Virgene

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390

Peak · girls
1927 · 26 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
496
since 1912

Virgene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Virgene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #1,619, 1927girls
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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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1960#6,3905
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1956#5,9525
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1952#4,4837
1951#3,7149
1950#3,42310
1949#4,2357
1948#3,5939
1947#3,44810
1946#3,4309
1945#2,06017
1944#3,1399
1943#2,55813
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1941#2,39713
1940#2,57211
1939#3,4297
1938#2,11315
1937#2,9409
1936#1,74119
1935#1,77919
1934#2,74110
1933#2,54011
1932#2,23514
1931#1,80319
1930#2,02317
1929#2,58712
1928#2,38114
1927#1,61926
1926#2,07618
1925#2,77812
1924#2,13718
1923#2,16917
1922#1,83622
1921#2,37815
1920#2,17217
1919#3,2199
1918#2,51913
1917#2,55212
1916#3,5527
1915#4,2745
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1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Virgene! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Virgene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1927 at #1,619 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 45,863
  • Highest: 1 in 45,863 girls born in 1927 were named Virgene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 34.5% of all girls named Virgene (171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s51#2,519 (1918)#3,183
1920s171#1,619 (1927)#2,213
1930s140#1,741 (1936)#2,334
1940s98#2,060 (1945)#3,048
1950s31#3,423 (1950)#4,393
1960s5#6,390 (1960)#6,390

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

Virgene in 1927

girls
#1,619
26 births · 1 in 45,863 girls

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #1,619Virgene26
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 45,863 of them was named Virgene, which outranked 71.1% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgene
  1. #1,587Virgia27
  2. #1,587Virgil27
  3. #1,587Wyona27
  4. #1,619Virgene26
  5. #1,619Aggie26
  6. #1,619Albertina26
  7. #1,619Amada26
  8. #1,669Adah25
  9. #1,669Aiko25
  10. #1,669Alison25

Tied with 49 names at #1,619; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1927