Girl name#47 of girl names
Virginia
Pronounced V ER0 JH IH1 N Y AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1922
- 145 years in use
How popular is Virginia?
Virginia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 654,392 children — the 47th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1922, when 19,144 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- V ER0 JH IH1 N Y AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Virginia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Virginia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Virginia?
- Virginia ranks 47th among girls' names in US records, with 654,392 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,748.
- Is Virginia a unisex name?
- No. Virginia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Virginia most popular?
- 1922, when 19,144 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.