Virgil
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 276 births
- Debut · boys
- 81 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 72,009since 1880
Virgil over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,409 | 129 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,540 | 114 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,465 | 123 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,917 | 81 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,645 | 101 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,778 | 85 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,723 | 91 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,994 | 73 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,644 | 96 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,754 | 88 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,036 | 70 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,920 | 75 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,009 | 68 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,488 | 50 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,905 | 73 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,816 | 80 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,119 | 64 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,374 | 54 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,928 | 73 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,854 | 69 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,749 | 69 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,660 | 71 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,591 | 75 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,713 | 66 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,449 | 80 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,205 | 102 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,350 | 82 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,257 | 88 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,182 | 96 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,268 | 85 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,033 | 114 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,033 | 112 | |
| 1991 | — | #856 | 149 | |
| 1990 | — | #804 | 159 | |
| 1989 | — | #819 | 146 | |
| 1988 | — | #796 | 142 | |
| 1987 | — | #772 | 142 | |
| 1986 | — | #670 | 179 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #728 | 147 |
| 1984 | — | #641 | 180 | |
| 1983 | — | #675 | 160 | |
| 1982 | — | #570 | 227 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #576 | 220 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #616 | 203 |
| 1979 | — | #557 | 238 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #550 | 228 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #522 | 253 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #488 | 265 |
| 1975 | — | #451 | 311 | |
| 1974 | — | #450 | 312 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #422 | 345 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #413 | 366 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #392 | 421 |
| 1970 | — | #396 | 408 | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #405 | 384 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #371 | 442 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #353 | 446 |
| 1966 | — | #348 | 458 | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #338 | 503 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #335 | 547 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #332 | 561 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #334 | 555 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #314 | 625 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #296 | 687 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #304 | 651 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #290 | 696 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #286 | 668 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #276 | 709 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #268 | 699 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #259 | 743 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #249 | 759 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #237 | 786 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #242 | 789 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #234 | 786 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #228 | 791 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #230 | 794 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #219 | 854 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #198 | 881 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #183 | 845 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #177 | 928 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #175 | 993 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #167 | 1,003 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #170 | 923 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #166 | 938 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #164 | 937 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #151 | 1,069 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #157 | 969 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #149 | 1,034 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #140 | 1,104 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #141 | 1,128 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #138 | 1,139 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #139 | 1,228 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #121 | 1,384 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | #128 | 1,371 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #127 | 1,339 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 | #126 | 1,404 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | #121 | 1,499 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | #118 | 1,576 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #120 | 1,503 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | #111 | 1,627 |
| 1923 | #1,490 | 30 | #100 | 1,713 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #99 | 1,790 |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 | #98 | 1,830 |
| 1920 | #968 | 57 | #101 | 1,711 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 | #103 | 1,570 |
| 1918 | #1,091 | 45 | #99 | 1,707 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | #103 | 1,523 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 | #104 | 1,496 |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | #108 | 1,376 |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 | #107 | 1,048 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | #107 | 819 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | #111 | 684 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #107 | 355 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | #111 | 280 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | #110 | 250 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | #100 | 258 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | #93 | 276 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #102 | 207 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | #97 | 226 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #100 | 211 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 | #112 | 173 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #119 | 163 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | #108 | 158 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 | #110 | 212 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | #111 | 154 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | #119 | 155 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #108 | 159 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #126 | 138 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #116 | 146 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #128 | 125 |
| 1893 | — | #126 | 119 | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #129 | 130 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | #114 | 123 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #142 | 100 |
| 1889 | — | #153 | 93 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #137 | 112 |
| 1887 | — | #163 | 77 | |
| 1886 | — | #175 | 79 | |
| 1885 | — | #162 | 82 | |
| 1884 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1883 | — | #176 | 70 | |
| 1882 | — | #170 | 80 | |
| 1881 | — | #178 | 65 | |
| 1880 | — | #163 | 81 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Virgil was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 81 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2015, when fewer than 76 boys a year got the name.
