Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Virginia

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

Endangered Down 96.9% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

19,144

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

96.9%

2024

601

All-time

652,372

Virginia 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 1922, when 19,144 girls were named Virginia.

In 2024, only 601 girls were given the name.

Down 96.9% from its peak.

All told, about 652,372 Americans have been named Virginia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.9% from peak

192219,144 girls named Virginia

2024601 girls named Virginia

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