Popularity of the name Virginia, 1880–2025
Virginia was at its most popular in 1922, when 19,144 girls were given the name: about 1 in 63 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #7. In 2025, 572 girls were named Virginia, ranking #525. In all, Social Security counts 652,959 girls named Virginia since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 2,009 boys named Virginia.
- Peak year
- 1922
- Rank in 1922
- #7
- Babies in 1922
- 19,144
- Rank in 2025
- #525
- Total since 1880
- 652,959
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name slipped from #523 in 2015 to #525 in 2025: 601 girls got it in 2015, and 572 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 1920s, when 169,554 girls were named Virginia, #7 for the decade. It ranked #101 in the 1880s and #549 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 213 in 1880 (#99), 1,068 in 1900 (#74), 17,314 in 1920 (#7), 9,554 in 1940 (#21), 4,787 in 1960 (#102), 1,737 in 1980 (#160), 811 in 2000 (#366) and 505 in 2020 (#581).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 19,144, in 1922. Its best rank in any year was #6, first reached in 1921.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Virginia, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 213 | #99 |
| 1881 | 210 | #101 |
| 1882 | 274 | #94 |
| 1883 | 234 | #105 |
| 1884 | 263 | #105 |
| 1885 | 289 | #103 |
| 1886 | 353 | #96 |
| 1887 | 332 | #101 |
| 1888 | 385 | #100 |
| 1889 | 395 | #101 |
| 1890 | 405 | #100 |
| 1891 | 439 | #97 |
| 1892 | 475 | #101 |
| 1893 | 498 | #97 |
| 1894 | 583 | #91 |
| 1895 | 628 | #88 |
| 1896 | 621 | #89 |
| 1897 | 638 | #84 |
| 1898 | 801 | #78 |
| 1899 | 776 | #75 |
| 1900 | 1,068 | #74 |
| 1901 | 825 | #76 |
| 1902 | 1,008 | #67 |
| 1903 | 1,032 | #63 |
| 1904 | 1,213 | #59 |
| 1905 | 1,394 | #53 |
| 1906 | 1,491 | #51 |
| 1907 | 1,893 | #41 |
| 1908 | 2,195 | #35 |
| 1909 | 2,420 | #30 |
| 1910 | 2,855 | #29 |
| 1911 | 3,263 | #26 |
| 1912 | 4,810 | #20 |
| 1913 | 6,036 | #15 |
| 1914 | 7,601 | #14 |
| 1915 | 10,952 | #12 |
| 1916 | 12,487 | #10 |
| 1917 | 14,261 | #10 |
| 1918 | 16,421 | #7 |
| 1919 | 15,636 | #7 |
| 1920 | 17,314 | #7 |
| 1921 | 19,032 | #6 |
| 1922 | 19,144 | #7 |
| 1923 | 18,325 | #7 |
| 1924 | 18,620 | #7 |
| 1925 | 17,490 | #7 |
| 1926 | 16,161 | #8 |
| 1927 | 15,734 | #8 |
| 1928 | 14,500 | #9 |
| 1929 | 13,234 | #11 |
| 1930 | 13,197 | #12 |
| 1931 | 11,886 | #12 |
| 1932 | 10,755 | #14 |
| 1933 | 9,719 | #15 |
| 1934 | 10,002 | #15 |
| 1935 | 9,867 | #16 |
| 1936 | 9,650 | #14 |
| 1937 | 9,517 | #16 |
| 1938 | 9,269 | #22 |
| 1939 | 9,227 | #21 |
| 1940 | 9,554 | #21 |
| 1941 | 10,043 | #23 |
| 1942 | 10,803 | #23 |
| 1943 | 10,847 | #25 |
| 1944 | 9,895 | #26 |
| 1945 | 9,244 | #28 |
| 1946 | 10,015 | #31 |
| 1947 | 10,407 | #34 |
| 1948 | 9,296 | #36 |
| 1949 | 8,896 | #39 |
| 1950 | 8,312 | #43 |
| 1951 | 8,180 | #47 |
| 1952 | 8,161 | #49 |
| 1953 | 7,546 | #53 |
| 1954 | 7,176 | #61 |
| 1955 | 6,855 | #66 |
| 1956 | 6,392 | #75 |
| 1957 | 6,238 | #75 |
| 1958 | 5,667 | #85 |
| 1959 | 5,256 | #93 |
| 1960 | 4,787 | #102 |
| 1961 | 4,576 | #103 |
| 1962 | 4,285 | #105 |
| 1963 | 4,214 | #103 |
| 1964 | 3,794 | #109 |
| 1965 | 3,296 | #115 |
| 1966 | 2,940 | #122 |
| 1967 | 2,553 | #135 |
| 1968 | 2,456 | #131 |
| 1969 | 2,444 | #138 |
| 1970 | 2,331 | #145 |
| 1971 | 2,148 | #150 |
| 1972 | 1,790 | #164 |
| 1973 | 1,817 | #151 |
| 1974 | 1,711 | #160 |
| 1975 | 1,733 | #156 |
| 1976 | 1,616 | #159 |
| 1977 | 1,598 | #169 |
| 1978 | 1,652 | #165 |
| 1979 | 1,657 | #169 |
| 1980 | 1,737 | #160 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #159 |
| 1982 | 1,761 | #164 |
| 1983 | 1,679 | #165 |
| 1984 | 1,465 | #188 |
| 1985 | 1,378 | #195 |
| 1986 | 1,367 | #192 |
| 1987 | 1,246 | #212 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | #202 |
| 1989 | 1,266 | #215 |
| 1990 | 1,335 | #215 |
| 1991 | 1,191 | #235 |
| 1992 | 1,089 | #257 |
| 1993 | 1,041 | #265 |
| 1994 | 923 | #293 |
| 1995 | 904 | #307 |
| 1996 | 986 | #294 |
| 1997 | 775 | #356 |
| 1998 | 797 | #361 |
| 1999 | 824 | #359 |
| 2000 | 811 | #366 |
| 2001 | 753 | #387 |
| 2002 | 801 | #369 |
| 2003 | 742 | #408 |
| 2004 | 697 | #439 |
| 2005 | 681 | #445 |
| 2006 | 605 | #505 |
| 2007 | 572 | #542 |
| 2008 | 549 | #559 |
| 2009 | 493 | #611 |
| 2010 | 489 | #599 |
| 2011 | 507 | #574 |
| 2012 | 508 | #577 |
| 2013 | 539 | #550 |
| 2014 | 523 | #581 |
| 2015 | 601 | #523 |
| 2016 | 606 | #514 |
| 2017 | 612 | #513 |
| 2018 | 586 | #536 |
| 2019 | 575 | #532 |
| 2020 | 505 | #581 |
| 2021 | 563 | #543 |
| 2022 | 571 | #540 |
| 2023 | 536 | #559 |
| 2024 | 607 | #506 |
| 2025 | 572 | #525 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.