State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,722 Virginia births in 1916 across 846 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#63Nannieoutside the national top 200
#72Garlandoutside the national top 200
#74Randolphoutside the national top 200
#79Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#87Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#98Carrolloutside the national top 200
#99Mosesoutside the national top 200
#97Sallie#196 nationally
#95Grover#193 nationally
#78Rebecca#169 nationally
#81Marshall#163 nationally
#77Clifton#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,652US #1
#2Virginia804US #10
#3Margaret637US #4
#4Helen571US #2
#5Elizabeth556US #8
#6Dorothy545US #3
#7Ruth512US #5
#8Frances424US #9
#9Louise399US #18
#10Mildred350US #6
#11Annie331US #36
#12Ruby314US #23
#13Evelyn295US #11
#14Edith293US #28
#15Thelma284US #29
#16Alice281US #13
#17Gladys269US #22
#18Hazel263US #31
#19Ethel256US #25
#20Edna255US #19
#21Martha238US #24
#22Lucille224US #30
#23Lillian221US #16
#24Elsie215US #48
#25Nellie206US #61
#26Sarah204US #52
#27Bessie199US #56
#28Pauline187US #33
#29Anna186US #7
#30Grace185US #26
#31Lucy174US #84
#32Marie174US #12
#33Katherine173US #51
#34Catherine172US #20
#35Mabel171US #65
#36Irene170US #17
#37Beatrice159US #38
#38Emma159US #41
#39Doris151US #32
#40Florence151US #14
#41Clara148US #39
#42Bertha142US #49
#43Ella140US #81
#44Myrtle136US #58
#45Pearl136US #57
#46Gertrude132US #35
#47Rosa131US #120
#48Mattie130US #93
#49Alma128US #70
#50Julia128US #46
#51Minnie126US #71
#52Carrie123US #103
#53Eva123US #55
#54Nancy118US #102
#55Ida117US #54
#56Laura117US #64
#57Josephine115US #21
#58Viola114US #59
#59Fannie113US #116
#60Lillie110US #88
#61Eleanor99US #27
#62Mamie97US #129
#63Nannie96
#64Beulah93US #97
#65Ellen93US #87
#66Hattie93US #115
#67Willie93US #73
#68Anne89US #53
#69Blanche87US #89
#70Rose87US #15
#71Bernice86US #42
#72Jessie86US #68
#73Lena85US #85
#74Inez83US #107
#75Kathleen83US #104
#76Cora82US #114
#77Mae81US #92
#78Rebecca81US #169
#79Sadie80US #133
#80Susie80US #156
#81Ada79US #117
#82Geneva78US #112
#83Lois78US #43
#84Marion78US #47
#85Agnes76US #50
#86Esther76US #34
#87Estelle74US #122
#88Georgia72US #108
#89Vivian71US #77
#90Rachel69US #153
#91Stella69US #63
#92Betty68US #44
#93Emily68US #100
#94Ann67US #40
#95Eunice67US #110
#96Marguerite67US #78
#97Sallie67US #196
#98Hilda65US #105
#99Daisy62US #137
#100Maggie62US #157

Boys

#1James1,400US #3
#2William1,314US #2
#3John1,024US #1
#4Robert752US #4
#5George602US #7
#6Charles567US #6
#7Thomas400US #10
#8Joseph340US #5
#9Edward307US #8
#10Walter293US #11
#11Henry273US #14
#12Harry243US #19
#13Frank238US #9
#14Willie233US #30
#15Richard232US #15
#16Clarence206US #24
#17Raymond206US #16
#18Paul198US #12
#19Samuel182US #41
#20Charlie181US #68
#21Roy168US #33
#22Arthur165US #18
#23Howard147US #25
#24Ernest140US #36
#25Albert131US #17
#26David130US #28
#27Ralph130US #21
#28Earl125US #32
#29Carl114US #23
#30Claude111US #93
#31Woodrow107US #64
#32Fred106US #29
#33Lewis105US #71
#34Harold102US #13
#35Herbert102US #40
#36Russell102US #51
#37Herman100US #56
#38Lawrence97US #38
#39Elmer91US #45
#40Louis86US #22
#41Jesse85US #77
#42Cecil82US #80
#43Clyde81US #62
#44Eugene79US #39
#45Melvin79US #57
#46Joe78US #35
#47Leonard78US #42
#48Norman77US #48
#49Floyd75US #60
#50Alfred74US #43
#51Daniel70US #55
#52Jack69US #26
#53Marvin69US #66
#54Willard69US #69
#55Edgar66US #88
#56Lloyd66US #58
#57Luther66US #116
#58Benjamin65US #79
#59Bernard65US #49
#60Andrew64US #46
#61Leroy63US #63
#62Oscar60US #86
#63Vernon59US #75
#64Wilson58US #141
#65Lee57US #83
#66Francis56US #31
#67Everett54US #91
#68Frederick54US #52
#69Sam54US #74
#70Curtis53US #120
#71Kenneth53US #27
#72Garland52
#73Hugh52US #96
#74Randolph50
#75Alexander48US #99
#76Ray48US #73
#77Clifton47US #156
#78Otis46US #142
#79Aubrey45
#80Hubert44US #113
#81Marshall44US #163
#82Lester43US #59
#83Harvey40US #92
#84Horace40US #126
#85Johnnie40US #115
#86Leslie40US #112
#87Linwood39
#88Calvin38US #157
#89Edwin38US #53
#90Jessie38US #117
#91Donald36US #20
#92Eddie36US #114
#93Earnest35US #155
#94Franklin35US #130
#95Grover35US #193
#96Leon35US #85
#97Wilbur35US #94
#98Carroll34
#99Moses34
#100Sidney34US #95

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑24Vernon#63
↑23Doris#39
↑21Norman#48
↑21Curtis#70
↑19Otis#78
↑19Marshall#81
↑18Leroy#61
↑18Francis#66

Falling

↓36Edwin#89
↓36Earnest#93
↓28Jessie#90
↓25Daisy#99
↓24Andrew#60
↓20Linwood#87
↓19Horace#84
↓16Maggie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.