Virgil Name Popularity

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How popular is Virgil?

In 2018 the rare name Virgil, ranked the 1,993rd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Virgil is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #93 in 1907.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 1,830 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Virgil was 50 in 2012.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Virgil occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1896-1900, 1903-1907, 1908-1918, and 2012-2016, whereas 1989-1994, and 2005-2008 were years of successive downward movement.

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

What does the future hold for the popularity of Virgil?

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

The name Virgil is quite distinctive 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, Virgil has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Virgil (Girl)		Virgil (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	73	1,993
2017		< 5	--	96	1,655
2016		< 5	--	88	1,759
2015		< 5	--	70	2,049
2014		< 5	--	75	1,942
2013		< 5	--	68	2,017
2012		< 5	--	50	2,514
2011		< 5	--	73	1,923
2010		< 5	--	79	1,849
2009		< 5	--	64	2,141
2008		< 5	--	54	2,402
2007		< 5	--	73	1,946
2006		< 5	--	69	1,964
2005		< 5	--	69	1,868
2004		< 5	--	75	1,714
2003		< 5	--	69	1,761
2002		< 5	--	71	1,679
2001		< 5	--	74	1,613
2000		< 5	--	66	1,723
1999		< 5	--	80	1,455
1998		< 5	--	102	1,214
1997		< 5	--	82	1,365
1996		< 5	--	88	1,264
1995		< 5	--	96	1,186
1994		< 5	--	85	1,274
1993		< 5	--	114	1,037
1992		< 5	--	112	1,037
1991		< 5	--	149	861
1990		< 5	--	159	807
1989		< 5	--	146	824
1988		< 5	--	142	797
1987		< 5	--	142	774
1986		< 5	--	179	672
1985		5	12,447	146	732
1984		< 5	--	180	642
1983		< 5	--	160	677
1982		< 5	--	227	570
1981		5	12,130	220	576
1980		6	10,355	203	617
1979		< 5	--	238	557
1978		7	8,532	228	552
1977		6	9,623	252	527
1976		8	7,277	265	488
1975		< 5	--	311	452
1974		< 5	--	312	452
1973		9	6,067	345	422
1972		6	8,259	367	413
1971		7	7,363	422	392
1970		< 5	--	409	396
1969		7	6,599	384	406
1968		5	8,167	441	371
1967		7	6,021	447	354
1966		< 5	--	458	350
1965		9	4,816	503	338
1964		8	5,459	547	336
1963		7	5,879	560	332
1962		7	5,837	556	334
1961		11	4,224	624	315
1960		9	4,764	687	296
1959		16	3,098	652	304
1958		12	3,742	702	288
1957		11	3,926	661	289
1956		11	3,903	710	276
1955		10	4,057	698	268
1954		7	5,129	744	259
1953		13	3,267	757	249
1952		15	2,919	786	237
1951		14	2,930	789	242
1950		13	3,044	786	234
1949		11	3,388	791	228
1948		21	2,185	794	230
1947		14	2,895	854	219
1946		18	2,312	882	198
1945		18	2,055	844	183
1944		13	2,621	928	177
1943		20	1,994	992	175
1942		9	3,433	1,002	168
1941		14	2,392	922	170
1940		16	2,104	938	166
1939		16	2,121	937	164
1938		10	2,932	1,068	151
1937		12	2,565	970	157
1936		9	3,095	1,034	149
1935		17	1,999	1,104	140
1934		16	2,085	1,128	141
1933		16	2,050	1,140	138
1932		16	2,125	1,225	139
1931		18	1,938	1,383	121
1930		31	1,401	1,372	128
1929		25	1,596	1,340	127
1928		39	1,237	1,405	125
1927		27	1,618	1,498	121
1926		32	1,447	1,576	118
1925		22	1,891	1,503	120
1924		36	1,381	1,627	111
1923		30	1,517	1,713	100
1922		36	1,342	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		< 5	--	119	127
1892		10	1,013	130	129
1891		10	941	123	114
1890		5	1,526	100	142
1889		< 5	--	93	154
1888		5	1,466	112	137
1887		< 5	--	77	165
1886		< 5	--	79	175
1885		< 5	--	82	165
1884		< 5	--	88	160
1883		< 5	--	70	176
1882		< 5	--	80	171
1881		< 5	--	65	182
1880		< 5	--	81	164

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.