Virgil — #1536 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Virgil

The Social Security Administration has registered 71,881 babies named Virgil between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Virgil currently holds the #1536 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 1,830 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Virgil performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15,992 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Virgil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 4,322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Virgil in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Virgil 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 71,881 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.