Vergil

Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 12 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,968
since 1886

Vergil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vergil has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #641, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#7,76510
2023#5,92715
2022#4,18425
2021#6,03214
2020#5,04118
2019#5,81315
2018#7,13611
2017#10,7756
2016#6,34913
2015#10,6446
2014#9,6427
2013#8,7898
2012
2011#12,2875
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#8,4355
1991#5,5219
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984#6,3155
1983#5,4846
1982#3,28213
1981#5,4686
1980#4,1349
1979
1978
1977#5,8455
1976#3,47110
1975
1974#3,12011
1973#3,6948
1972#4,9865
1971#3,14610
1970#2,39915
1969#3,9356
1968#3,1078
1967#1,80919
1966#2,46511
1965
1964#2,66510
1963#3,3187
1962#3,3057
1961#2,9009
1960#3,3377
1959#2,66310
1958#2,64210
1957#2,27413
1956#2,49711
1955#1,90217
1954#2,31612
1953#2,09914
1952#1,85617
1951#1,83817
1950#2,43810
1949#1,58322
1948#2,11513
1947#1,78618
1946#1,47523
1945#1,85214
1944#1,57419
1943#1,98614
1942#1,62919
1941#1,75916
1940#2,17911
1939#1,48920
1938#1,36424
1937#1,28827
1936#1,29626
1935#1,45322
1934#1,13334
1933#1,14433
1932#1,15734
1931#1,14535
1930#1,21534
1929#99546
1928#1,11140
1927#4,8055#1,02846
1926#99248
1925#4,4266#1,01246
1924#1,03247
1923#4,9675#82167
1922#4,4456#1,04645
1921#5,0995#80471
1920#79271
1919#4,8145#79966
1918#89455
1917#3,0929#77366
1916#4,4175#81058
1915#83254
1914#93335
1913#89730
1912#83528
1911#1,2908
1910#1,4216
1909#1,0838
1908#1,0218
1907#9998
1906#8529
1905#1,9315#1,0916
1904#9667
1903
1902#1,7935
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898
1897
1896#64112
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Vergil! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vergil
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,720 spots since 2024 (#7,765#5,045)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#5,041#5,045)
  • 5,599 spots since 2015 (#10,644#5,045)
  • Biggest jump: 455 spots in 1912 (#1,290#835)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1922 (#804#1,046)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1896 at #641 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1912–1921
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,964
  • Highest: 1 in 9,964 boys born in 1896 were named Vergil (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Vergil (527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s17#641 (1896)#854
1900s51#852 (1906)#1,046
1910s406#773 (1917)#948
1920s527#792 (1920)#963
1930s289#1,133 (1934)#1,268
1940s169#1,475 (1946)#1,794
1950s131#1,838 (1951)#2,253
1960s84#1,809 (1967)#2,982
1970s64#2,399 (1970)#3,809
1980s39#3,282 (1982)#4,937
1990s14#5,521 (1991)#6,978
2000s0
2010s71#5,813 (2019)#8,929
2020s101#4,184 (2022)#5,666

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vergil in 1916

girls
#4,417
5 births · 1 in 208,867 girls
boys
#810
58 births · 1 in 15,346 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #4,417Vergil5

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #810Vergil58
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 208,867 of them was named Vergil, which outranked 14.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vergil
  1. #3,919Zoie6
  2. #3,919Zoila6
  3. #3,919Zollie6
  4. #4,417Vergil5
  5. #4,417Aaron5
  6. #4,417Adamae5
  7. #4,417Adelaine5

Tied with 744 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 567Trinidad#1,317#750
  2. 388Coral#1,367#979
  3. 377Coletta#1,317#940
  4. 370Clifford#1,285#915
  5. 327Maida#1,231#904
Fallers
  1. 364Louis#934#1,298
  2. 354Herminia#944#1,298
  3. 346Gertha#900#1,246
  4. 344Lahoma#934#1,278
  5. 310Hassie#900#1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 15,346 of them was named Vergil, which outranked 82.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vergil
  1. #803Reinhold59
  2. #803Richmond59
  3. #803Trinidad59
  4. #810Vergil58
  5. #810Abram58
  6. #810Beryl58
  7. #810Bobbie58
  8. #824Andres57
  9. #824Craig57
  10. #824Ernesto57

Tied with 13 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 2,568Tatsuo#3,392#824
  2. 1,088Hughes#1,878#790
  3. 410Angel#1,181#771
  4. 378Trinidad#1,181#803
  5. 354Rolla#1,306#952
Fallers
  1. 500Nicolas#804#1,304
  2. 468Collins#906#1,374
  3. 463Hilliard#952#1,415
  4. 383Arvo#952#1,335
  5. 363Rayford#941#1,304

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916