Virgie

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
Given to girls 97.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 261 births
Debut · girls
41 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,800
since 1880

Virgie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Virgie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #182, 1904girls
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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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2024#15,2935—
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2022#15,3065—
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1997#13,7245—
1996#11,8076—
1995——
1994#11,7786—
1993——
1992#8,7349—
1991#8,5889—
1990#8,5019—
1989#8,7618—
1988#7,6919—
1987——
1986#6,15611—
1985#5,07714—
1984#6,29110—
1983#6,7059—
1982#4,16718—
1981#4,16218—
1980#3,71921—
1979#5,09213—
1978#5,21412—
1977#2,90927—
1976#3,40720—
1975#2,96924—
1974#2,83525—
1973#3,34219—
1972#2,97622—
1971#2,29634#4,9075
1970#2,30733—
1969#2,02338#4,4045
1968#1,88740—
1967#1,92137#3,5596
1966#1,60049—
1965#1,50055#3,5376
1964#1,34969—
1963#1,30571—
1962#1,47657—
1961#1,23280#3,3567
1960#1,17486—
1959#1,08796#3,0378
1958#1,028103#3,5596
1957#975113—
1956#1,012102#3,9425
1955#890120#3,2017
1954#798138—
1953#766143—
1952#736145#3,3736
1951#760134—
1950#670159#3,6815
1949#680151#3,2986
1948#609185#2,32611
1947#612188#3,3706
1946#564199#2,9197
1945#523195#2,3939
1944#494213#2,08012
1943#481235#2,18212
1942#482233#3,5605
1941#438246#2,08312
1940#402288#1,73616
1939#403279#1,95813
1938#417262#2,4799
1937#364316#2,33210
1936#356317#2,6298
1935#358315#2,12712
1934#368292#2,12112
1933#335339#1,77016
1932#340346#2,31311
1931#352330#1,64319
1930#324418#2,44411
1929#344357#2,00215
1928#313438#2,16214
1927#300495#1,46826
1926#322425#1,51524
1925#306469#1,53424
1924#288526#1,89418
1923#284521#1,58923
1922#275558#1,69521
1921#286535#1,90418
1920#284527#1,59223
1919#268559#1,69520
1918#266566#2,07315
1917#274509#1,90016
1916#269509#2,04314
1915#265488#1,96814
1914#257402#2,10110
1913#249364#1,9459
1912#243342#1,41712
1911#237275#1,3877
1910#222292#1,3147
1909#202285#1,0838
1908#187302#1,3735
1907#205251#1,0947
1906#206224—
1905#194244—
1904#182261#1,0646
1903#196214#69611
1902#202210—
1901#192215—
1900#196260#1,3105
1899#193206—
1898#205204#1,0026
1897#199194—
1896#191211—
1895#197191—
1894#197177—
1893#193180—
1892#202155—
1891#192139—
1890#190154—
1889#208121—
1888#218112#8157
1887#203100—
1886#19799—
1885#22577—
1884#21378—
1883#23360—
1882#23952—
1881#24043—
1880#24041—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Virgie was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Virgie is popular in 1912

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedINOhio: #328 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,829 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #187 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,015 girlsMOKentucky: #86 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 332 girlsKYWest Virginia: #133 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 531 girlsWVVirginia: #94 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 346 girlsVAMaryland: #186 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,330 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #120 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 432 girlsARTennessee: #138 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 579 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #161 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 775 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #196 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #141 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 561 girlsOKLouisiana: #229 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,193 girlsLAMississippi: #132 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 553 girlsMSAlabama: #138 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 660 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedHITexas: #185 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 798 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Virgie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#86 · 1 in 332
  2. Virginia#94 · 1 in 346
  3. Arkansas#120 · 1 in 432
  4. Mississippi#132 · 1 in 553
  5. West Virginia#133 · 1 in 531

Best ever in a state: #75 in West Virginia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#86411 in 332
Virginia#94411 in 346
Arkansas#120221 in 432
Mississippi#132221 in 553
West Virginia#133151 in 531
Alabama#138241 in 660
Tennessee#138231 in 579
Oklahoma#141181 in 561
North Carolina#161221 in 775
Texas#185331 in 798
Maryland#18651 in 1,330
Missouri#187151 in 1,015
South Carolina#196101 in 1,174
Louisiana#229101 in 1,193
Ohio#32861 in 3,829
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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 Virgie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 37 spots in 1957 (#1,012 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1956 (#890 → #1,012)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #182 (261 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 51 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,055
  • Highest: 1 in 1,055 girls born in 1904 were named Virgie (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Virgie (4,851) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s783#197 (1886)#222
1890s1,811#190 (1890)#196
1900s2,466#182 (1904)#196
1910s4,306#222 (1910)#255
1920s4,851#275 (1922)#300
1930s3,214#324 (1930)#362
1940s2,133#402 (1940)#529
1950s1,253#670 (1950)#872
1960s582#1,174 (1960)#1,547
1970s229#2,296 (1971)#3,335
1980s118#3,719 (1980)#5,859
1990s44#8,501 (1990)#10,522
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s10#15,293 (2024)#15,300

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.

Virgie in 1912

girls
#243
342 births · 1 in 1,632 girls
boys
#1,417
12 births · 1 in 35,829 boys

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #243Virgie342

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #1,417Virgie12
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 1,632 of them was named Virgie, which outranked 92.9% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgie
  1. #240Ernestine354
  2. #241Jeanne347
  3. #242Teresa344
  4. #243Virgie342
  5. #243Annette342
  6. #245Reba335
  7. #246Arlene325
  8. #247Carol324

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 35,829 of them was named Virgie, which outranked 51.2% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Virgie
  1. #1,353Thompson13
  2. #1,353Thurmon13
  3. #1,353Toivo13
  4. #1,417Virgie12
  5. #1,417Adron12
  6. #1,417Aime12
  7. #1,417Alfons12
  8. #1,527Agustin11
  9. #1,527Aldon11
  10. #1,527Anselmo11

Tied with 109 names at #1,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
  2. ↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
  3. ↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
  4. ↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
  5. ↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
  2. ↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
  3. ↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
  4. ↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
  5. ↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →