Virgel
Last seen for girls in 1920 at #4,398 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,187since 1896
Virgel over time
Rank among boys' names. Virgel has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
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| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,128 | 36 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,190 | 35 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,211 | 35 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,121 | 39 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,196 | 36 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,132 | 35 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,127 | 26 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
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| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
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| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
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| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Virgel! It came in at #826, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Virgel is popular in 1938
No state had 5 or more boys named Virgel in 1938, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Virgel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1896 at #826 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1901
- Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Virgel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Virgel (367) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 8 | #826 (1896) | #826 |
| 1900s | 22 | #943 (1901) | #1,132 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,097 (1919) | #1,353 |
| 1920s | 367 | #1,004 (1920) | #1,198 |
| 1930s | 243 | #1,128 (1931) | #1,422 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,471 (1940) | #1,896 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,821 |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,848 (1962) | #3,299 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,941 (1975) | #4,634 |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
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.
Virgel in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 52,817 of them was named Virgel, which outranked 63.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,439Wanda22
- #1,439Waverly22
- #1,439Willy22
- #1,476Virgel21
- #1,476Arnoldo21
- #1,476Beauford21
- #1,476Bethel21
- #1,521Adelbert20
- #1,521Ardis20
- #1,521Arlene20
Tied with 44 names at #1,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.