross started rising again in 1977. And Ross’s cousin, the good-natured Verity Poldark, boosted the virtue name Verity to then-peak usage the same year.
Boys named Ross
Girls named Verity
1979
1,002 [rank: 227th]
17
1978
919 [rank: 229th]
13
1977
823 [rank: 250th]
20
1976
680 [rank: 279th]
7
1975
678 [rank: 283rd]
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During the second half of the 2010s, the BBC released a brand new, five-season adaptation of Poldark.
The name Demelza re-emerged in the U.S. data (after a absence of nearly four decades) in 2018. The same year, the name Verity, which was already on the rise, saw a higher-than-expected increase in usage.
And in 2020, the traditional Cornish name Morwenna, which is based on an Old Cornish word meaning “maiden,” made its first appearance in the U.S. data:
2022: unlisted
2021: 8 baby girls named Morwenna
2020: 16 baby girls named Morwenna [debut]
2019: unlisted
2018: unlisted
Character Morwenna Chynoweth, introduced at the start of the third season, was the governess of one of Ross Poldark’s young relatives.
What are your thoughts on these Poldarkian names? Would you use any of them?
P.S. An earlier BBC show, The Forsyte Saga, also had an influence on U.S. baby names…
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 9, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 9-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “nines” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Rockwell correspond to the numbers 18, 15, 3, 11, 23, 5, 12, and 12. The sum of these numbers is 99. The digits of 99 added together equal 18, and the digits of 18 added together equal 9 — the numerological value of Rockwell.
Baby names with a value of 9
Below you’ll find the most popular 9-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
9
The letters in the unisex baby name Ace add up to 9.
9 via 18
The letters in the following baby names add up to 18, which reduces to nine (1+8=9).
Girl names (9 via 18)
Boy names (9 via 18)
Lea, Gaia, Ela, Acacia, Addi
Can, Adal, Acie, Edi, Jag
9 via 27
The letters in the following baby names add up to 27, which reduces to nine (2+7=9).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number nine. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 9 being described as “humanitarian,” “tolerant,” “helpful,” “determined,” and “compassionate.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 9:
Pregnancy (9 months long)
Baseball (9 players on the field; 9 innings)
K-9 (“canine”) police dog units
“Cloud nine” (expression)
“Nine lives” of a cat (expression)
“To the nines” (expression)
“The whole nine yards” (expression)
What does the number 9 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.
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