Girls' name · since 1898
Virdia
Since 1898, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Virdia, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Virdia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 64 have been recorded since 1898.
Virdia has 64 recorded births among girls since 1898, 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 1898 to 1945.
- #32,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Virdia ranks #32,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Virdia's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Virdia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Virdia splits its recorded history at 1926: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Virdia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1945
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Virdia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (33 births, 52% of the file).
1920s was Virdia's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Virdia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 33 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Virdia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- 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 Virdia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1898–1945 (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 Virdia 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.