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Virginia
Pronounced /vɚˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
Rank in 2024
#510
Born in 2024
601
Peak year
1922 · #7
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 601 girls were named Virginia, about 1 in every 2,684.
- It peaked in 1922 with 19,144 babies, ranked #7.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 652,372 girls have been named Virginia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Virginia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 12.2Greatest1901–27
- 9.3Silent1928–45
- 3.6Boomers1946–64
- 1.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 249,613 babies, 12.20 per 1,000. Silent: 191,206 babies, 9.25 per 1,000. Boomers: 130,053 babies, 3.63 per 1,000. Gen X: 33,479 babies, 1.31 per 1,000. Millennials: 20,727 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,604 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,810 babies, 0.34 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /vɚˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0.