Meaning not yet researched.
Virgil: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 129 in 2025. Its best rank was #93 in 1907.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #93 in 1907; #1,417 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Virgil in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,417 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1907, at #93.
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Virgil: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 129 boys in 2025. Peak: #93 in 1907 · most boys in one year: 1,830 (1921).
In 2025, 129 US boys were named Virgil, making it the 1,417th most common boys’ name of the year, up 133 places from #1,550 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 114 boys named Virgil in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #93, reached in 1907. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,830, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,052 in 2015 and #234 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Virgil in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 81 babies with the name. In all, 73,453 US babies have been given the name, 2.0% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 16,335 babies named Virgil.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 981 US boys were named Virgil; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 129. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,241 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Virgil ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #778 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Vergil (2,024 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Virgilio, Virgel and Virgal are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Virgilio (1,487), Virgel (1,193), Virgal (225), Vergal (6), Vergel (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Virgil in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 8 | #778 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #955 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,068 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,267 | — |
| California | 14 | #1,357 | #1,441 |
| Texas | 14 | #1,406 | #1,897 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,538 | — |
| Florida | 6 | #1,815 | #1,520 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 129 | #1,417 |
| 2024 | — | — | 114 | #1,550 |
| 2023 | — | — | 123 | #1,471 |
| 2022 | — | — | 81 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | — | — | 101 | #1,657 |
| 2020 | — | — | 85 | #1,787 |
| 2019 | — | — | 91 | #1,735 |
| 2018 | — | — | 73 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | — | — | 96 | #1,660 |
| 2016 | — | — | 88 | #1,762 |
| 2015 | — | — | 70 | #2,052 |
| 2014 | — | — | 75 | #1,943 |
| 2013 | — | — | 68 | #2,018 |
| 2012 | — | — | 50 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | — | — | 73 | #1,925 |
| 2010 | — | — | 80 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | — | — | 64 | #2,141 |
| 2008 | — | — | 54 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | — | — | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2006 | — | — | 69 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | — | — | 69 | #1,868 |
| 2004 | — | — | 75 | #1,714 |
| 2003 | — | — | 69 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | — | — | 71 | #1,680 |
| 2001 | — | — | 75 | #1,599 |
| 2000 | — | — | 66 | #1,723 |
| 1999 | — | — | 80 | #1,456 |
| 1998 | — | — | 102 | #1,215 |
| 1997 | — | — | 82 | #1,365 |
| 1996 | — | — | 88 | #1,264 |
| 1995 | — | — | 96 | #1,186 |
| 1994 | — | — | 85 | #1,274 |
| 1993 | — | — | 114 | #1,037 |
| 1992 | — | — | 112 | #1,036 |
| 1991 | — | — | 149 | #861 |
| 1990 | — | — | 159 | #807 |
| 1989 | — | — | 146 | #824 |
| 1988 | — | — | 142 | #797 |
| 1987 | — | — | 142 | #776 |
| 1986 | — | — | 179 | #671 |
| 1985 | 5 | #12,450 | 147 | #730 |
| 1984 | — | — | 180 | #642 |
| 1983 | — | — | 160 | #678 |
| 1982 | — | — | 227 | #570 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,143 | 220 | #577 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,358 | 203 | #617 |
| 1979 | — | — | 238 | #557 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,539 | 228 | #552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,622 | 253 | #524 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,277 | 265 | #488 |
| 1975 | — | — | 311 | #452 |
| 1974 | — | — | 312 | #451 |
| 1973 | 9 | #6,067 | 345 | #422 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,259 | 366 | #414 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,364 | 421 | #392 |
| 1970 | — | — | 408 | #397 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,601 | 384 | #406 |
| 1968 | 5 | #8,171 | 442 | #371 |
| 1967 | 7 | #6,026 | 446 | #353 |
| 1966 | — | — | 458 | #350 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,819 | 503 | #338 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,458 | 547 | #335 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,879 | 561 | #332 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,841 | 555 | #334 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,230 | 625 | #314 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,767 | 687 | #296 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,101 | 651 | #304 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,743 | 696 | #290 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,924 | 668 | #286 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,903 | 709 | #277 |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,058 | 699 | #268 |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,131 | 743 | #261 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,266 | 759 | #249 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,919 | 786 | #237 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,930 | 789 | #242 |
| 1950 | 13 | #3,044 | 786 | #234 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,389 | 791 | #228 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,185 | 794 | #230 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,895 | 854 | #219 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,313 | 881 | #198 |
| 1945 | 18 | #2,055 | 845 | #183 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,621 | 928 | #177 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,993 | 993 | #175 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,433 | 1,003 | #168 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,391 | 923 | #170 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,104 | 938 | #166 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,121 | 937 | #164 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,930 | 1,069 | #151 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,564 | 969 | #158 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,096 | 1,034 | #149 |
| 1935 | 17 | #2,000 | 1,104 | #141 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,084 | 1,128 | #141 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,050 | 1,139 | #138 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,125 | 1,228 | #139 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,938 | 1,384 | #121 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,401 | 1,371 | #128 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,596 | 1,339 | #127 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,237 | 1,404 | #126 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,617 | 1,499 | #121 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,447 | 1,576 | #118 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,890 | 1,503 | #120 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,381 | 1,627 | #111 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,517 | 1,713 | #100 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,341 | 1,790 | #99 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,257 | 1,830 | #98 |
| 1920 | 57 | #979 | 1,711 | #101 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,176 | 1,570 | #103 |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,101 | 1,707 | #99 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,147 | 1,523 | #103 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,055 | 1,496 | #104 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,188 | 1,376 | #108 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,197 | 1,048 | #107 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,064 | 819 | #107 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,177 | 684 | #111 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,295 | 355 | #107 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,068 | 280 | #111 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,148 | 250 | #110 |
| 1908 | 17 | #1,002 | 258 | #100 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,137 | 276 | #93 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,225 | 207 | #103 |
| 1905 | 15 | #1,009 | 226 | #97 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,652 | 211 | #100 |
| 1903 | 15 | #930 | 173 | #113 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,215 | 163 | #119 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,065 | 158 | #110 |
| 1900 | 16 | #969 | 212 | #111 |
| 1899 | 12 | #981 | 154 | #111 |
| 1898 | 15 | #917 | 155 | #120 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,091 | 159 | #110 |
| 1896 | 12 | #997 | 138 | #126 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,585 | 146 | #116 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,060 | 125 | #130 |
| 1893 | — | — | 119 | #127 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,013 | 130 | #129 |
| 1891 | 10 | #941 | 123 | #114 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,526 | 100 | #142 |
| 1889 | — | — | 93 | #154 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,466 | 112 | #137 |
| 1887 | — | — | 77 | #165 |
| 1886 | — | — | 79 | #175 |
| 1885 | — | — | 82 | #165 |
| 1884 | — | — | 88 | #160 |
| 1883 | — | — | 70 | #176 |
| 1882 | — | — | 80 | #171 |
| 1881 | — | — | 65 | #182 |
| 1880 | — | — | 81 | #164 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).