Virginia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #525 for girls
Virginia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 525th for girls in the US (572 babies).
What does Virginia mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Virginia a girl's or a boy's name?
Virginia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 572 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Virginia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Virginia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Virginia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Virginia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Virginia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 525th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 572 about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 572 girls in the US were named Virginia, making it the 525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 19,144 girls.
Half of all the girls named Virginia in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
Virginia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 572 | #525 |
| 2024 | 607 | #506 |
| 2023 | 536 | #559 |
| 2022 | 571 | #540 |
| 2021 | 563 | #543 |
| 2020 | 505 | #581 |
| 2019 | 575 | #532 |
| 2018 | 586 | #536 |
| 2017 | 612 | #513 |
| 2016 | 606 | #514 |
| 2015 | 601 | #523 |
| 2014 | 523 | #581 |
| 2013 | 539 | #550 |
| 2012 | 508 | #577 |
| 2011 | 507 | #574 |
| 2010 | 489 | #599 |
| 2009 | 493 | #611 |
| 2008 | 549 | #559 |
| 2007 | 572 | #542 |
| 2006 | 605 | #505 |
| 2005 | 681 | #445 |
| 2004 | 697 | #439 |
| 2003 | 742 | #408 |
| 2002 | 801 | #369 |
| 2001 | 753 | #387 |
| 2000 | 811 | #366 |
| 1999 | 824 | #359 |
| 1998 | 797 | #361 |
| 1997 | 775 | #356 |
| 1996 | 986 | #294 |
| 1995 | 904 | #307 |
| 1994 | 923 | #293 |
| 1993 | 1,041 | #265 |
| 1992 | 1,089 | #257 |
| 1991 | 1,191 | #235 |
| 1990 | 1,335 | #215 |
| 1989 | 1,266 | #215 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | #202 |
| 1987 | 1,246 | #212 |
| 1986 | 1,367 | #192 |
| 1985 | 1,378 | #195 |
| 1984 | 1,465 | #188 |
| 1983 | 1,679 | #165 |
| 1982 | 1,761 | #164 |
| 1981 | 1,802 | #159 |
| 1980 | 1,737 | #160 |
| 1979 | 1,657 | #169 |
| 1978 | 1,652 | #165 |
| 1977 | 1,598 | #169 |
| 1976 | 1,616 | #159 |
| 1975 | 1,733 | #156 |
| 1974 | 1,711 | #160 |
| 1973 | 1,817 | #151 |
| 1972 | 1,790 | #164 |
| 1971 | 2,148 | #150 |
| 1970 | 2,331 | #145 |
| 1969 | 2,444 | #138 |
| 1968 | 2,456 | #131 |
| 1967 | 2,553 | #135 |
| 1966 | 2,940 | #122 |
| 1965 | 3,296 | #115 |
| 1964 | 3,794 | #109 |
| 1963 | 4,214 | #103 |
| 1962 | 4,285 | #105 |
| 1961 | 4,576 | #103 |
| 1960 | 4,787 | #102 |
| 1959 | 5,256 | #93 |
| 1958 | 5,667 | #85 |
| 1957 | 6,238 | #75 |
| 1956 | 6,392 | #75 |
| 1955 | 6,855 | #66 |
| 1954 | 7,176 | #61 |
| 1953 | 7,546 | #53 |
| 1952 | 8,161 | #49 |
| 1951 | 8,180 | #47 |
| 1950 | 8,312 | #43 |
| 1949 | 8,896 | #39 |
| 1948 | 9,296 | #36 |
| 1947 | 10,407 | #34 |
| 1946 | 10,015 | #31 |
| 1945 | 9,244 | #28 |
| 1944 | 9,895 | #26 |
| 1943 | 10,847 | #25 |
| 1942 | 10,803 | #23 |
| 1941 | 10,043 | #23 |
| 1940 | 9,554 | #21 |
| 1939 | 9,227 | #21 |
| 1938 | 9,269 | #22 |
| 1937 | 9,517 | #16 |
| 1936 | 9,650 | #14 |
| 1935 | 9,867 | #16 |
| 1934 | 10,002 | #15 |
| 1933 | 9,719 | #15 |
| 1932 | 10,755 | #14 |
| 1931 | 11,886 | #12 |
| 1930 | 13,197 | #12 |
| 1929 | 13,234 | #11 |
| 1928 | 14,500 | #9 |
| 1927 | 15,734 | #8 |
| 1926 | 16,161 | #8 |
| 1925 | 17,490 | #7 |
| 1924 | 18,620 | #7 |
| 1923 | 18,325 | #7 |
| 1922 | 19,144 | #7 |
| 1921 | 19,032 | #6 |
| 1920 | 17,314 | #7 |
| 1919 | 15,636 | #7 |
| 1918 | 16,421 | #7 |
| 1917 | 14,261 | #10 |
| 1916 | 12,487 | #10 |
| 1915 | 10,952 | #12 |
| 1914 | 7,601 | #14 |
| 1913 | 6,036 | #15 |
| 1912 | 4,810 | #20 |
| 1911 | 3,263 | #26 |
| 1910 | 2,855 | #29 |
| 1909 | 2,420 | #30 |
| 1908 | 2,195 | #35 |
| 1907 | 1,893 | #41 |
| 1906 | 1,491 | #51 |
| 1905 | 1,394 | #53 |
| 1904 | 1,213 | #59 |
| 1903 | 1,032 | #63 |
| 1902 | 1,008 | #67 |
| 1901 | 825 | #76 |
| 1900 | 1,068 | #74 |
| 1899 | 776 | #75 |
| 1898 | 801 | #78 |
| 1897 | 638 | #84 |
| 1896 | 621 | #89 |
| 1895 | 628 | #88 |
| 1894 | 583 | #91 |
| 1893 | 498 | #97 |
| 1892 | 475 | #101 |
| 1891 | 439 | #97 |
| 1890 | 405 | #100 |
| 1889 | 395 | #101 |
| 1888 | 385 | #100 |
| 1887 | 332 | #101 |
| 1886 | 353 | #96 |
| 1885 | 289 | #103 |
| 1884 | 263 | #105 |
| 1883 | 234 | #105 |
| 1882 | 274 | #94 |
| 1881 | 210 | #101 |
| 1880 | 213 | #99 |
Names like Virginia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria, Antonia, Georgia, Aurelia, Elizabeth, Cecilia, Rosa, Ophelia, Sylvia, Julia, Lucy, Rosie
Names related to Virginia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Virginia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/virginia, updated 20 October 2026.