Virgia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Virgia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,208 babies named Virgia between 1885 and 1967, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Virgia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Virgia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Virgia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Virgia in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Virgia 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 1,208 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.