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Virgilio

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Virgilio is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
150.00% of boys
Peak year
197139 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
1,476people given the name
Babies named Virgilio, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,476 boys have been named Virgilio in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 39 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1990s alone account for 17%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Virgilio
1910s27
1920s87
1930s67
1940s40
1950s103
1960s175
1970s235
1980s217
1990s245
2000s161
2010s68
2020s51

In 1971, its biggest year

Virgilio was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.

Names that rose and fell with Virgilio

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.