Girls' name · since 1915
Verginia
Verginia has 171 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
171 girls have been named Verginia since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Verginia has 171 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1968.
- #21,451 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Verginia ranks #21,451 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Verginia's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Verginia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Verginia splits its recorded history at 1930: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Verginia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1968
- Peak year (1923)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Verginia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (70 births, 41% of the file).
1920s was Verginia's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Verginia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s
1930s
40 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 70 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Verginia's data
- Verginia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Verginia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Verginia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.