Is Virgil a boy or girl name?
Virgil is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 114 boys were named Virgil, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2% of the 73,325 US babies named Virgil were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,542
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Virgil since 1880
- 73,325
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 1,869 babies
Boys and girls named Virgil, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 827 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 1890s | 1,349 | 90 | 6.3% |
| 1900s | 2,134 | 129 | 5.7% |
| 1910s | 10,858 | 311 | 2.8% |
| 1920s | 15,992 | 343 | 2.1% |
| 1930s | 11,363 | 161 | 1.4% |
| 1940s | 8,950 | 154 | 1.7% |
| 1950s | 7,287 | 122 | 1.6% |
| 1960s | 5,208 | 70 | 1.3% |
| 1970s | 3,147 | 43 | 1.3% |
| 1980s | 1,746 | 16 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 1,067 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 685 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 764 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 504 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 114 | #1,542 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,471 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,935 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,653 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,787 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,734 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,014 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,660 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 88 | #1,761 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,052 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,943 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,018 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,516 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,925 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,830 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,141 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,404 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,948 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,966 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,868 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,714 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,761 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,680 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 75 | #1,599 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 66 | #1,723 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,456 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,215 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,365 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,264 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,186 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,274 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,037 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,036 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 149 | #861 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 159 | #807 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 146 | #824 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 142 | #797 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 142 | #776 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 179 | #671 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 147 | #730 | 5 | #12,451 |
| 1984 | 180 | #642 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 160 | #678 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 227 | #570 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 220 | #577 | 5 | #12,140 |
| 1980 | 203 | #617 | 6 | #10,360 |
| 1979 | 238 | #557 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 228 | #552 | 7 | #8,538 |
| 1977 | 253 | #524 | 6 | #9,621 |
| 1976 | 265 | #488 | 8 | #7,278 |
| 1975 | 311 | #452 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 312 | #452 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 345 | #422 | 9 | #6,067 |
| 1972 | 366 | #415 | 6 | #8,259 |
| 1971 | 421 | #392 | 7 | #7,365 |
| 1970 | 408 | #397 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 384 | #406 | 7 | #6,602 |
| 1968 | 442 | #371 | 5 | #8,171 |
| 1967 | 446 | #354 | 7 | #6,025 |
| 1966 | 458 | #350 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 503 | #338 | 9 | #4,818 |
| 1964 | 547 | #335 | 8 | #5,458 |
| 1963 | 561 | #332 | 7 | #5,878 |
| 1962 | 555 | #334 | 7 | #5,841 |
| 1961 | 625 | #314 | 11 | #4,227 |
| 1960 | 687 | #296 | 9 | #4,767 |
| 1959 | 652 | #304 | 16 | #3,100 |
| 1958 | 696 | #290 | 12 | #3,743 |
| 1957 | 668 | #286 | 11 | #3,925 |
| 1956 | 709 | #277 | 11 | #3,903 |
| 1955 | 699 | #268 | 10 | #4,058 |
| 1954 | 743 | #261 | 7 | #5,131 |
| 1953 | 759 | #249 | 13 | #3,266 |
| 1952 | 786 | #237 | 15 | #2,919 |
| 1951 | 789 | #242 | 14 | #2,930 |
| 1950 | 786 | #234 | 13 | #3,044 |
| 1949 | 791 | #228 | 11 | #3,389 |
| 1948 | 794 | #230 | 21 | #2,185 |
| 1947 | 854 | #219 | 14 | #2,895 |
| 1946 | 881 | #198 | 18 | #2,313 |
| 1945 | 845 | #183 | 18 | #2,055 |
| 1944 | 928 | #177 | 13 | #2,621 |
| 1943 | 993 | #175 | 20 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 1,003 | #168 | 9 | #3,432 |
| 1941 | 923 | #170 | 14 | #2,391 |
| 1940 | 938 | #166 | 16 | #2,104 |
| 1939 | 937 | #164 | 16 | #2,121 |
| 1938 | 1,068 | #151 | 10 | #2,930 |
| 1937 | 970 | #157 | 12 | #2,564 |
| 1936 | 1,034 | #149 | 9 | #3,096 |
| 1935 | 1,104 | #141 | 17 | #2,000 |
| 1934 | 1,128 | #141 | 16 | #2,084 |
| 1933 | 1,139 | #138 | 16 | #2,050 |
| 1932 | 1,228 | #139 | 16 | #2,125 |
| 1931 | 1,384 | #121 | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1930 | 1,371 | #128 | 31 | #1,401 |
| 1929 | 1,339 | #127 | 25 | #1,596 |
| 1928 | 1,405 | #126 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1927 | 1,498 | #121 | 27 | #1,617 |
| 1926 | 1,576 | #118 | 32 | #1,447 |
| 1925 | 1,503 | #120 | 22 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 1,627 | #111 | 36 | #1,381 |
| 1923 | 1,713 | #100 | 30 | #1,517 |
| 1922 | 1,790 | #99 | 36 | #1,341 |
| 1921 | 1,830 | #98 | 39 | #1,257 |
| 1920 | 1,711 | #101 | 57 | #979 |
| 1919 | 1,570 | #103 | 41 | #1,176 |
| 1918 | 1,707 | #99 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1917 | 1,523 | #103 | 40 | #1,147 |
| 1916 | 1,496 | #104 | 44 | #1,055 |
| 1915 | 1,376 | #108 | 34 | #1,188 |
| 1914 | 1,048 | #107 | 27 | #1,197 |
| 1913 | 819 | #107 | 27 | #1,064 |
| 1912 | 684 | #111 | 21 | #1,177 |
| 1911 | 355 | #107 | 14 | #1,295 |
| 1910 | 280 | #111 | 18 | #1,068 |
| 1909 | 250 | #110 | 14 | #1,148 |
| 1908 | 258 | #100 | 17 | #1,002 |
| 1907 | 276 | #93 | 13 | #1,137 |
| 1906 | 207 | #103 | 11 | #1,225 |
| 1905 | 226 | #97 | 15 | #1,009 |
| 1904 | 211 | #100 | 7 | #1,652 |
| 1903 | 173 | #113 | 15 | #930 |
| 1902 | 163 | #119 | 10 | #1,215 |
| 1901 | 158 | #110 | 11 | #1,065 |
| 1900 | 212 | #111 | 16 | #969 |
| 1899 | 154 | #111 | 12 | #981 |
| 1898 | 155 | #120 | 15 | #917 |
| 1897 | 159 | #110 | 10 | #1,091 |
| 1896 | 138 | #126 | 12 | #997 |
| 1895 | 146 | #116 | 6 | #1,585 |
| 1894 | 125 | #130 | 10 | #1,060 |
| 1893 | 119 | #127 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 130 | #129 | 10 | #1,013 |
| 1891 | 123 | #114 | 10 | #941 |
| 1890 | 100 | #142 | 5 | #1,526 |
| 1889 | 93 | #154 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 112 | #137 | 5 | #1,466 |
| 1887 | 77 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 79 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 82 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 88 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 70 | #176 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 80 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 65 | #182 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 81 | #164 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Virgil reached #93 in 1907. As a girl name, it reached #917 in 1898. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Virgil
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.