Virgen — girls' name
397 babies named Virgen in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Virgen was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Virgen in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Virgen
The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Virgen between 1953 and 2007, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Virgen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Virgen performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Virgen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Virgen in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Virgen 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 397 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.
Virgen at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Virgen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1953
- Peak year (1974)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
397 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 23 births in a single year.
Virgen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 149 births that decade — 38% of Virgen's all-time total
Virgen decade highlights
- Peak decade 149 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Virgen's strongest decade
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Virgen by state
Where Virgen concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 100 | 25.2% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 16 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.3% |
100 of 397 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 25.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 25.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1953–2007 (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.