Boy
Virgil
Rooted in Roman, Virgil is a boy's name that means "Roman name". It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. 1921 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
RomanRoman name
EtymologyPossibly linked to "virga" (rod, staff); poet Vergilius
Births by decade
1900s
2,263
1910s
11,169
1920s
16,337
1930s
11,519
1940s
9,101
1950s
7,407
1960s
5,279
1970s
3,192
1980s
1,761
1990s
1,067
2000s
683
2010s
599
Peaked in the 1920s · 70,377 total U.S. births since 1900