Virgia
Last seen for girls in 1967 at #5,457
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,208since 1885
Virgia over time
Rank among girls' names. Virgia 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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| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
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| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | — | |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
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| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,239 | 38 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Virgia! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Virgia is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#416 · 1 in 3,586
- North Carolina#547 · 1 in 7,789
Best ever in a state: #267 in Arkansas, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #416 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| North Carolina | #547 | 5 | 1 in 7,789 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Virgia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1902 (#1,227 → #936)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903 (#936 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1895 at #893 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1895–1896
- Highest: 1 in 17,971 girls born in 1895 were named Virgia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 235,861 girls born in 1967 (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all girls named Virgia (329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #921 (1885) | #1,027 |
| 1890s | 69 | #893 (1895) | #1,114 |
| 1900s | 97 | #936 (1902) | #1,331 |
| 1910s | 253 | #1,069 (1910) | #1,264 |
| 1920s | 329 | #1,239 (1928) | #1,400 |
| 1930s | 225 | #1,403 (1930) | #1,659 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,649 (1941) | #2,833 |
| 1950s | 66 | #2,921 (1953) | #4,109 |
| 1960s | 16 | #4,546 (1961) | #5,002 |
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.
Virgia in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 47,425 of them was named Virgia, which outranked 71.6% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,625Tracy27
- #1,625Vashti27
- #1,625Virgina27
- #1,668Virgia26
- #1,668Adel26
- #1,668Alliene26
- #1,668Anice26
- #1,723Alethia25
- #1,723Alvie25
- #1,723Belen25
Tied with 54 names at #1,668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.