NameTides

Virginia

Virginia was the #525 girls' name in the US in 2025 (572 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Virginia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Virginia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Virginia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#525 (572)#2,788 (9)——#1,495 (16)—
2024#506 (607)#2,772 (9)——#2,445 (8)—
2023#559 (536)#5,688 (3)——#1,898 (11)—
2022#540 (571)#2,488 (10)——#1,989 (10)—
2021#543 (563)#2,942 (8)——#2,185 (9)—
2020#581 (505)#2,843 (8)——#2,007 (10)—
2019#532 (575)#2,869 (8)——#2,610 (7)—
2018#536 (586)#2,499 (10)——#2,151 (9)—
2017#513 (612)#3,583 (6)——#1,506 (15)—
2016#514 (606)#3,214 (7)——#1,191 (21)—
2015#523 (601)#2,195 (12)——#2,599 (7)—
2014#581 (523)#4,684 (4)——#1,530 (15)—
2013#550 (539)#4,050 (5)——#1,512 (15)—
2012#577 (508)#2,215 (12)——#1,055 (24)—
2011#574 (507)#4,049 (5)——#1,500 (15)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1922 at #7.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Virginia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Virginia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #134VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #254TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #265GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #692FL
Virginia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VirginiaCanadaGirls#1,49516
VirginiaEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
VirginiaIrelandGirls—too few
VirginiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VirginiaNSWGirls—too few
VirginiaScotlandGirls—too few
VirginiaUSGirls#525572
VirginiaUSBoys—too few