Virgie

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
Given to girls 97.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 261 births
Debut · girls
41 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,800
since 1880

Virgie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Virgie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #182, 1904girls
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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
2024#15,2935
2023
2022#15,3065
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#13,7245
1996#11,8076
1995
1994#11,7786
1993
1992#8,7349
1991#8,5889
1990#8,5019
1989#8,7618
1988#7,6919
1987
1986#6,15611
1985#5,07714
1984#6,29110
1983#6,7059
1982#4,16718
1981#4,16218
1980#3,71921
1979#5,09213
1978#5,21412
1977#2,90927
1976#3,40720
1975#2,96924
1974#2,83525
1973#3,34219
1972#2,97622
1971#2,29634#4,9075
1970#2,30733
1969#2,02338#4,4045
1968#1,88740
1967#1,92137#3,5596
1966#1,60049
1965#1,50055#3,5376
1964#1,34969
1963#1,30571
1962#1,47657
1961#1,23280#3,3567
1960#1,17486
1959#1,08796#3,0378
1958#1,028103#3,5596
1957#975113
1956#1,012102#3,9425
1955#890120#3,2017
1954#798138
1953#766143
1952#736145#3,3736
1951#760134
1950#670159#3,6815
1949#680151#3,2986
1948#609185#2,32611
1947#612188#3,3706
1946#564199#2,9197
1945#523195#2,3939
1944#494213#2,08012
1943#481235#2,18212
1942#482233#3,5605
1941#438246#2,08312
1940#402288#1,73616
1939#403279#1,95813
1938#417262#2,4799
1937#364316#2,33210
1936#356317#2,6298
1935#358315#2,12712
1934#368292#2,12112
1933#335339#1,77016
1932#340346#2,31311
1931#352330#1,64319
1930#324418#2,44411
1929#344357#2,00215
1928#313438#2,16214
1927#300495#1,46826
1926#322425#1,51524
1925#306469#1,53424
1924#288526#1,89418
1923#284521#1,58923
1922#275558#1,69521
1921#286535#1,90418
1920#284527#1,59223
1919#268559#1,69520
1918#266566#2,07315
1917#274509#1,90016
1916#269509#2,04314
1915#265488#1,96814
1914#257402#2,10110
1913#249364#1,9459
1912#243342#1,41712
1911#237275#1,3877
1910#222292#1,3147
1909#202285#1,0838
1908#187302#1,3735
1907#205251#1,0947
1906#206224
1905#194244
1904#182261#1,0646
1903#196214#69611
1902#202210
1901#192215
1900#196260#1,3105
1899#193206
1898#205204#1,0026
1897#199194
1896#191211
1895#197191
1894#197177
1893#193180
1892#202155
1891#192139
1890#190154
1889#208121
1888#218112#8157
1887#203100
1886#19799
1885#22577
1884#21378
1883#23360
1882#23952
1881#24043
1880#24041
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Virgie was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Virgie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 37 spots in 1957 (#1,012#975)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1956 (#890#1,012)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #182 (261 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 51 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,055
  • Highest: 1 in 1,055 girls born in 1904 were named Virgie (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Virgie (4,851) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s783#197 (1886)#222
1890s1,811#190 (1890)#196
1900s2,466#182 (1904)#196
1910s4,306#222 (1910)#255
1920s4,851#275 (1922)#300
1930s3,214#324 (1930)#362
1940s2,133#402 (1940)#529
1950s1,253#670 (1950)#872
1960s582#1,174 (1960)#1,547
1970s229#2,296 (1971)#3,335
1980s118#3,719 (1980)#5,859
1990s44#8,501 (1990)#10,522
2000s0
2010s0
2020s10#15,293 (2024)#15,300

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.

Virgie in 1917

girls
#274
509 births · 1 in 2,124 girls
boys
#1,900
16 births · 1 in 57,843 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #274Virgie509

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,900Virgie16
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,124 of them was named Virgie, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgie
  1. #271Rena522
  2. #272Lenora516
  3. #273Winnie511
  4. #274Virgie509
  5. #275Annabelle500
  6. #276Eugenia494
  7. #276Ila494
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 57,843 of them was named Virgie, which outranked 58.7% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgie
  1. #1,815Wilmar17
  2. #1,815Wilmot17
  3. #1,815Ygnacio17
  4. #1,900Virgie16
  5. #1,900Adolphe16
  6. #1,900Alger16
  7. #1,900Alto16
  8. #1,986Adrain15
  9. #1,986Alvar15
  10. #1,986Alwyn15

Tied with 85 names at #1,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917