Virdell — unisex name
97 babies named Virdell in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Virdell was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Virdell in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Virdell
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Virdell between 1919 and 1953, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Virdell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Virdell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1921.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Virdell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Virdell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Virdell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Virdell 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 97 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.
Virdell at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Virdell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1919
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
97 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 13 births in a single year.
Virdell popularity over time — boys
17 total births recorded since 1921 (Virdell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Virdell accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Virdell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 43 births that decade — 44% of Virdell's all-time total
Virdell decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Virdell's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Virdell by state
Where Virdell concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 5.2% |
5 of 97 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 5.2% 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, 1919–1953 (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.