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Top names in Virginia

Name: Top baby names in Virginia, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,862 Virginia births in 1910 across 464 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Virginia more than they say America.

#53Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#54Nannie#197 nationally
#73Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#81Virgieoutside the national top 200
#67Emmett#179 nationally
#89Moses#197 nationally
#57Percy#160 nationally
#62Rebecca#154 nationally
#94Janie#182 nationally
#85Clifton#168 nationally
#93Johnny#173 nationally
#98Booker#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary848US #1
#2Virginia270US #29
#3Elizabeth254US #7
#4Ruth218US #5
#5Margaret209US #3
#6Helen185US #2
#7Annie181US #19
#8Ethel172US #13
#9Louise168US #20
#10Frances160US #11
#11Gladys152US #15
#12Lillian131US #14
#13Dorothy130US #4
#14Alice129US #10
#15Martha124US #28
#16Bessie118US #37
#17Elsie115US #44
#18Ruby114US #27
#19Mildred108US #8
#20Thelma108US #25
#21Marie106US #9
#22Bertha99US #33
#23Edna99US #18
#24Evelyn99US #17
#25Lucille97US #31
#26Grace96US #23
#27Lucy94US #75
#28Anna93US #6
#29Nellie92US #51
#30Viola90US #48
#31Emma89US #34
#32Carrie85US #70
#33Hazel83US #24
#34Sarah83US #40
#35Irene82US #21
#36Mabel81US #46
#37Eva79US #45
#38Lillie77US #54
#39Rosa77US #83
#40Hattie76US #73
#41Gertrude74US #26
#42Myrtle74US #43
#43Beatrice72US #36
#44Edith72US #35
#45Florence72US #12
#46Ida72US #47
#47Mamie72US #86
#48Minnie71US #50
#49Pearl71US #39
#50Susie71US #102
#51Fannie70US #78
#52Ella69US #62
#53Julia67US #49
#54Nannie66US #197
#55Mattie65US #60
#56Catherine62US #22
#57Pauline60US #42
#58Katherine57US #57
#59Clara55US #32
#60Laura55US #53
#61Blanche53US #74
#62Rebecca53US #154
#63Alma52US #61
#64Josephine52US #30
#65Maggie51US #95
#66Willie48US #56
#67Agnes47US #41
#68Bernice47US #58
#69Lena47US #66
#70Nancy47US #105
#71Ada45US #94
#72Lula45US #93
#73Sallie45US #144
#74Daisy44US #101
#75Doris44US #64
#76Mae41US #65
#77Ellen40US #88
#78Rose40US #16
#79Lottie37US #127
#80Maude37US #141
#81Virgie37
#82Kathleen36US #131
#83Beulah35US #82
#84Geneva35US #117
#85Goldie35US #139
#86Cora34US #85
#87Effie34US #143
#88Nettie34US #129
#89Jessie33US #63
#90Sadie33US #100
#91Stella33US #72
#92Anne31US #67
#93Georgia31US #91
#94Janie31US #182
#95Katie31US #122
#96Lola31US #120
#97Esther30US #38
#98Eula30US #135
#99Ann29US #52
#100Christine29US #123

Boys

#1James461US #2
#2William381US #3
#3John342US #1
#4Robert228US #4
#5George198US #5
#6Charles159US #7
#7Thomas129US #12
#8Edward109US #9
#9Joseph108US #6
#10Willie105US #11
#11Henry95US #10
#12Frank75US #8
#13Charlie72US #34
#14Walter72US #13
#15Clarence68US #20
#16Richard64US #21
#17Harry60US #16
#18Raymond58US #19
#19Roy55US #29
#20Albert54US #14
#21Samuel51US #32
#22Paul49US #15
#23Arthur48US #17
#24Howard47US #27
#25Ernest41US #31
#26Fred37US #22
#27Herman35US #52
#28David34US #30
#29Jack33US #23
#30Ralph33US #28
#31Lewis31US #65
#32Norman30US #63
#33Herbert29US #41
#34Theodore29US #54
#35Russell28US #58
#36Cecil26US #77
#37Leonard25US #46
#38Alfred24US #38
#39Eddie24US #59
#40Jessie24US #72
#41Benjamin23US #70
#42Carl23US #26
#43Floyd23US #55
#44Luther23US #87
#45Claude22US #78
#46Daniel22US #53
#47Louis22US #24
#48Earl21US #33
#49Eugene21US #39
#50Lawrence21US #35
#51Lee21US #49
#52Leroy21US #50
#53Linwood21
#54Sam21US #40
#55Harold20US #18
#56Joe20US #25
#57Percy20US #160
#58Allen19US #92
#59Elmer19US #48
#60Milton19US #76
#61Clyde18US #57
#62Alexander17US #101
#63Bernard17US #62
#64Jesse17US #60
#65Oscar17US #73
#66Andrew16US #42
#67Emmett16US #179
#68Everett16US #88
#69Harvey16US #89
#70Johnnie16US #74
#71Lester16US #64
#72Tom16US #82
#73Aubrey15
#74Edwin15US #71
#75Melvin15US #75
#76Otis15US #109
#77Ray15US #68
#78Edgar14US #80
#79Homer14US #98
#80Horace14US #123
#81Ben13US #79
#82Curtis13US #114
#83Earnest13US #128
#84Vernon13US #94
#85Clifton12US #168
#86Hubert12US #106
#87Leslie12US #102
#88Lloyd12US #67
#89Moses12US #197
#90Rufus12US #145
#91Francis11US #36
#92Hugh11US #112
#93Johnny11US #173
#94Kenneth11US #43
#95Sidney11US #93
#96Wallace11US #132
#97Archie10US #119
#98Booker10US #177
#99Clifford10US #66
#100Gordon10US #120

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.