Vira vs Virgie
American parents have registered 22,468 Virgies since 1880, against 1,274 Viras. But in 2025 it was Vira that was commoner, 26 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Vira Virgie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 126 years in which either name was published, Virgie for 115 years and Vira for 11 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Vira | Virgie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,274 | 22,468 |
| Most in one year | 39 | 581 |
| Babies in 2025 | 26 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 350 | 4,100 |
| Median age today | 64 | 76 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 1,127th girls | 266th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,987th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 1,274 / 0 | 21,800 / 668 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Virgies alive today are over 76; half the Viras are over 64. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Vira and Virgie.