How Many People Are Named Virgil?
people named Virgil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,085 people in the US has this name
Based on 73,453 babies named Virgil in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,869 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning. This name was borne by the 1st-century BC Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly called Virgil, who was the writer of the 'Aeneid'. Due to him, Virgil has been in use as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Virgil in English. Counting Virgil and these spellings together, about 23,210 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Virgil, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Virgil alive today is about 60 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Virgil first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 1,869 babies. In 2025, 129 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Virgil never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #93, in 1907, and it was in the top 100 in 8 years between 1904 and 1923. In 2025 it ranked #1,417.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,417 |
| Best rank | #93 (1907) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (1904 to 1923) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #113 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Virgil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Virgil were born in California than in any other state: about 1,557 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Virgil was given 2.7 times as often in Kansas, 2.6 times in Kentucky and 2.5 times in Oklahoma.
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