State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,217 Virginia births in 1914 across 717 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#53Nannieoutside the national top 200
#59Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#74Garlandoutside the national top 200
#77Randolphoutside the national top 200
#82Prestonoutside the national top 200
#95Leliaoutside the national top 200
#90Maude#192 nationally
#99Garnettoutside the national top 200
#86Nathaniel#185 nationally
#80Sallie#178 nationally
#96Percy#190 nationally
#56Earnest#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,265US #1
#2Virginia520US #14
#3Margaret417US #4
#4Elizabeth414US #8
#5Helen405US #2
#6Dorothy377US #3
#7Ruth329US #5
#8Louise318US #17
#9Annie272US #33
#10Frances265US #9
#11Mildred257US #7
#12Alice241US #12
#13Gladys227US #20
#14Ethel223US #21
#15Ruby219US #24
#16Edna214US #19
#17Evelyn212US #11
#18Thelma200US #26
#19Hazel196US #29
#20Martha183US #27
#21Edith178US #31
#22Lillian178US #16
#23Bessie174US #55
#24Sarah174US #47
#25Anna169US #6
#26Elsie155US #46
#27Nellie153US #61
#28Catherine151US #18
#29Emma147US #39
#30Marie147US #10
#31Lucille144US #30
#32Lucy144US #73
#33Myrtle143US #60
#34Grace141US #25
#35Bertha133US #41
#36Beatrice130US #38
#37Eva128US #52
#38Mabel124US #58
#39Pauline124US #34
#40Pearl123US #56
#41Irene121US #22
#42Viola115US #57
#43Clara114US #37
#44Hattie114US #97
#45Mattie110US #78
#46Fannie109US #99
#47Julia105US #42
#48Katherine105US #48
#49Minnie104US #67
#50Laura103US #59
#51Carrie99US #91
#52Beulah98US #96
#53Nannie98
#54Florence93US #13
#55Josephine92US #23
#56Rosa92US #104
#57Ida91US #49
#58Gertrude89US #32
#59Alma86US #69
#60Jessie85US #64
#61Ella81US #72
#62Doris80US #36
#63Susie79US #130
#64Ellen78US #86
#65Bernice77US #43
#66Nancy77US #102
#67Rose77US #15
#68Eleanor76US #28
#69Lillie76US #74
#70Agnes74US #44
#71Lena74US #75
#72Willie74US #66
#73Mamie70US #115
#74Lois69US #51
#75Betty66US #62
#76Georgia66US #107
#77Rebecca65US #162
#78Anne64US #53
#79Daisy64US #126
#80Sallie64US #178
#81Blanche63US #80
#82Inez63US #101
#83Sadie62US #124
#84Esther61US #35
#85Mae61US #85
#86Ann60US #40
#87Lottie56US #142
#88Estelle55US #112
#89Ada53US #106
#90Maude53US #192
#91Cora52US #105
#92Eunice51US #109
#93Maggie51US #141
#94Kathleen50US #110
#95Lelia50
#96Geneva49US #118
#97Emily46US #98
#98Lula46US #120
#99Rachel46US #151
#100Christine45US #117

Boys

#1James1,109US #3
#2William1,012US #2
#3John886US #1
#4Robert578US #4
#5George454US #6
#6Charles445US #7
#7Joseph313US #5
#8Thomas290US #11
#9Edward264US #8
#10Henry219US #12
#11Willie205US #25
#12Walter196US #10
#13Frank179US #9
#14Harry174US #19
#15Richard173US #17
#16Clarence153US #22
#17Paul146US #13
#18Roy131US #32
#19Raymond128US #16
#20Samuel127US #36
#21Charlie120US #65
#22Arthur117US #18
#23Howard111US #26
#24Albert103US #15
#25David101US #29
#26Ralph96US #21
#27Ernest88US #38
#28Lawrence86US #35
#29Fred84US #28
#30Lewis84US #72
#31Claude82US #93
#32Carl81US #24
#33Herbert80US #42
#34Herman78US #51
#35Woodrow76US #71
#36Alfred73US #41
#37Earl73US #33
#38Russell72US #49
#39Harold71US #14
#40Joe71US #34
#41Andrew70US #44
#42Clyde70US #63
#43Jack66US #27
#44Jesse66US #82
#45Floyd65US #58
#46Eugene61US #43
#47Benjamin59US #70
#48Louis57US #20
#49Melvin55US #59
#50Oscar53US #77
#51Elmer52US #46
#52Bernard49US #50
#53Cecil49US #79
#54Curtis49US #120
#55Leroy49US #60
#56Earnest48US #147
#57Luther48US #114
#58Leonard46US #45
#59Linwood46
#60Marvin46US #75
#61Daniel41US #55
#62Edgar41US #87
#63Lester41US #57
#64Hugh40US #116
#65Milton40US #69
#66Francis39US #31
#67Harvey38US #95
#68Jessie38US #117
#69Lee38US #84
#70Ray36US #74
#71Lloyd35US #66
#72Norman34US #54
#73Edwin32US #53
#74Garland32
#75Horace32US #125
#76Wilson32US #153
#77Randolph31
#78Allen30US #105
#79Frederick30US #52
#80Leon30US #85
#81Leslie30US #103
#82Preston30
#83Theodore30US #64
#84Clifton29US #150
#85Clinton29US #157
#86Nathaniel29US #185
#87Sam29US #67
#88Vernon29US #83
#89Alvin28US #78
#90Eddie28US #109
#91Everett28US #90
#92Isaac28US #177
#93Otis28US #140
#94Sidney28US #89
#95Alexander27US #98
#96Percy27US #190
#97Roland27US #121
#98Stanley27US #39
#99Garnett26
#100Gordon26US #88

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑29Jessie#68
↑27Eleanor#68
↑27Lester#63
↑26Lois#74
↑22Curtis#54
↑21Earnest#56
↑18Minnie#49
↑18Leon#80

Falling

↓27Percy#96
↓26Sam#87
↓23Maggie#93
↓21Lillie#69
↓19Eunice#92
↓18Woodrow#35
↓18Lee#69
↓18Norman#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.