Vergil
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Vergil is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Vergil mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Virgil.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vergil a girl's or a boy's name?
Vergil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vergil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Vergil, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Vergil in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vergil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 46 | #995 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1926 | 48 | #992 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1921 | 71 | #804 |
| 1920 | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 55 | #894 |
| 1917 | 66 | #773 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 54 | #832 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
Names like Vergil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Virgil Leo Emil Francis Leon Arthur Cecil Harvey Lawrence Archie Marshall August
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vergil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vergil, updated 20 October 2026.