Virgel
Virgel is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 893rd, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192047 births
- Best rank
- #893in 1896
- Since 1896
- 1,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,187 boys have been named Virgel in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 31%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1920, its biggest year
Virgel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Virgel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elwynpeak 1924
- Harroldpeak 1923
- Arvilpeak 1924
- Orvilpeak 1921
- Verlpeak 1918
- Murrellpeak 1923
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Eldenpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.