Recorded 1900–2020 Girls' name Peak 1922 1,601 births

Virgina — girls' name

1,601 babies named Virgina in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

17% of everyone ever named Virgina was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

38 babies were named Virgina in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Virgina

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,601 babies named Virgina between 1900 and 2020, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Virgina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Virgina performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 268 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Virgina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Virgina in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Virgina 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 1,601 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.

Virgina at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

1,601

Since 1900

121 years of records

Peak year

1922

38 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1900

Recorded for 121 years

Last year on file: 2020

Virgina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1900

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1922)
38
Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
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Virgina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
268 births that decade — 17% of Virgina's all-time total
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Virgina by state

Where Virgina concentrates geographically — total births since 1900

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Virgina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
10 0.6%
#2 New York
6 0.4%
#3 California
5 0.3%
#4 South Carolina
5 0.3%
#5 Virginia
5 0.3%
Texas share of Virgina's total US births 0.6%
Even split

10 of 1,601 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Virgina?
1,601 babies have been named Virgina since 1900. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1922 with 38 births.
When was Virgina most popular?
Virgina was most popular in the 1920s decade with 268 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
Where is Virgina most popular?
The top states for the name Virgina are Texas (10 births), New York (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Virgina been used?
Virgina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1900, spanning 121 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Virgina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Virginia, Virgie, Viridiana, Virgil, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1900–2020 (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.