Virgil
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,409 for boys
Virgil is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).
What does Virgil mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Virgil a girl's or a boy's name?
Virgil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 129 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Virgil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Virgil, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Virgil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
How popular is Virgil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,409th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Virgil, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 1,830 boys.
2025 had more boys named Virgil than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Virgil in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Virgil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,409 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,916 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 88 | #1,754 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,928 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,850 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,746 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 2000 | 66 | #1,709 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,347 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,255 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,178 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,264 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,029 |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,030 |
| 1991 | 149 | #852 |
| 1990 | 159 | #800 |
| 1989 | 146 | #816 |
| 1988 | 142 | #795 |
| 1987 | 142 | #772 |
| 1986 | 179 | #670 |
| 1985 | 147 | #728 |
| 1984 | 180 | #641 |
| 1983 | 160 | #675 |
| 1982 | 227 | #570 |
| 1981 | 220 | #576 |
| 1980 | 203 | #616 |
| 1979 | 238 | #557 |
| 1978 | 228 | #550 |
| 1977 | 253 | #522 |
| 1976 | 265 | #488 |
| 1975 | 311 | #451 |
| 1974 | 312 | #450 |
| 1973 | 345 | #422 |
| 1972 | 366 | #413 |
| 1971 | 421 | #392 |
| 1970 | 408 | #396 |
| 1969 | 384 | #405 |
| 1968 | 442 | #371 |
| 1967 | 446 | #353 |
| 1966 | 458 | #348 |
| 1965 | 503 | #338 |
| 1964 | 547 | #335 |
| 1963 | 561 | #332 |
| 1962 | 555 | #334 |
| 1961 | 625 | #314 |
| 1960 | 687 | #296 |
| 1959 | 651 | #304 |
| 1958 | 696 | #290 |
| 1957 | 668 | #286 |
| 1956 | 709 | #276 |
| 1955 | 699 | #268 |
| 1954 | 743 | #259 |
| 1953 | 759 | #249 |
| 1952 | 786 | #237 |
| 1951 | 789 | #242 |
| 1950 | 786 | #234 |
| 1949 | 791 | #228 |
| 1948 | 794 | #230 |
| 1947 | 854 | #219 |
| 1946 | 881 | #198 |
| 1945 | 845 | #183 |
| 1944 | 928 | #177 |
| 1943 | 993 | #175 |
| 1942 | 1,003 | #167 |
| 1941 | 923 | #170 |
| 1940 | 938 | #166 |
| 1939 | 937 | #164 |
| 1938 | 1,069 | #151 |
| 1937 | 969 | #157 |
| 1936 | 1,034 | #149 |
| 1935 | 1,104 | #140 |
| 1934 | 1,128 | #141 |
| 1933 | 1,139 | #138 |
| 1932 | 1,228 | #139 |
| 1931 | 1,384 | #121 |
| 1930 | 1,371 | #128 |
| 1929 | 1,339 | #127 |
| 1928 | 1,404 | #126 |
| 1927 | 1,499 | #121 |
| 1926 | 1,576 | #118 |
| 1925 | 1,503 | #120 |
| 1924 | 1,627 | #111 |
| 1923 | 1,713 | #100 |
| 1922 | 1,790 | #99 |
| 1921 | 1,830 | #98 |
| 1920 | 1,711 | #101 |
| 1919 | 1,570 | #103 |
| 1918 | 1,707 | #99 |
| 1917 | 1,523 | #103 |
| 1916 | 1,496 | #104 |
| 1915 | 1,376 | #108 |
| 1914 | 1,048 | #107 |
| 1913 | 819 | #107 |
| 1912 | 684 | #111 |
| 1911 | 355 | #107 |
| 1910 | 280 | #111 |
| 1909 | 250 | #110 |
| 1908 | 258 | #100 |
| 1907 | 276 | #93 |
| 1906 | 207 | #102 |
| 1905 | 226 | #97 |
| 1904 | 211 | #100 |
| 1903 | 173 | #112 |
| 1902 | 163 | #119 |
| 1901 | 158 | #108 |
| 1900 | 212 | #110 |
| 1899 | 154 | #111 |
| 1898 | 155 | #119 |
| 1897 | 159 | #108 |
| 1896 | 138 | #126 |
| 1895 | 146 | #116 |
| 1894 | 125 | #128 |
| 1893 | 119 | #126 |
| 1892 | 130 | #129 |
| 1891 | 123 | #114 |
| 1890 | 100 | #142 |
| 1889 | 93 | #153 |
| 1888 | 112 | #137 |
| 1887 | 77 | #163 |
| 1886 | 79 | #175 |
| 1885 | 82 | #162 |
| 1884 | 88 | #157 |
| 1883 | 70 | #176 |
| 1882 | 80 | #170 |
| 1881 | 65 | #178 |
| 1880 | 81 | #163 |
Names like Virgil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo, Arthur, Ollie, Francis, Otis, Alfred, Frederick, Wilfred, Albert, Archie, Rupert, Louie
Names related to Virgil
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Virgil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/virgil, updated 20 October 2026.