State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,786 Virginia births in 1913 across 641 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#55Nannieoutside the national top 200
#68Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#69Percy#189 nationally
#94Randolphoutside the national top 200
#93Emmett#198 nationally
#75Sallie#178 nationally
#67Rufus#169 nationally
#86Julian#187 nationally
#100Groveroutside the national top 200
#78Rebecca#158 nationally
#89Irvin#165 nationally
#60Susie#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,060US #1
#2Virginia448US #15
#3Elizabeth382US #8
#4Margaret375US #4
#5Helen335US #2
#6Dorothy318US #3
#7Ruth289US #5
#8Louise280US #17
#9Annie269US #30
#10Gladys210US #19
#11Ruby206US #23
#12Frances200US #9
#13Ethel193US #20
#14Mildred193US #6
#15Martha191US #28
#16Evelyn187US #12
#17Thelma170US #26
#18Alice169US #11
#19Lillian163US #16
#20Hazel150US #27
#21Edna148US #18
#22Elsie144US #40
#23Anna139US #7
#24Sarah137US #43
#25Edith136US #29
#26Lucille136US #31
#27Emma135US #38
#28Bessie132US #47
#29Nellie132US #58
#30Mabel125US #56
#31Marie125US #10
#32Pauline124US #35
#33Lucy123US #77
#34Myrtle117US #53
#35Grace111US #25
#36Carrie110US #90
#37Beatrice109US #37
#38Irene107US #21
#39Catherine106US #22
#40Pearl106US #55
#41Clara103US #36
#42Bertha100US #39
#43Florence99US #13
#44Viola99US #52
#45Julia95US #42
#46Eva92US #50
#47Ida90US #49
#48Lillie90US #71
#49Katherine85US #54
#50Rosa85US #101
#51Gertrude84US #33
#52Ella83US #70
#53Beulah82US #85
#54Josephine82US #24
#55Nannie82
#56Hattie80US #96
#57Fannie79US #91
#58Nancy79US #102
#59Mattie78US #75
#60Susie77US #131
#61Mamie76US #106
#62Bernice72US #45
#63Laura72US #62
#64Alma71US #64
#65Jessie69US #61
#66Willie69US #65
#67Minnie68US #63
#68Esther65US #32
#69Doris63US #44
#70Maggie63US #127
#71Blanche62US #76
#72Daisy59US #123
#73Eunice58US #107
#74Rose58US #14
#75Sallie57US #178
#76Ada56US #104
#77Ellen56US #88
#78Rebecca56US #158
#79Anne55US #57
#80Lena55US #73
#81Marion54US #51
#82Cora53US #103
#83Agnes52US #41
#84Estelle52US #112
#85Georgia52US #100
#86Betty50US #67
#87Inez50US #98
#88Sadie50US #115
#89Geneva49US #120
#90Nora49US #135
#91Mae48US #79
#92Kathleen47US #110
#93Lula47US #111
#94Ann46US #46
#95Eleanor46US #34
#96Mable44US #134
#97Stella44US #69
#98Lottie43US #143
#99Emily41US #99
#100Lois41US #59

Boys

#1James881US #3
#2William787US #2
#3John721US #1
#4Robert465US #4
#5Charles353US #7
#6George351US #6
#7Thomas257US #10
#8Joseph225US #5
#9Edward213US #8
#10Walter164US #11
#11Willie162US #24
#12Richard159US #19
#13Henry156US #12
#14Clarence148US #21
#15Frank135US #9
#16Harry135US #15
#17Woodrow125US #44
#18Samuel120US #36
#19Charlie110US #62
#20Raymond106US #18
#21Arthur102US #17
#22Ernest102US #34
#23Paul97US #14
#24Roy94US #32
#25Howard93US #26
#26Herbert84US #39
#27Albert81US #16
#28Earl81US #31
#29Claude80US #88
#30David76US #29
#31Ralph71US #22
#32Russell70US #50
#33Carl68US #23
#34Lawrence68US #35
#35Herman67US #53
#36Eugene66US #43
#37Fred66US #27
#38Harold66US #13
#39Louis62US #20
#40Alfred59US #42
#41Andrew58US #47
#42Jack53US #28
#43Jesse53US #79
#44Melvin53US #61
#45Floyd52US #58
#46Benjamin49US #70
#47Lewis49US #72
#48Daniel47US #54
#49Leroy47US #63
#50Joe42US #37
#51Lee42US #78
#52Oscar42US #76
#53Cecil40US #74
#54Norman39US #57
#55Clyde38US #64
#56Francis38US #30
#57Bernard37US #52
#58Leonard37US #46
#59Wilson37US #122
#60Elmer36US #45
#61Sam36US #65
#62Edgar35US #87
#63Luther35US #116
#64Edwin34US #55
#65Marvin33US #77
#66Milton33US #71
#67Rufus33US #169
#68Linwood32
#69Percy32US #189
#70Allen31US #100
#71Ray31US #73
#72Vernon30US #83
#73Everett29US #97
#74Harvey29US #93
#75Wilbur29US #91
#76Curtis28US #119
#77Earnest28US #144
#78Horace28US #123
#79Hugh28US #115
#80Lloyd28US #67
#81Frederick27US #49
#82Stanley27US #41
#83Theodore26US #60
#84Alexander25US #98
#85Guy25US #137
#86Julian25US #187
#87Alvin24US #82
#88Archie24US #134
#89Irvin24US #165
#90Lester24US #59
#91Wallace24US #126
#92Eddie23US #102
#93Emmett23US #198
#94Randolph23
#95Sidney23US #90
#96Clifton22US #149
#97Jessie22US #114
#98Leon22US #81
#99Clifford21US #68
#100Grover21

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑34Cecil#53
↑21Wilbur#75
↑18Everett#73
↑17Doris#69
↑16Edgar#62
↑16Percy#69
↑15Pauline#32
↑15Viola#44

Falling

↓34Emmett#93
↓26Lester#90
↓25Harvey#74
↓22Laura#63
↓21Stanley#82
↓21Alvin#87
↓20Lloyd#80
↓18Eleanor#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.