Girls' name · since 1880
Virginia
Virginia has 652,959 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 652,959
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
652,959 babies have been named Virginia since 1880, making it today's #525 girls' name.
Virginia has 652,959 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #525 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #40 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #525 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 652,959 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Virginia ranks #40 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #525 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 652,959 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #40 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 652,959
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Virginia's 652,959 recorded births place it above 99.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Virginia compares
652,959 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Virginia's all-time total is 1,737x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Virginia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 652,959 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19,144 | 21 | 19,840 |
Virginia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Virginia's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 21% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 79%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 210 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 19,144, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Virginia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 19,144
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Virginia popularity over time - boys
2,009 total births recorded since 1895 (Virginia as boys' name)
Virginia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (169,554 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Virginia's strongest decade.
169,554 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Virginia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 2,948
1880s
2,948 births
- 1890s 5,864
1890s
5,864 births
- 1900s 14,539
1900s
14,539 births
- 1910s
1910s
94,322 births
- 1920s
1920s
169,554 births
- 1930s
1930s
103,089 births
- 1940s
1940s
99,000 births
- 1950s
1950s
69,783 births
- 1960s 35,345
1960s
35,345 births
- 1970s 18,053
1970s
18,053 births
- 1980s 14,993
1980s
14,993 births
- 1990s 9,865
1990s
9,865 births
- 2000s 6,704
2000s
6,704 births
- 2010s 5,546
2010s
5,546 births
- 2020s 3,354
2020s
3,354 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 169,554 births (26% of all-time use).
How Virginia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Virginia's total volume
Virginia by state
Where Virginia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 45,625 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 37,444 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 36,983 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 35,107 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 33,987 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 33,947 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 29,040 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 25,231 | 3.9% |
45,625 of 652,959 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Virginia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Virginia's data
- Virginia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (169,554 total births); usage has since declined to 3,354 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Virginias (45,625 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Virginia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Virginia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Virginia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.