first name
VIRGIL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,101 people named Virgil, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 15.9% as Black and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Virgil peaked in 1921, when 1,869 babies got the name.
At least 73,453 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Virgil by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #249. The largest share of babies named Virgil, 36.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Virgil is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Virgil has been most common in West Virginia (3.7×), South Dakota (3.6×), and Kansas (3.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.07×).
63,330 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Virgil
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Virgil, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Virgil ranks #11,628 of 156,621, with 2,583 people. See Virgil as a last name
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