Virginia
Virginia was given to 572 girls in 2025, #526 among girls’ names; 654,968 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 223,000 Americans named Virginia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 56 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Virginia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Virginia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Virginia is “a female given name from Latin.”
From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.
/vɚˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Virginia?
#526 among girls’ names, 2025
Virginia fell from #523 in 2015 to #526 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 0.34 to 0.36 per 1,000.
19,181 babies in 1922, the peak
Virginia peaked in 1922, when 19,181 babies were given it (19,144 girls, #7 among girls’ names). The 572 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 572 | #526 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 607 | #507 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 536 | #560 | 0.33 |
| 2022 | 571 | #540 | 0.35 |
| 2021 | 563 | #544 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 505 | #581 | 0.31 |
| 2019 | 575 | #534 | 0.34 |
| 2018 | 586 | #537 | 0.34 |
| 2017 | 612 | #513 | 0.35 |
| 2016 | 606 | #514 | 0.34 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 601 | #523 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 523 | #583 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 539 | #550 | 0.31 |
| 2012 | 508 | #578 | 0.29 |
| 2011 | 507 | #574 | 0.29 |
| 2010 | 489 | #599 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 493 | #614 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 549 | #560 | 0.29 |
| 2007 | 572 | #542 | 0.30 |
| 2006 | 605 | #505 | 0.32 |
| 2005 | 681 | #445 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 697 | #440 | 0.38 |
| 2003 | 742 | #408 | 0.41 |
| 2002 | 801 | #371 | 0.45 |
| 2001 | 753 | #387 | 0.42 |
| 2000 | 811 | #366 | 0.45 |
| 1999 | 824 | #359 | 0.46 |
| 1998 | 797 | #362 | 0.45 |
| 1997 | 775 | #356 | 0.45 |
| 1996 | 986 | #294 | 0.56 |
| 1995 | 904 | #307 | 0.51 |
| 1994 | 923 | #295 | 0.52 |
| 1993 | 1,041 | #265 | 0.58 |
| 1992 | 1,089 | #257 | 0.59 |
| 1991 | 1,191 | #235 | 0.64 |
| 1990 | 1,335 | #215 | 0.70 |
| 1989 | 1,266 | #215 | 0.69 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | #202 | 0.73 |
| 1987 | 1,246 | #212 | 0.72 |
| 1986 | 1,367 | #192 | 0.80 |
| 1985 | 1,378 | #196 | 0.80 |
| 1984 | 1,465 | #188 | 0.87 |
| 1983 | 1,679 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,761 | #164 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,737 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 1,657 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 1,652 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,598 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,616 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,733 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1974 | 1,711 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1,817 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1972 | 1,790 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 2,148 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1970 | 2,331 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 2,444 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1968 | 2,456 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 2,553 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1966 | 2,940 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1965 | 3,296 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1964 | 3,794 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 1963 | 4,214 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1962 | 4,285 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1961 | 4,576 | #103 | 2.3 |
| 1960 | 4,787 | #102 | 2.4 |
| 1959 | 5,256 | #93 | 2.6 |
| 1958 | 5,667 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1957 | 6,238 | #75 | 3.1 |
| 1956 | 6,392 | #75 | 3.2 |
| 1955 | 6,855 | #66 | 3.5 |
| 1954 | 7,176 | #61 | 3.7 |
| 1953 | 7,546 | #53 | 4.0 |
| 1952 | 8,161 | #49 | 4.4 |
| 1951 | 8,180 | #47 | 4.5 |
| 1950 | 8,312 | #43 | 4.9 |
| 1949 | 8,896 | #39 | 5.2 |
| 1948 | 9,296 | #36 | 5.5 |
| 1947 | 10,407 | #34 | 5.9 |
| 1946 | 10,015 | #31 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 9,244 | #28 | 7.1 |
| 1944 | 9,895 | #26 | 7.5 |
| 1943 | 10,847 | #25 | 7.8 |
| 1942 | 10,803 | #23 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 10,043 | #23 | 8.3 |
| 1940 | 9,554 | #21 | 8.4 |
| 1939 | 9,227 | #21 | 8.4 |
| 1938 | 9,269 | #22 | 8.4 |
| 1937 | 9,517 | #16 | 8.9 |
| 1936 | 9,650 | #14 | 9.3 |
