Vir — #4987 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Vir

The Social Security Administration has registered 424 babies named Vir between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vir currently holds the #4987 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Vir in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 424 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.