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Virginia

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~241,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#525 among girls
Births in 2025
572 654,968 since 1880
Typical age
72 years, median

Virginia popularity over time

Virginia rank by birth year, 1880–2025Virginia ranked #99 in 1880 and #525 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1921.#10#100#525best #6 in 192118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Virginia was used most in 1922, when 19,181 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Virginia has spent 73 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #525, with 572 births that year. It slipped 19 places against the previous year.

Babies named Virginia per yearPeaks at 19,181 births in 1922.19,181 in 1922018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Virginia?

An estimated 241,400 living Americans are called Virginia. SSA has recorded 654,968 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Virginia?

The typical living Virginia is 72 years old. The 1940s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Virginia a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Virginia

Ages of living people named VirginiaHalf of living Virginias are older than 72 and half younger.median 72020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Virginia is most common

Relative to births, District of Columbia carries 4.8× the national share of Virginias. Virginia, Alabama and South Carolina follow.

Where Virginia is used more than average5 states use the name Virginia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 4.3× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 2.5× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 2.7× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: 4.8× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 3.3× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Virginia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 50 4.8×
Virginia 529 4.3×
Alabama 223 3.3×
South Carolina 174 2.7×
Tennessee 281 2.5×

Virginia in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Virginia ranked #2,788 in 2025 on 9 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Virginia comes from

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Virginia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Virginia Woolf English modernist writer 1882–1941 175
Virginia Raggi Italian politician 1978 57
Virginia Apgar American obstetrical anesthesiologist 1909–1974 53
Virginia Madsen American actress 1961 51
Virginia Wade British tennis player 1945 43
Virginia Mayo American actress 1920–2005 38
Virginia Gardner American actress 1995 37
Virginia Satir American psychotherapist & non-fiction author 1916–1988 36
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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