State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,930 Virginia births in 1912 across 596 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#56Nannieoutside the national top 200
#59Emmett#199 nationally
#77Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#94Virgieoutside the national top 200
#75Sallie#164 nationally
#85Percy#174 nationally
#83Maude#169 nationally
#83Marshall#151 nationally
#53Susie#120 nationally
#33Rosa#94 nationally
#82Lottie#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary998US #1
#2Virginia434US #20
#3Margaret334US #4
#4Elizabeth324US #8
#5Helen307US #2
#6Louise288US #17
#7Ruth285US #5
#8Dorothy259US #3
#9Annie214US #27
#10Frances180US #9
#11Ethel172US #18
#12Mildred172US #6
#13Gladys170US #19
#14Alice161US #11
#15Evelyn161US #13
#16Lillian161US #14
#17Ruby159US #23
#18Thelma153US #26
#19Edna143US #16
#20Sarah141US #41
#21Bessie139US #43
#22Grace132US #24
#23Hazel130US #25
#24Marie129US #10
#25Martha128US #29
#26Anna125US #7
#27Elsie125US #42
#28Lucille119US #32
#29Carrie114US #82
#30Florence114US #12
#31Edith112US #31
#32Nellie112US #59
#33Rosa111US #94
#34Lucy110US #78
#35Emma107US #35
#36Mabel105US #46
#37Clara104US #34
#38Bertha101US #36
#39Catherine100US #21
#40Beatrice98US #37
#41Laura97US #57
#42Myrtle94US #50
#43Irene93US #22
#44Pearl93US #54
#45Eva92US #49
#46Ida83US #45
#47Pauline83US #38
#48Beulah82US #80
#49Mamie81US #95
#50Julia80US #44
#51Katherine80US #53
#52Mattie80US #70
#53Susie80US #120
#54Willie80US #61
#55Josephine79US #28
#56Nannie78
#57Blanche76US #75
#58Ella75US #69
#59Viola73US #52
#60Gertrude71US #30
#61Minnie71US #60
#62Lillie70US #67
#63Fannie69US #87
#64Hattie69US #90
#65Alma63US #62
#66Esther61US #33
#67Maggie61US #115
#68Rose61US #15
#69Ada57US #96
#70Cora55US #98
#71Estelle55US #111
#72Nancy55US #108
#73Bernice53US #51
#74Lena53US #72
#75Sallie53US #164
#76Anne52US #58
#77Eleanor50US #39
#78Christine49US #123
#79Jessie49US #65
#80Mae48US #74
#81Betty45US #66
#82Lottie45US #142
#83Maude45US #169
#84Rebecca45US #144
#85Sadie45US #114
#86Doris44US #48
#87Daisy43US #112
#88Kathleen43US #118
#89Lois43US #63
#90Nora43US #130
#91Agnes42US #40
#92Lula42US #107
#93Marion42US #55
#94Virgie41
#95Mable37US #125
#96Nettie37US #143
#97Rachel37US #151
#98Vivian37US #84
#99Inez36US #100
#100Alberta35US #106

Boys

#1James777US #3
#2William734US #2
#3John633US #1
#4Robert412US #4
#5George351US #6
#6Charles292US #7
#7Thomas232US #10
#8Joseph216US #5
#9Edward171US #8
#10Willie166US #22
#11Henry153US #12
#12Richard141US #19
#13Walter136US #11
#14Harry125US #16
#15Frank120US #9
#16Clarence110US #21
#17Charlie109US #57
#18Samuel104US #30
#19Woodrow101US #46
#20Raymond99US #18
#21Paul90US #14
#22Roy79US #31
#23Howard78US #25
#24Arthur76US #15
#25Ernest75US #32
#26Albert68US #17
#27David61US #29
#28Earl60US #34
#29Herman60US #50
#30Andrew59US #44
#31Harold58US #13
#32Lewis57US #68
#33Ralph56US #23
#34Russell56US #56
#35Carl55US #24
#36Claude52US #89
#37Herbert52US #39
#38Alfred51US #40
#39Floyd51US #59
#40Fred49US #26
#41Jack49US #28
#42Benjamin47US #67
#43Eugene47US #41
#44Joe46US #36
#45Lawrence45US #38
#46Jesse43US #74
#47Louis39US #20
#48Clyde37US #65
#49Harvey36US #91
#50Leonard36US #45
#51Milton36US #64
#52Bernard35US #60
#53Oscar35US #73
#54Leroy34US #66
#55Luther34US #114
#56Marvin34US #83
#57Melvin34US #71
#58Daniel32US #53
#59Emmett31US #199
#60Lloyd31US #70
#61Stanley31US #43
#62Curtis30US #121
#63Lee30US #78
#64Lester30US #58
#65Norman30US #61
#66Alvin29US #86
#67Edwin29US #54
#68Elmer29US #47
#69Hubert29US #122
#70Theodore29US #52
#71Horace28US #119
#72Ray28US #77
#73Sam28US #63
#74Wilson28US #131
#75Frederick27US #51
#76Kenneth27US #33
#77Linwood27
#78Edgar26US #85
#79Jessie26US #109
#80Vernon26US #90
#81Alexander25US #97
#82Earnest25US #132
#83Marshall25US #151
#84Oliver25US #117
#85Percy25US #174
#86Warren25US #107
#87Cecil23US #76
#88Chester23US #55
#89Clifton23US #148
#90Eddie23US #104
#91Everett23US #96
#92Aubrey22
#93Hugh22US #116
#94Johnnie22US #106
#95Otis22US #126
#96Wilbur22US #92
#97Homer21US #98
#98Leslie20US #108
#99Marion20US #112
#100Wallace20US #128

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑32Clyde#48
↑29Estelle#71
↑27Lester#64
↑26Blanche#57
↑22Emmett#59
↑21Pauline#47
↑20Anne#76
↑18Laura#41

Falling

↓34Clifton#89
↓29Edgar#78
↓27Vernon#80
↓21Minnie#61
↓20Doris#86
↓20Fred#40
↓20Percy#85
↓19Lillie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.