Virginia
9
Babies in 2024
+125%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 21
+200%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Virginia
Virginia peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (21 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 9 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Virginia reached its peak in 1996, when 21 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #974 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 9 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 295 girls have been officially registered with the name Virginia in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 85 girls were registered with the name, starting from 4 in 2014 and ending at 9 in 2024.