Virginia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning pure or virginal; from Virginius.
How Virginia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #523 |
| 2016 | #516 |
| 2017 | #514 |
| 2018 | #537 |
| 2019 | #534 |
| 2020 | #581 |
| 2021 | #544 |
| 2022 | #540 |
| 2023 | #560 |
| 2024 | #510 |
| 2025 | #526 |
Virginia by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Virginia. In the US, 608 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 19,144 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1920, about 1 in 72 American girls born that year was called Virginia.
Names that come from Virginia
Forms of Virginia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Virginia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Virgina6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Virginia, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Virginia
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