Virginia Name Popularity

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How popular is Virginia?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Virginia, ranked the 540th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Virginia has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #6 in 1921.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1922 with 19,146 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Virginia was 210 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Virginia occurred roughly during the years 1883-1886, 1889-1894, 1895-1900, and 1901-1921, whereas 1924-1933, 1964-1967, 1968-1972, 1981-1985, and 1989-1994 were years of successive downward movement.

Virginia's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Virginia lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Virginia?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Virginia still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Virginia is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Virginia (Girl)		Virginia (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		578	540	< 5	--
2017		610	514	< 5	--
2016		602	515	< 5	--
2015		598	523	< 5	--
2014		523	581	< 5	--
2013		539	550	< 5	--
2012		507	579	< 5	--
2011		507	574	< 5	--
2010		488	599	< 5	--
2009		491	615	< 5	--
2008		549	560	< 5	--
2007		571	543	< 5	--
2006		604	506	< 5	--
2005		681	445	< 5	--
2004		697	440	< 5	--
2003		742	408	< 5	--
2002		801	370	< 5	--
2001		753	386	< 5	--
2000		811	366	< 5	--
1999		824	359	< 5	--
1998		797	362	< 5	--
1997		775	356	< 5	--
1996		986	294	< 5	--
1995		905	307	< 5	--
1994		923	295	< 5	--
1993		1,040	265	< 5	--
1992		1,089	257	< 5	--
1991		1,191	235	6	8,196
1990		1,335	215	8	6,376
1989		1,265	216	10	5,140
1988		1,292	202	10	4,765
1987		1,246	212	10	4,557
1986		1,367	191	< 5	--
1985		1,379	195	10	4,317
1984		1,465	188	8	4,946
1983		1,679	165	8	4,886
1982		1,762	164	9	4,576
1981		1,801	159	9	4,487
1980		1,737	160	11	3,829
1979		1,658	169	5	7,043
1978		1,653	165	14	3,065
1977		1,598	169	8	4,573
1976		1,615	160	6	5,562
1975		1,732	156	5	6,308
1974		1,711	160	< 5	--
1973		1,816	152	7	4,486
1972		1,789	164	14	2,651
1971		2,147	150	8	3,952
1970		2,328	146	12	2,889
1969		2,442	138	11	2,853
1968		2,457	130	5	4,725
1967		2,553	135	11	2,602
1966		2,940	122	14	2,212
1965		3,294	115	12	2,468
1964		3,794	109	19	1,896
1963		4,213	103	11	2,670
1962		4,285	105	6	4,025
1961		4,574	103	20	1,870
1960		4,789	102	13	2,416
1959		5,254	93	18	1,972
1958		5,666	85	19	1,893
1957		6,240	75	16	2,089
1956		6,389	75	14	2,258
1955		6,855	66	14	2,217
1954		7,177	61	22	1,664
1953		7,547	53	19	1,832
1952		8,162	49	18	1,854
1951		8,180	47	21	1,678
1950		8,313	43	12	2,313
1949		8,894	39	18	1,817
1948		9,298	36	22	1,605
1947		10,406	34	23	1,599
1946		10,016	31	26	1,407
1945		9,241	28	31	1,202
1944		9,894	26	38	1,084
1943		10,844	25	40	1,088
1942		10,804	23	35	1,192
1941		10,043	23	43	986
1940		9,554	21	44	981
1939		9,227	21	42	990
1938		9,268	22	52	869
1937		9,514	16	33	1,167
1936		9,650	14	51	861
1935		9,863	16	49	913
1934		9,999	15	48	916
1933		9,721	15	42	991
1932		10,755	14	52	901
1931		11,884	12	56	856
1930		13,198	12	69	776
1929		13,234	11	60	856
1928		14,501	9	55	912
1927		15,725	8	74	765
1926		16,162	8	54	929
1925		17,489	7	51	955
1924		18,622	7	46	1,056
1923		18,326	7	36	1,212
1922		19,146	7	37	1,195
1921		19,033	6	38	1,177
1920		17,314	7	32	1,298
1919		15,636	7	28	1,382
1918		16,421	7	31	1,285
1917		14,261	10	28	1,318
1916		12,487	10	21	1,589
1915		10,952	12	28	1,263
1914		7,601	14	19	1,438
1913		6,036	15	16	1,363
1912		4,810	20	12	1,522
1911		3,263	26	9	1,288
1910		2,855	29	8	1,306
1909		2,420	30	6	1,432
1908		2,195	35	< 5	--
1907		1,893	41	< 5	--
1906		1,491	51	5	1,404
1905		1,394	53	6	1,227
1904		1,213	59	5	1,389
1903		1,032	63	< 5	--
1902		1,008	67	< 5	--
1901		825	76	6	1,054
1900		1,068	74	< 5	--
1899		776	75	< 5	--
1898		801	78	6	1,116
1897		638	84	< 5	--
1896		621	89	< 5	--
1895		628	88	5	1,229
1894		583	91	< 5	--
1893		498	97	< 5	--
1892		475	101	< 5	--
1891		439	97	< 5	--
1890		405	100	< 5	--
1889		395	101	< 5	--
1888		385	100	< 5	--
1887		332	101	< 5	--
1886		353	96	< 5	--
1885		289	103	< 5	--
1884		263	105	< 5	--
1883		234	105	< 5	--
1882		274	94	< 5	--
1881		210	101	< 5	--
1880		213	99	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.