State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,038 Virginia births in 1915 across 816 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
#64Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#67Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#76Garlandoutside the national top 200
#89Sallieoutside the national top 200
#89Emmett#187 nationally
#88Ellis#182 nationally
#92Nelson#184 nationally
#66Wilson#154 nationally
#57Earnest#143 nationally
#78Douglas#158 nationally
#81Rebecca#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,576US #1
#2Virginia753US #12
#3Margaret565US #4
#4Elizabeth531US #8
#5Dorothy517US #3
#6Helen470US #2
#7Ruth440US #5
#8Louise400US #18
#9Annie370US #36
#10Frances367US #9
#11Mildred352US #6
#12Alice290US #13
#13Evelyn282US #10
#14Ruby271US #24
#15Gladys267US #21
#16Edith260US #31
#17Thelma236US #30
#18Ethel235US #23
#19Lucille234US #29
#20Hazel227US #26
#21Lillian227US #15
#22Edna226US #20
#23Martha189US #25
#24Elsie187US #41
#25Bessie184US #57
#26Sarah184US #51
#27Florence180US #14
#28Nellie177US #63
#29Marie176US #11
#30Catherine175US #19
#31Anna169US #7
#32Emma169US #40
#33Lucy163US #79
#34Mabel163US #62
#35Grace160US #27
#36Beatrice155US #37
#37Clara155US #38
#38Irene152US #17
#39Pearl151US #56
#40Katherine149US #49
#41Pauline146US #32
#42Bertha145US #46
#43Ella143US #75
#44Gertrude138US #35
#45Laura135US #61
#46Eva134US #55
#47Myrtle133US #58
#48Julia132US #44
#49Carrie129US #103
#50Rosa123US #116
#51Josephine122US #22
#52Mattie119US #91
#53Nannie118
#54Minnie117US #68
#55Ida113US #54
#56Alma112US #70
#57Beulah112US #95
#58Lillie109US #84
#59Viola109US #59
#60Blanche106US #87
#61Hattie106US #113
#62Doris105US #34
#63Jessie102US #66
#64Anne100US #52
#65Nancy99US #102
#66Fannie98US #105
#67Lena97US #77
#68Mamie97US #124
#69Lois96US #47
#70Bernice89US #42
#71Eleanor89US #28
#72Kathleen88US #104
#73Willie85US #72
#74Daisy84US #131
#75Ellen81US #88
#76Cora79US #119
#77Rose79US #16
#78Susie78US #149
#79Agnes77US #45
#80Geneva77US #110
#81Rebecca75US #159
#82Marion73US #50
#83Inez72US #101
#84Maggie71US #150
#85Estelle70US #117
#86Mae70US #89
#87Vivian69US #78
#88Christine68US #125
#89Sallie68
#90Emily67US #99
#91Georgia67US #111
#92Ada66US #114
#93Eunice66US #109
#94Stella66US #64
#95Hilda65US #107
#96Ann63US #43
#97Esther62US #33
#98Charlotte59US #81
#99Lottie59US #153
#100Marjorie58US #39

Boys

#1James1,323US #3
#2William1,210US #2
#3John984US #1
#4Robert749US #4
#5Charles570US #7
#6George552US #6
#7Thomas386US #10
#8Joseph340US #5
#9Edward312US #8
#10Henry304US #14
#11Walter289US #11
#12Frank265US #9
#13Willie216US #30
#14Richard209US #15
#15Clarence208US #24
#16Harry206US #19
#17Raymond184US #16
#18Samuel176US #39
#19Roy173US #32
#20Charlie163US #75
#21Paul159US #13
#22Ernest156US #35
#23David150US #31
#24Howard150US #25
#25Arthur141US #18
#26Herbert134US #40
#27Albert129US #17
#28Ralph122US #21
#29Lewis120US #70
#30Carl119US #22
#31Earl112US #33
#32Harold110US #12
#33Fred109US #26
#34Herman100US #56
#35Claude96US #96
#36Andrew93US #46
#37Joe92US #38
#38Woodrow91US #83
#39Willard90US #58
#40Lawrence89US #37
#41Jesse88US #77
#42Russell88US #51
#43Clyde86US #63
#44Alfred85US #42
#45Jack81US #27
#46Floyd79US #59
#47Bernard78US #48
#48Eugene77US #41
#49Marvin74US #72
#50Melvin73US #60
#51Luther72US #115
#52Cecil70US #76
#53Edwin69US #53
#54Louis69US #23
#55Leonard67US #44
#56Elmer65US #45
#57Earnest64US #143
#58Benjamin63US #71
#59Lloyd60US #62
#60Daniel59US #55
#61Edgar58US #85
#62Jessie57US #114
#63Lee57US #84
#64Aubrey55
#65Horace55US #122
#66Wilson55US #154
#67Linwood53
#68Milton51US #73
#69Norman51US #50
#70Sam49US #68
#71Ray48US #67
#72Alvin47US #81
#73Hugh47US #111
#74Oscar47US #88
#75Allen46US #99
#76Garland45
#77Harvey45US #95
#78Douglas44US #158
#79Leroy44US #66
#80Clifton43US #144
#81Everett43US #89
#82Frederick43US #52
#83Kenneth43US #28
#84Francis42US #29
#85Leon42US #82
#86Sidney42US #94
#87Vernon42US #80
#88Ellis41US #182
#89Emmett41US #187
#90Chester40US #54
#91Curtis40US #128
#92Nelson40US #184
#93Hubert39US #116
#94Lester39US #57
#95Wilbur39US #92
#96Donald37US #20
#97Otis37US #141
#98Gordon36US #90
#99Jacob36US #121
#100Marshall35US #161

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑27Florence#27
↑22Kathleen#72
↑21Blanche#60
↑20Edwin#53
↑18Ella#43
↑17Sam#70
↑17Alvin#72
↑16Geneva#80

Falling

↓37Curtis#91
↓31Lester#94
↓24Oscar#74
↓24Leroy#79
↓20Fannie#66
↓18Francis#84
↓17Viola#59
↓17Hattie#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.