Virgel

Last seen for girls in 1920 at #4,398 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,187
since 1896

Virgel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Virgel has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #826, 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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1989#7,9055
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1976#5,5875
1975#3,9418
1974#4,1907
1973
1972#4,9865
1971#4,3756
1970#4,7245
1969#3,0629
1968#4,1365
1967#3,5596
1966#3,2497
1965
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1962#2,8489
1961#2,9009
1960#3,3377
1959#3,6196
1958#2,50611
1957#3,9935
1956#3,2167
1955#2,7649
1954#2,20713
1953#2,7099
1952#2,37611
1951#2,49510
1950#2,32111
1949#2,02214
1948#2,6089
1947#1,98815
1946#1,94914
1945#1,85214
1944#1,98813
1943#1,76417
1942#1,62919
1941#1,68517
1940#1,47121
1939#1,71216
1938#1,47621
1937#1,34425
1936#1,35624
1935#1,65618
1934#1,46122
1933#1,54020
1932#1,35626
1931#1,12836
1930#1,19035
1929#1,37827
1928#1,21135
1927#1,29332
1926#1,46625
1925#1,12139
1924#1,07144
1923#1,05745
1922#1,19636
1921#1,17837
1920#4,3986#1,00447
1919#1,09739
1918#1,15236
1917#1,13235
1916#1,59420
1915#1,34225
1914#1,12726
1913#1,58012
1912#1,61910
1911#1,5376
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1907#1,3455
1906#1,1116
1905
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1903#1,1305
1902
1901#9436
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1896#8268
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Virgel! It came in at #826, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Virgel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1896 at #826 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
  • Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Virgel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Virgel (367) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s8#826 (1896)#826
1900s22#943 (1901)#1,132
1910s209#1,097 (1919)#1,353
1920s367#1,004 (1920)#1,198
1930s243#1,128 (1931)#1,422
1940s153#1,471 (1940)#1,896
1950s92#2,207 (1954)#2,821
1960s52#2,848 (1962)#3,299
1970s36#3,941 (1975)#4,634
1980s5#7,905 (1989)#7,905

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.

Virgel in 1936

boys
#1,356
24 births · 1 in 43,217 boys

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #1,356Virgel24
More about 1936

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 43,217 of them was named Virgel, which outranked 66.4% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgel
  1. #1,326Rosendo25
  2. #1,326Verdell25
  3. #1,326Willy25
  4. #1,356Virgel24
  5. #1,356Armin24
  6. #1,356Aubry24
  7. #1,356Autry24
  8. #1,384Alma23
  9. #1,384Arch23
  10. #1,384Avon23

Tied with 27 names at #1,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936