Where Virgil is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#92 · 1 in 470
- North Dakota#98 · 1 in 487
- Iowa#98 · 1 in 544
- West Virginia#100 · 1 in 545
- Kansas#107 · 1 in 538
Best ever in a state: #31 in Kansas, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #92 | 63 | 1 in 470 |
| Iowa | #98 | 41 | 1 in 544 |
| North Dakota | #98 | 12 | 1 in 487 |
| West Virginia | #100 | 37 | 1 in 545 |
| Kansas | #107 | 30 | 1 in 538 |
| Missouri | #112 | 54 | 1 in 642 |
| Oklahoma | #113 | 40 | 1 in 564 |
| Nebraska | #117 | 17 | 1 in 665 |
| Arkansas | #129 | 30 | 1 in 701 |
| Tennessee | #130 | 39 | 1 in 847 |
| Indiana | #134 | 41 | 1 in 835 |
| Minnesota | #135 | 29 | 1 in 916 |
| Ohio | #148 | 57 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Idaho | #149 | 7 | 1 in 751 |
| Illinois | #151 | 59 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Florida | #154 | 23 | 1 in 949 |
| Colorado | #157 | 12 | 1 in 924 |
| Washington | #160 | 17 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Oregon | #167 | 11 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Wisconsin | #168 | 18 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Georgia | #169 | 33 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Maine | #171 | 6 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Mississippi | #176 | 21 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Alabama | #193 | 26 | 1 in 1,318 |
| Texas | #208 | 65 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Arizona | #209 | 6 | 1 in 1,172 |
| California | #210 | 45 | 1 in 1,819 |
| New Mexico | #218 | 5 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Michigan | #224 | 21 | 1 in 2,792 |
| North Carolina | #234 | 23 | 1 in 1,893 |
| South Carolina | #240 | 12 | 1 in 2,037 |
| Louisiana | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,809 |
| Maryland | #261 | 5 | 1 in 3,923 |
| Virginia | #265 | 12 | 1 in 2,546 |
| Pennsylvania | #284 | 18 | 1 in 5,187 |
| New York | #498 | 8 | 1 in 14,958 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Virgil
- 131 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,409)
- 369 spots since 2020 (#1,778 → #1,409)
- 627 spots since 2015 (#2,036 → #1,409)
- Biggest jump: 58 spots in 1986 (#728 → #670)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1992 (#856 → #1,033)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1907 at #93 (276 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1921–1923
- Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
- Highest: 1 in 532 boys born in 1907 were named Virgil (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Virgil (15,992) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 827 | #137 (1888) | #163 |
| 1890s | 1,349 | #108 (1897) | #122 |
| 1900s | 2,134 | #93 (1907) | #105 |
| 1910s | 10,858 | #99 (1918) | #106 |
| 1920s | 15,992 | #98 (1921) | #112 |
| 1930s | 11,363 | #121 (1931) | #143 |
| 1940s | 8,950 | #166 (1940) | #191 |
| 1950s | 7,286 | #234 (1950) | #265 |
| 1960s | 5,208 | #296 (1960) | #343 |
| 1970s | 3,147 | #392 (1971) | #464 |
| 1980s | 1,746 | #570 (1982) | #686 |
| 1990s | 1,067 | #804 (1990) | #1,144 |
| 2000s | 685 | #1,591 (2001) | #1,863 |
| 2010s | 764 | #1,644 (2017) | #1,929 |
| 2020s | 633 | #1,409 (2025) | #1,626 |
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.
Virgil in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 69,765 of them was named Virgil, which outranked 63.7% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,900Wayne21
- #1,900Willadean21
- #1,900Willodean21
- #1,949Virgil20
- #1,949Alethia20
- #1,949Arletha20
- #1,949Arliss20
- #1,994Ammie19
- #1,994Andria19
- #1,994Annelle19
Tied with 44 names at #1,949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 1,437 of them was named Virgil, which outranked 95.7% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.