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Virgil
Rank in 2024
#1,537
Born in 2024
114
Peak year
1921 · #98
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 114 boys were named Virgil, about 1 in every 15,047.
- It peaked in 1921 with 1,830 babies, ranked #98.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 71,881 boys have been named Virgil since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Virgil per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.6Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 26,028 babies, 1.56 per 1,000. Silent: 19,737 babies, 0.96 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,582 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,583 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,346 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,152 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,065 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.
- (mainly US) A male given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Virgil, CC BY-SA 4.0.