Virginia has been given to about 654,968 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1922, which makes it a interwar name.
Virginia ranks 526th among American girls in 2025, with 572 born that year. Its best year was 1922, when 19,181 babies were given the name, ranking 7th. The typical living American called Virginia is about 76 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maine, where it accounts for 0.09% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.