Vir

Peak · boys
2020 · 32 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
451
since 2002

Vir over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vir has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank200020102020peak #3,418, 2020boys
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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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2025#3,94927
2024#4,89020
2023#3,88328
2022#3,46433
2021#5,11018
2020#3,41832
2019#3,49632
2018#4,61021
2017#4,93519
2016#4,47022
2015#4,40722
2014#4,39222
2013#6,60312
2012#5,03518
2011#5,94514
2010#5,47816
2009#4,42922
2008#5,76715
2007#7,09411
2006#5,30316
2005#4,63118
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2002#8,4567
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First appearance
2002

The first year at least five boys were named Vir! It came in at #8,456, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Vir is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Vir, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #960 in New Jersey, 2015.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Vir
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 941 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #3,949)
  • 531 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #3,949)
  • 458 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #3,949)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2002
  • Peaked 2020 at #3,418 (32 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,909
  • Highest: 1 in 52,909 boys born in 2022 were named Vir (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,418 in 2020, was only 1 in 53,940 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 43.9% of all boys named Vir (198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s95#4,429 (2009)#6,466
2010s198#3,496 (2019)#4,937
2020s158#3,418 (2020)#4,119

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.

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