Virgil

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#93
1907 · 276 births
Debut · boys
1880
81 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
72,009
since 1880

Virgil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #93, 1907boys
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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—#1,409129
2024—#1,540114
2023—#1,465123
2022—#1,91781
2021—#1,645101
2020—#1,77885
2019—#1,72391
2018—#1,99473
2017—#1,64496
2016—#1,75488
2015—#2,03670
2014—#1,92075
2013—#2,00968
2012—#2,48850
2011—#1,90573
2010—#1,81680
2009—#2,11964
2008—#2,37454
2007—#1,92873
2006—#1,94369
2005—#1,85469
2004—#1,70175
2003—#1,74969
2002—#1,66071
2001—#1,59175
2000—#1,71366
1999—#1,44980
1998—#1,205102
1997—#1,35082
1996—#1,25788
1995—#1,18296
1994—#1,26885
1993—#1,033114
1992—#1,033112
1991—#856149
1990—#804159
1989—#819146
1988—#796142
1987—#772142
1986—#670179
1985#10,6775#728147
1984—#641180
1983—#675160
1982—#570227
1981#10,4115#576220
1980#9,0956#616203
1979—#557238
1978#7,6497#550228
1977#8,4446#522253
1976#6,6118#488265
1975—#451311
1974—#450312
1973#5,5809#422345
1972#7,2926#413366
1971#6,6197#392421
1970—#396408
1969#5,9747#405384
1968#7,0165#371442
1967#5,4577#353446
1966—#348458
1965#4,4949#338503
1964#5,0088#335547
1963#5,2967#332561
1962#5,2937#334555
1961#4,00911#314625
1960#4,4379#296687
1959#2,98016#304651
1958#3,54312#290696
1957#3,69611#286668
1956#3,69611#276709
1955#3,77810#268699
1954#4,6557#259743
1953#3,10613#249759
1952#2,80615#237786
1951#2,81014#242789
1950#2,90913#234786
1949#3,17611#228791
1948#2,12621#230794
1947#2,76914#219854
1946#2,22818#198881
1945#1,99318#183845
1944#2,51113#177928
1943#1,94920#175993
1942#3,1949#1671,003
1941#2,27214#170923
1940#2,02916#166938
1939#2,03816#164937
1938#2,73010#1511,069
1937#2,44812#157969
1936#2,8579#1491,034
1935#1,91717#1401,104
1934#2,00316#1411,128
1933#1,97016#1381,139
1932#2,03716#1391,228
1931#1,87618#1211,384
1930#1,37131#1281,371
1929#1,55525#1271,339
1928#1,22339#1261,404
1927#1,58727#1211,499
1926#1,41432#1181,576
1925#1,84722#1201,503
1924#1,35436#1111,627
1923#1,49030#1001,713
1922#1,30936#991,790
1921#1,23739#981,830
1920#96857#1011,711
1919#1,15541#1031,570
1918#1,09145#991,707
1917#1,12640#1031,523
1916#1,04344#1041,496
1915#1,17334#1081,376
1914#1,17527#1071,048
1913#1,04027#107819
1912#1,14321#111684
1911#1,24114#107355
1910#1,03018#111280
1909#1,10414#110250
1908#97017#100258
1907#1,09213#93276
1906#1,15411#102207
1905#96815#97226
1904#1,4867#100211
1903#89615#112173
1902#1,13310#119163
1901#1,00711#108158
1900#94116#110212
1899#93512#111154
1898#88615#119155
1897#1,03710#108159
1896#95012#126138
1895#1,4266#116146
1894#99810#128125
1893—#126119
1892#95810#129130
1891#89310#114123
1890#1,3385#142100
1889—#15393
1888#1,2765#137112
1887—#16377
1886—#17579
1885—#16282
1884—#15788
1883—#17670
1882—#17080
1881—#17865
1880—#16381
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Virgil was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 81 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2011–2015, when fewer than 76 boys a year got the name.

See more about Virgil
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 131 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,409)
  • 369 spots since 2020 (#1,778 → #1,409)
  • 627 spots since 2015 (#2,036 → #1,409)
  • Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1986 (#728 → #670)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1992 (#856 → #1,033)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1907 at #93 (276 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1921–1923
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 532
  • Highest: 1 in 532 boys born in 1907 were named Virgil (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Virgil (15,992) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s827#137 (1888)#163
1890s1,349#108 (1897)#122
1900s2,134#93 (1907)#105
1910s10,858#99 (1918)#106
1920s15,992#98 (1921)#112
1930s11,363#121 (1931)#143
1940s8,950#166 (1940)#191
1950s7,286#234 (1950)#265
1960s5,208#296 (1960)#343
1970s3,147#392 (1971)#464
1980s1,746#570 (1982)#686
1990s1,067#804 (1990)#1,144
2000s685#1,591 (2001)#1,863
2010s764#1,644 (2017)#1,929
2020s633#1,409 (2025)#1,626

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.

Virgil in 1904

girls
#1,486
7 births · 1 in 39,337 girls
boys
#100
211 births · 1 in 607 boys

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,486Virgil7

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #100Virgil211
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 39,337 of them was named Virgil, which outranked 31.4% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgil
  1. #1,364Zelia8
  2. #1,364Zeta8
  3. #1,364Zina8
  4. #1,486Virgil7
  5. #1,486Adel7
  6. #1,486Agness7
  7. #1,486Aldea7
  8. #1,659Afton6
  9. #1,659Aili6
  10. #1,659Aleene6

Tied with 172 names at #1,486; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 607 of them was named Virgil, which outranked 92.8% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgil
  1. #97Patrick226
  2. #98Victor218
  3. #99Glenn217
  4. #100Virgil211
  5. #101Vincent206
  6. #102Horace205
  7. #103Alexander203
Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 615Adelbert#1,130 → #515
  2. ↑ 592Hunter#1,130 → #538
  3. ↑ 564Mac#1,130 → #566
  4. ↑ 564Manley#1,130 → #566
  5. ↑ 483Hezekiah#1,130 → #647
Fallers
  1. ↓ 629Bessie#576 → #1,205
  2. ↓ 629Reynold#576 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 610Nat#595 → #1,205
  4. ↓ 586Minnie#619 → #1,205
  5. ↓ 586Ludwig#619 → #1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →