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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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
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1992—#8,4355
1991—#5,5219
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1984—#6,3155
1983—#5,4846
1982—#3,28213
1981—#5,4686
1980—#4,1349
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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
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1902#1,7935—
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1900—#1,3105
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1896—#64112
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1892—#1,0665
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1886—#9595
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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.

Where Vergil is popular in 1928

No state had 5 or more boys named Vergil in 1928, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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 1928

boys
#1,111
40 births · 1 in 27,690 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,111Vergil40
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 27,690 of them was named Vergil, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vergil
  1. #1,095Ludwig41
  2. #1,095Marshal41
  3. #1,095Vernard41
  4. #1,111Vergil40
  5. #1,111Alvaro40
  6. #1,111Archibald40
  7. #1,111Duke40
  8. #1,125Alonza39
  9. #1,125Armin39
  10. #1,125Buel39

Tied with 13 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →