The name Virgil is of Latin origin, and its meaning is unknown.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Virgil has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Virgil
Use of the Name Virgil for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
69,058
13,812
2,050
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Virgil has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Virgil last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1991, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Virgil
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
164
81
1881
182
65
1882
171
80
1883
176
70
1884
160
88
1885
165
82
1886
175
79
1887
165
77
1888
137
112
1889
154
93
1890
142
100
1891
114
123
941
10
1892
129
130
1893
127
119
1894
130
125
1895
116
146
1896
126
138
997
12
1897
110
159
1898
120
155
917
15
1899
111
154
981
12
1900
111
212
969
16
1901
110
158
1902
119
163
1903
112
173
931
15
1904
100
211
1905
97
226
1906
103
207
1907
93
277
1908
100
258
1909
110
250
1910
112
279
1911
107
355
1912
111
682
1913
107
818
1914
107
1,046
1915
108
1,375
1916
104
1,498
1917
103
1,519
1918
99
1,711
1919
103
1,580
1920
102
1,707
979
57
1921
98
1,828
1922
99
1,788
1923
100
1,717
1924
111
1,633
1925
120
1,488
1926
118
1,578
1927
122
1,497
1928
125
1,407
1929
129
1,328
1930
128
1,361
1931
121
1,383
1932
139
1,228
1933
138
1,136
1934
141
1,120
1935
140
1,100
1936
149
1,036
1937
157
965
1938
152
1,065
1939
164
937
1940
166
941
1941
170
919
1942
169
993
1943
175
991
1944
177
920
1945
184
843
1946
197
881
1947
219
848
1948
229
795
1949
228
788
1950
234
785
1951
242
783
1952
238
786
1953
249
754
1954
260
743
1955
272
690
1956
276
711
1957
292
658
1958
288
705
1959
303
653
1960
296
685
1961
315
623
1962
334
554
1963
332
562
1964
333
548
1965
338
503
1966
348
458
1967
356
444
1968
371
439
1969
407
385
1970
396
407
1971
392
422
1972
415
365
1973
421
345
1974
448
313
1975
451
311
1976
488
265
1977
525
252
1978
556
226
1979
557
238
1980
618
201
1981
575
221
1982
569
227
1983
676
160
1984
641
180
1985
731
146
1986
670
179
1987
773
142
1988
797
142
1989
823
146
1990
810
158
1991
866
148
Totals:
69,058
137
During the last 125 years, parents have used Virgil as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Virgil appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 112 times during the last 125 years.