State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,432 Virginia births in 1911 across 487 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#52Nannieoutside the national top 200
#81Emmettoutside the national top 200
#88Virgieoutside the national top 200
#88Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#92Loydoutside the national top 200
#55Clifton#163 nationally
#65Percy#173 nationally
#93Mosesoutside the national top 200
#74Douglas#181 nationally
#98Busteroutside the national top 200
#99Leliaoutside the national top 200
#90Irvin#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary747US #1
#2Virginia291US #26
#3Elizabeth255US #7
#4Margaret252US #3
#5Dorothy197US #4
#6Louise184US #19
#7Helen182US #2
#8Ruth176US #5
#9Gladys160US #18
#10Annie156US #24
#11Lillian136US #13
#12Thelma136US #27
#13Ethel134US #15
#14Alice133US #11
#15Frances130US #10
#16Ruby128US #22
#17Mildred117US #8
#18Martha116US #28
#19Hazel114US #25
#20Edna113US #17
#21Bessie110US #40
#22Elsie108US #41
#23Sarah102US #42
#24Anna100US #6
#25Nellie99US #54
#26Evelyn96US #16
#27Lucille96US #32
#28Catherine95US #20
#29Pearl95US #48
#30Bertha94US #36
#31Marie94US #9
#32Emma92US #35
#33Mabel92US #43
#34Eva91US #46
#35Grace91US #23
#36Lucy89US #77
#37Clara87US #33
#38Beatrice83US #37
#39Rosa82US #92
#40Minnie80US #52
#41Viola77US #47
#42Florence76US #12
#43Lillie76US #60
#44Edith75US #31
#45Carrie72US #78
#46Hattie70US #86
#47Myrtle69US #50
#48Susie69US #112
#49Fannie67US #88
#50Katherine67US #55
#51Mattie67US #65
#52Nannie65
#53Irene64US #21
#54Mamie64US #89
#55Josephine63US #29
#56Ella62US #63
#57Ida62US #45
#58Julia60US #44
#59Laura59US #57
#60Gertrude56US #30
#61Cora50US #91
#62Maggie50US #111
#63Sallie50US #159
#64Ada49US #97
#65Beulah49US #79
#66Doris47US #56
#67Willie47US #61
#68Pauline46US #38
#69Alma44US #62
#70Lena44US #70
#71Esther43US #34
#72Jessie43US #66
#73Ellen42US #84
#74Emily41US #103
#75Rebecca41US #148
#76Bernice40US #51
#77Mae40US #71
#78Maude40US #145
#79Rose40US #14
#80Lula39US #94
#81Nancy39US #110
#82Nora39US #116
#83Blanche38US #75
#84Nettie37US #136
#85Lottie36US #135
#86Georgia35US #96
#87Stella35US #72
#88Virgie35
#89Daisy34US #108
#90Agnes33US #39
#91Lois33US #68
#92Lola33US #120
#93Vivian32US #80
#94Betty31US #69
#95Geneva30US #122
#96Anne29US #64
#97Dora29US #104
#98Rachel29US #150
#99Lelia28
#100Estelle27US #106

Boys

#1James506US #3
#2William494US #2
#3John370US #1
#4Robert226US #5
#5George209US #4
#6Charles183US #7
#7Joseph113US #6
#8Thomas104US #10
#9Willie102US #14
#10Henry96US #11
#11Edward94US #9
#12Walter92US #12
#13Richard86US #20
#14Charlie83US #45
#15Frank82US #8
#16Clarence77US #23
#17Harry69US #13
#18Raymond65US #19
#19Samuel62US #30
#20Fred59US #22
#21Arthur55US #18
#22Howard55US #28
#23Roy54US #31
#24Ralph50US #24
#25Ernest49US #32
#26David47US #27
#27Albert42US #15
#28Paul42US #17
#29Herman39US #49
#30Herbert38US #41
#31Earl36US #34
#32Floyd35US #57
#33Joe35US #29
#34Lewis35US #66
#35Carl33US #26
#36Russell32US #55
#37Eugene29US #43
#38Lawrence28US #37
#39Jack27US #25
#40Benjamin26US #64
#41Andrew25US #42
#42Bernard25US #54
#43Harold25US #16
#44Claude24US #87
#45Curtis23US #118
#46Jesse23US #72
#47Louis23US #21
#48Alfred22US #39
#49Edgar22US #83
#50Lee22US #67
#51Luther22US #100
#52Oscar21US #68
#53Vernon21US #96
#54Allen20US #98
#55Clifton20US #163
#56Francis20US #33
#57Leroy20US #59
#58Lloyd20US #74
#59Melvin20US #73
#60Milton20US #70
#61Jessie19US #79
#62Sam19US #47
#63Harvey18US #91
#64Marvin18US #82
#65Percy18US #173
#66Ray18US #71
#67Leonard17US #46
#68Cecil16US #76
#69Rufus16US #148
#70Daniel15US #53
#71Elmer15US #48
#72Nathaniel15US #161
#73Clifford14US #62
#74Douglas14US #181
#75Jacob14US #116
#76Johnnie14US #90
#77Kenneth14US #40
#78Stanley14US #44
#79Bennie13US #151
#80Clyde13US #61
#81Emmett13
#82Frederick13US #52
#83Horace13US #123
#84Leon13US #77
#85Theodore13US #56
#86Tom13US #105
#87Alexander12US #94
#88Aubrey12
#89Earnest12US #125
#90Irvin12US #191
#91Lester12US #65
#92Loyd12
#93Moses12
#94Oliver12US #115
#95Wilbur12US #101
#96Abraham11US #124
#97Archie11US #127
#98Buster11
#99Eddie11US #78
#100Franklin11US #152

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑37Curtis#45
↑35Francis#56
↑31Vernon#53
↑30Clifton#55
↑30Lloyd#58
↑29Edgar#49
↑28Catherine#28
↑26Esther#71

Falling

↓60Eddie#99
↓51Theodore#85
↓32Cecil#68
↓30Leonard#67
↓25Alexander#87
↓24Daniel#70
↓23Agnes#90
↓22Blanche#83

Every state

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