Virgie
Feminine
Virgie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 21,800 girls against 668 boys since 1880. See Virgie as a boy name
Virgie is a familiar form that two unrelated names produce, one a woman's and one a man's, and the record holds it almost entirely for daughters. The Latin word behind one of them means something broader than the English one does, and the older sense survives on a bottle of oil.
How old is the name Virgie?
Virgie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Virgie alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. About 4,300 people named Virgie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Virgie most popular?
Virgie peaked in 1904, reaching #182 nationally. See the whole 1904 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Virgie
The Latin virgo meant an unmarried young woman, and the sense of untouched or unworked is the older and broader one — which is why English still uses it in places that have nothing to do with people. Virgin olive oil is oil from the first pressing, extracted mechanically without heat or solvents, and extra virgin is the grade that also passes a taste and acidity test; the word is doing its original job of meaning unprocessed. Virgin forest is woodland never logged. Virgin wool has not been previously spun. Virgin territory, virgin snow, a virgin voyage. In every case the word means the thing has not been worked on, which is the sense the name carried before English narrowed it in the other direction entirely.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Virginia is built on the Latin word for a young unmarried woman; Virgil is a Roman family name of unknown meaning whose spelling was altered in the Middle Ages to suggest the same word. Registered alone, this short form points back to either.
Pronouncing Virgie
VUR-jee
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The g is soft before the i, which is regular, and the ending is a long e.
Nicknames for Virgie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1918566 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #182reached in 1904
- Change vs 1997
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Virgies among us
people named Virgie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Virgie has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It works for a child of either sex, which the record confirms.
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- Six letters with no silent ones make it simple to spell aloud.
- Virgia, Vergie and Virgy are all recorded and will be written for it.
- It reads as a nickname, and people will ask what it stands for.
- Which longer name it belongs to is not recorded, and the two are unrelated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Virgies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,300 people named Virgie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Virgie in 2025?
- Virgie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Virgie with classmates?
- Virgie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More V names
The most-given names starting with V, all years combined.
Virginia#525 · Victoria#54 · Valerie#127 · Vanessa#377 · Vivian#70 · Veronica#427 · Violet#13 · Vicki
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