Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Virgil

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Virgil
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.8% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

1,830

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

93.8%

2024

114

All-time

71,881

Virgil once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 1,830 boys were named Virgil.

In 2024, only 114 boys were given the name.

Down 93.8% from its peak.

All told, about 71,881 Americans have been named Virgil and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.8% from peak

19211,830 boys named Virgil

2024114 boys named Virgil

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