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Baby name
Virginia
Girl
Origin of the name
Virginia comes from the Latin Verginius, the name of a Roman family. The state of Virginia was named after Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen.”
Classic name
652,959births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 7rank at its peak, in 1922
Where babies named Virginia are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Virginia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Virginia is most common in West Virginia (2.6 times), Virginia (2) and Kentucky (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Virgina 1,601
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