Virden — boys' name
48 babies named Virden in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Virden was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Virden in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Virden
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Virden between 1916 and 1934, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Virden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Virden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Virden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Virden 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 48 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.
Virden at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Virden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1916
- Peak year (1928)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
48 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 8 births in a single year.
Virden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 32 births that decade — 67% of Virden's all-time total
Virden decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Virden's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1934 (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.