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“Maiden; virgin” — Latin origin
Girl's name · #526 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Virginia is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1921, when it ranked #6. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 653,000 girls since 1880, ranked #526 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Virginia's short forms are Ginger, Ginny, Jinny, Ginnie, and Virgie.
Around the world: about 1 in 3,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 1,250 notable people named Virginia:
Entertainers appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Virginia Madsen, American actress.
Similar names: Gigi · Gloria · Victoria · Patricia · Barbara · Priscilla
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