Virda — girls' name
395 babies named Virda in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Virda was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Virda in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Virda
The Social Security Administration has registered 395 babies named Virda between 1888 and 1946, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Virda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Virda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Virda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Virda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Virda 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 395 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.
Virda at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Virda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1888
- Peak year (1921)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
395 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 20 births in a single year.
Virda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 129 births that decade — 33% of Virda's all-time total
Virda decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Virda's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Virda by state
Where Virda concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 395 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.