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Virgil
Recorded 73,453 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 1921.
#2973 ↗
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 25,700
U.S. · 2025 records
Extraordinary
rarity tier
≈23,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↗ rising
10-yr trend
How many Virgils are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 23,000 Virgils are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 15,000 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Virgil through the years, 1880–2025

1921 · 1,869 1,869 0
18802025
Peak Virgil year: 1921 (ringed), with 1,869 recorded. Current usage: ~100% boys. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.