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I think the "virgin" thing is strictly a BtN hang-up. I don't think anyone IRL would make an issue of or even notice that the name Virginia has the word "virgin" contained in it. After all, Virginia was in the top ten in the US from 1917 through 1928 and it remained in the top one hundred until 1960. It doesn't appear that "virgin" was any obstacle to it then. I think it fell just because all popular names do eventually, and I think it's not ready for a comeback simply because it hasn't reach that time in the cycle yet.

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Now my older sister hates the name Virginia to this day, because when she and her first husband were engaged, he broke their engagement to date a girl named Virginia. Although obviously they got back together because he was her first husband. And even though this is far in the past, they're divorced, and she's happy as a clam with her present husband, the name is still a reminder of a painful period of her life. Anyway, even she never ridiculed Virginia's name because it had the word "virgin" in it.