Virgil is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Virgil is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,417 for boy births in the United States (and #2,988 across all names), given to 129 babies. Virgil first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (1,830 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,417 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,550 |
| 2023 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,471 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,657 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,787 |
| 2019 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,735 |
| 2018 | 73 | 73 | — | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,660 |
| 2016 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,762 |
| 2015 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,052 |
| 2014 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,943 |
| 2013 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,018 |
| 2012 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,925 |
| 2010 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,141 |
| 2008 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,948 |
| 2006 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,868 |
| 2004 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,714 |
| 2003 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 71 | 71 | — | #1,680 |
| 2001 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,599 |
| 2000 | 66 | 66 | — | #1,723 |
| 1999 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,456 |
| 1998 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,215 |
| 1997 | 82 | — | — | #1,365 |
| 1996 | 88 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1995 | 96 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1994 | 85 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1993 | 114 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1992 | 112 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1991 | 149 | — | — | #861 |
| 1990 | 159 | — | — | #807 |
| 1989 | 146 | — | — | #824 |
| 1988 | 142 | — | — | #797 |
| 1987 | 142 | — | — | #776 |
| 1986 | 179 | — | — | #671 |
| 1985 | 152 | — | #12,450 | #730 |
| 1984 | 180 | — | — | #642 |
| 1983 | 160 | — | — | #678 |
| 1982 | 227 | — | — | #570 |
| 1981 | 225 | — | #12,143 | #577 |
| 1980 | 209 | — | #10,358 | #617 |
| 1979 | 238 | — | — | #557 |
| 1978 | 235 | — | #8,539 | #552 |
| 1977 | 259 | — | #9,622 | #524 |
| 1976 | 273 | — | #7,277 | #488 |
| 1975 | 311 | — | — | #452 |
| 1974 | 312 | — | — | #451 |
| 1973 | 354 | — | #6,067 | #422 |
| 1972 | 372 | — | #8,259 | #414 |
| 1971 | 428 | — | #7,364 | #392 |
| 1970 | 408 | — | — | #397 |
| 1969 | 391 | — | #6,601 | #406 |
| 1968 | 447 | — | #8,171 | #371 |
| 1967 | 453 | — | #6,026 | #353 |
| 1966 | 458 | — | — | #350 |
| 1965 | 512 | — | #4,819 | #338 |
| 1964 | 555 | — | #5,458 | #335 |
| 1963 | 568 | — | #5,879 | #332 |
| 1962 | 562 | — | #5,841 | #334 |
| 1961 | 636 | — | #4,230 | #314 |
| 1960 | 696 | — | #4,767 | #296 |
| 1959 | 667 | — | #3,101 | #304 |
| 1958 | 708 | — | #3,743 | #290 |
| 1957 | 679 | — | #3,924 | #286 |
| 1956 | 720 | — | #3,903 | #277 |
| 1955 | 709 | — | #4,058 | #268 |
| 1954 | 750 | — | #5,131 | #261 |
| 1953 | 772 | — | #3,266 | #249 |
| 1952 | 801 | — | #2,919 | #237 |
| 1951 | 803 | — | #2,930 | #242 |
| 1950 | 799 | — | #3,044 | #234 |
| 1949 | 802 | — | #3,389 | #228 |
| 1948 | 815 | — | #2,185 | #230 |
| 1947 | 868 | — | #2,895 | #219 |
| 1946 | 899 | — | #2,313 | #198 |
| 1945 | 863 | — | #2,055 | #183 |
| 1944 | 941 | — | #2,621 | #177 |
| 1943 | 1,013 | — | #1,993 | #175 |
| 1942 | 1,012 | — | #3,433 | #168 |
| 1941 | 937 | — | #2,391 | #170 |
| 1940 | 954 | — | #2,104 | #166 |
| 1939 | 953 | — | #2,121 | #164 |
| 1938 | 1,079 | — | #2,930 | #151 |
| 1937 | 981 | — | #2,564 | #158 |
| 1936 | 1,043 | — | #3,096 | #149 |
| 1935 | 1,121 | — | #2,000 | #141 |
| 1934 | 1,144 | — | #2,084 | #141 |
| 1933 | 1,155 | — | #2,050 | #138 |
| 1932 | 1,244 | — | #2,125 | #139 |
| 1931 | 1,402 | — | #1,938 | #121 |
| 1930 | 1,402 | — | #1,401 | #128 |
| 1929 | 1,364 | — | #1,596 | #127 |
| 1928 | 1,443 | — | #1,237 | #126 |
| 1927 | 1,526 | — | #1,617 | #121 |
| 1926 | 1,608 | — | #1,447 | #118 |
| 1925 | 1,525 | — | #1,890 | #120 |
| 1924 | 1,663 | — | #1,381 | #111 |
| 1923 | 1,743 | — | #1,517 | #100 |
| 1922 | 1,826 | — | #1,341 | #99 |
| 1921 | 1,869 | — | #1,257 | #98 |
| 1920 | 1,768 | — | #979 | #101 |
| 1919 | 1,611 | — | #1,176 | #103 |
| 1918 | 1,752 | — | #1,101 | #99 |
| 1917 | 1,563 | — | #1,147 | #103 |
| 1916 | 1,540 | — | #1,055 | #104 |
| 1915 | 1,410 | — | #1,188 | #108 |
| 1914 | 1,075 | — | #1,197 | #107 |
| 1913 | 846 | — | #1,064 | #107 |
| 1912 | 705 | — | #1,177 | #111 |
| 1911 | 369 | — | #1,295 | #107 |
| 1910 | 298 | — | #1,068 | #111 |
| 1909 | 264 | — | #1,148 | #110 |
| 1908 | 275 | — | #1,002 | #100 |
| 1907 | 289 | — | #1,137 | #93 |
| 1906 | 218 | — | #1,225 | #103 |
| 1905 | 241 | — | #1,009 | #97 |
| 1904 | 218 | — | #1,652 | #100 |
| 1903 | 188 | — | #930 | #113 |
| 1902 | 173 | — | #1,215 | #119 |
| 1901 | 169 | — | #1,065 | #110 |
| 1900 | 228 | — | #969 | #111 |
| 1899 | 166 | — | #981 | #111 |
| 1898 | 170 | — | #917 | #120 |
| 1897 | 169 | — | #1,091 | #110 |
| 1896 | 150 | — | #997 | #126 |
| 1895 | 152 | — | #1,585 | #116 |
| 1894 | 135 | — | #1,060 | #130 |
| 1893 | 119 | — | — | #127 |
| 1892 | 140 | — | #1,013 | #129 |
| 1891 | 133 | — | #941 | #114 |
| 1890 | 105 | — | #1,526 | #142 |
| 1889 | 93 | — | — | #154 |
| 1888 | 117 | — | #1,466 | #137 |
| 1887 | 77 | — | — | #165 |
| 1886 | 79 | — | — | #175 |
| 1885 | 82 | — | — | #165 |
| 1884 | 88 | — | — | #160 |
| 1883 | 70 | — | — | #176 |
| 1882 | 80 | — | — | #171 |
| 1881 | 65 | — | — | #182 |
| 1880 | 81 | — | — | #164 |