| 1935 | 9,867 | #16 | 9.4 |
| 1934 | 10,002 | #15 | 9.6 |
| 1933 | 9,719 | #15 | 9.6 |
| 1932 | 10,755 | #14 | 10.1 |
| 1931 | 11,886 | #12 | 11.2 |
| 1930 | 13,197 | #12 | 11.7 |
| 1929 | 13,234 | #11 | 11.9 |
| 1928 | 14,500 | #9 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 15,734 | #8 | 13.2 |
| 1926 | 16,161 | #8 | 13.6 |
| 1925 | 17,490 | #7 | 14.4 |
| 1924 | 18,620 | #7 | 14.9 |
| 1923 | 18,325 | #7 | 15.2 |
| 1922 | 19,144 | #7 | 15.9 |
| 1921 | 19,032 | #6 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 17,314 | #7 | 14.4 |
| 1919 | 15,636 | #7 | 13.8 |
| 1918 | 16,421 | #7 | 14.2 |
| 1917 | 14,261 | #10 | 13.2 |
| 1916 | 12,487 | #10 | 12.0 |
| 1915 | 10,952 | #12 | 11.1 |
| 1914 | 7,601 | #14 | 10.0 |
| 1913 | 6,036 | #15 | 9.7 |
| 1912 | 4,810 | #20 | 8.6 |
| 1911 | 3,263 | #26 | 7.8 |
| 1910 | 2,855 | #29 | 7.2 |
| 1909 | 2,420 | #30 | 7.0 |
| 1908 | 2,195 | #35 | 6.6 |
| 1907 | 1,893 | #41 | 5.9 |
| 1906 | 1,491 | #51 | 5.0 |
| 1905 | 1,394 | #53 | 4.8 |
| 1904 | 1,213 | #59 | 4.4 |
| 1903 | 1,032 | #63 | 3.9 |
| 1902 | 1,008 | #67 | 3.8 |
| 1901 | 825 | #76 | 3.4 |
| 1900 | 1,068 | #74 | 3.6 |
| 1899 | 776 | #75 | 3.3 |
| 1898 | 801 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1897 | 638 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1896 | 621 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1895 | 628 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1894 | 583 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1893 | 498 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1892 | 475 | #101 | 2.2 |
| 1891 | 439 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1890 | 405 | #100 | 2.1 |
| 1889 | 395 | #101 | 2.2 |
| 1888 | 385 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1887 | 332 | #101 | 2.3 |
| 1886 | 353 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1885 | 289 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1884 | 263 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1883 | 234 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1882 | 274 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1881 | 210 | #101 | 2.3 |
| 1880 | 213 | #99 | 2.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Virginia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Virginia has been given almost only to girls: 2,009 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Virginia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Virginia, and how old are they?
223,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 654,968 Americans ever recorded as Virginia. The median Virginia alive today is 71 years old; half are between 56 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 286,258 people named Virginia (285,956 women and girls, 302 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 274,584 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 53,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 98,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 31,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 20,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,350 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Virginia born?
The states with the most babies named Virginia are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 45,645 | #857 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 37,444 | #687 | 0.8× |
| California | 37,021 | #1,320 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 35,166 | #699 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 33,993 | #922 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 33,958 | #503 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 29,069 | #136 | 1.8× |
| Michigan | 25,236 | #405 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 21,744 | #404 | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 20,811 | #514 | 1.2× |
Where Virginia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Virginia is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Virginia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 656,804 babies since 1880, Virginia is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 572 of their 572 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Virginia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Virginia and names like it
- Compare Virginia and VirginaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVirginia peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Virginia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Virginia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Virginia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Virginia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.