Is Virginia a boy or girl name?
Virginia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 601 girls and 0 boys were named Virginia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 654,381 US babies named Virginia were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #510
- Babies named Virginia since 1880
- 654,381
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 19,181 babies
Boys and girls named Virginia, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 2,948 | 100% |
| 1890s | 11 | 5,864 | 99.8% |
| 1900s | 28 | 14,539 | 99.8% |
| 1910s | 200 | 94,322 | 99.8% |
| 1920s | 483 | 169,554 | 99.7% |
| 1930s | 494 | 103,088 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 320 | 98,998 | 99.7% |
| 1950s | 173 | 69,783 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 122 | 35,344 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 79 | 18,053 | 99.6% |
| 1980s | 85 | 14,996 | 99.4% |
| 1990s | 14 | 9,865 | 99.9% |
| 2000s | 0 | 6,704 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 5,542 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 2,772 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 601 | #510 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 535 | #560 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 569 | #543 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 562 | #544 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 505 | #581 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 575 | #533 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 586 | #537 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 611 | #514 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 604 | #516 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 600 | #523 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 523 | #583 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 539 | #550 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 508 | #578 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 507 | #574 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 489 | #599 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 493 | #614 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 549 | #560 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 572 | #542 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 605 | #505 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 681 | #445 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 697 | #440 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 742 | #408 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 801 | #371 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 753 | #387 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 811 | #366 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 824 | #359 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 797 | #362 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 775 | #356 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 986 | #294 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 904 | #307 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 923 | #295 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 1,041 | #265 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 1,089 | #257 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,198 | 1,191 | #235 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,383 | 1,335 | #215 |
| 1989 | 10 | #5,144 | 1,266 | #215 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,767 | 1,293 | #202 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,562 | 1,246 | #212 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 1,367 | #192 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,319 | 1,379 | #195 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,951 | 1,465 | #188 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,888 | 1,679 | #165 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,575 | 1,761 | #164 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,488 | 1,802 | #159 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,830 | 1,738 | #160 |
| 1979 | 5 | #7,042 | 1,657 | #169 |
| 1978 | 14 | #3,065 | 1,652 | #165 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,572 | 1,598 | #169 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,563 | 1,616 | #160 |
| 1975 | 5 | #6,309 | 1,733 | #156 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 1,711 | #160 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,487 | 1,817 | #151 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,652 | 1,790 | #164 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,952 | 2,148 | #150 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,886 | 2,331 | #146 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,854 | 2,444 | #138 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,729 | 2,456 | #131 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,604 | 2,553 | #135 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,214 | 2,939 | #122 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,469 | 3,296 | #115 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,897 | 3,794 | #109 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,667 | 4,214 | #103 |
| 1962 | 6 | #4,022 | 4,285 | #105 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,870 | 4,576 | #103 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,417 | 4,787 | #102 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,972 | 5,256 | #93 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,891 | 5,667 | #85 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,089 | 6,238 | #75 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,259 | 6,392 | #75 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,216 | 6,855 | #66 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,666 | 7,176 | #61 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,833 | 7,546 | #53 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,854 | 8,161 | #49 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,679 | 8,180 | #47 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,314 | 8,312 | #43 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,816 | 8,895 | #39 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,605 | 9,296 | #36 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,598 | 10,407 | #34 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,407 | 10,016 | #31 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,202 | 9,244 | #28 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,084 | 9,894 | #26 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,087 | 10,846 | #25 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,192 | 10,802 | #23 |
| 1941 | 43 | #986 | 10,044 | #23 |
| 1940 | 44 | #981 | 9,554 | #21 |
| 1939 | 42 | #990 | 9,227 | #21 |
| 1938 | 52 | #868 | 9,269 | #22 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,146 | 9,516 | #16 |
| 1936 | 50 | #870 | 9,650 | #14 |
| 1935 | 49 | #913 | 9,867 | #16 |
| 1934 | 48 | #916 | 10,002 | #15 |
| 1933 | 42 | #992 | 9,719 | #15 |
| 1932 | 52 | #901 | 10,755 | #14 |
| 1931 | 56 | #856 | 11,886 | #12 |
| 1930 | 69 | #776 | 13,197 | #12 |
| 1929 | 60 | #856 | 13,234 | #11 |
| 1928 | 55 | #912 | 14,500 | #9 |
| 1927 | 74 | #765 | 15,733 | #8 |
| 1926 | 54 | #929 | 16,161 | #8 |
| 1925 | 51 | #955 | 17,490 | #7 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,056 | 18,620 | #7 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,212 | 18,326 | #7 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,195 | 19,144 | #7 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,177 | 19,032 | #6 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,298 | 17,314 | #7 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,382 | 15,636 | #7 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,285 | 16,421 | #7 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,318 | 14,261 | #10 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,589 | 12,487 | #10 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,263 | 10,952 | #12 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,438 | 7,601 | #14 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,363 | 6,036 | #15 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,522 | 4,810 | #20 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,288 | 3,263 | #26 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,306 | 2,855 | #29 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,432 | 2,420 | #30 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 2,195 | #35 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 1,893 | #41 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,404 | 1,491 | #51 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,227 | 1,394 | #53 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,389 | 1,213 | #59 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 1,032 | #63 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 1,008 | #67 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,054 | 825 | #76 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 1,068 | #74 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 776 | #75 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,116 | 801 | #78 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 638 | #84 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 621 | #89 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,229 | 628 | #88 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 583 | #91 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 498 | #97 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 475 | #101 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 439 | #97 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 405 | #100 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 395 | #101 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 385 | #100 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 332 | #101 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 353 | #96 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 289 | #103 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 263 | #105 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 234 | #105 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 274 | #94 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 210 | #101 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 213 | #99 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Virginia reached #765 in 1927. As a girl name, it reached #6 in 1921. 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 Virginia
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.