State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,780 Virginia births in 1917 across 882 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
#75Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#78Garlandoutside the national top 200
#81Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#83Emmettoutside the national top 200
#97Randolphoutside the national top 200
#79Susie#159 nationally
#71Daisy#150 nationally
#83Maggie#161 nationally
#46Rosa#121 nationally
#70Otis#145 nationally
#89Clifton#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,783US #1
#2Virginia819US #10
#3Margaret694US #4
#4Dorothy615US #3
#5Elizabeth565US #8
#6Helen559US #2
#7Ruth489US #5
#8Frances421US #9
#9Louise397US #19
#10Mildred389US #6
#11Annie378US #35
#12Gladys300US #23
#13Thelma299US #32
#14Alice295US #13
#15Ruby294US #27
#16Evelyn292US #11
#17Edith275US #28
#18Lillian267US #15
#19Ethel260US #24
#20Hazel259US #31
#21Edna254US #20
#22Lucille236US #29
#23Martha235US #22
#24Sarah208US #52
#25Catherine196US #18
#26Elsie194US #50
#27Anna191US #7
#28Lucy191US #88
#29Marie184US #12
#30Bessie181US #61
#31Irene181US #17
#32Nellie172US #64
#33Katherine168US #49
#34Pauline168US #33
#35Clara160US #41
#36Myrtle160US #58
#37Emma157US #46
#38Florence156US #14
#39Grace156US #30
#40Eva148US #54
#41Beatrice145US #39
#42Mabel145US #68
#43Bertha144US #51
#44Laura144US #65
#45Julia137US #47
#46Rosa135US #121
#47Alma133US #71
#48Ida132US #56
#49Pearl132US #57
#50Ella126US #83
#51Gertrude126US #37
#52Carrie123US #109
#53Mattie122US #94
#54Hattie120US #118
#55Doris119US #25
#56Nannie116
#57Lois114US #43
#58Minnie113US #75
#59Viola107US #59
#60Eleanor106US #26
#61Lillie106US #86
#62Josephine104US #21
#63Nancy104US #98
#64Willie103US #72
#65Bernice102US #42
#66Beulah100US #102
#67Lena100US #85
#68Fannie97US #115
#69Kathleen97US #101
#70Blanche91US #91
#71Daisy89US #150
#72Ellen89US #90
#73Mamie88US #130
#74Betty85US #34
#75Georgia84US #105
#76Ada83US #119
#77Anne83US #53
#78Jessie83US #70
#79Susie82US #159
#80Hilda81US #112
#81Agnes80US #48
#82Vivian79US #79
#83Maggie77US #161
#84Rose77US #16
#85Geneva76US #113
#86Esther75US #38
#87Marion75US #45
#88Ann73US #44
#89Charlotte72US #76
#90Inez72US #110
#91Lula72US #135
#92Violet72US #84
#93Jane71US #55
#94Emily69US #103
#95Mae69US #96
#96Rebecca69US #165
#97Eunice68US #111
#98Christine67US #120
#99Dora66US #125
#100Marjorie64US #36

Boys

#1James1,528US #3
#2William1,324US #2
#3John1,159US #1
#4Robert794US #4
#5George633US #6
#6Charles623US #7
#7Thomas428US #10
#8Joseph375US #5
#9Edward331US #8
#10Walter307US #11
#11Richard277US #14
#12Willie261US #31
#13Henry249US #15
#14Frank237US #9
#15Clarence226US #25
#16Harry221US #19
#17Samuel187US #42
#18Paul181US #13
#19Charlie176US #67
#20Raymond161US #16
#21Arthur156US #17
#22Earl148US #32
#23Roy148US #33
#24Fred147US #29
#25Albert146US #18
#26Howard145US #26
#27Ernest142US #37
#28Herbert141US #40
#29David140US #28
#30Lewis126US #70
#31Ralph121US #21
#32Lawrence118US #36
#33Carl114US #24
#34Harold114US #12
#35Woodrow108US #73
#36Alfred103US #43
#37Eugene102US #39
#38Jack102US #22
#39Clyde98US #64
#40Claude96US #98
#41Jesse96US #79
#42Russell94US #52
#43Louis87US #23
#44Herman84US #58
#45Melvin84US #57
#46Vernon81US #71
#47Luther79US #116
#48Joe78US #35
#49Andrew77US #48
#50Benjamin74US #76
#51Leonard74US #41
#52Elmer73US #45
#53Bernard72US #49
#54Floyd71US #62
#55Marvin71US #68
#56Cecil70US #83
#57Jessie70US #114
#58Leroy69US #60
#59Daniel67US #54
#60Kenneth66US #27
#61Edwin64US #55
#62Lee64US #85
#63Lloyd64US #53
#64Hugh60US #110
#65Alvin59US #81
#66Norman58US #46
#67Curtis56US #121
#68Everett56US #94
#69Harvey56US #90
#70Otis55US #145
#71Lester53US #61
#72Edgar52US #88
#73Francis52US #30
#74Horace52US #125
#75Aubrey51
#76Frederick50US #51
#77Willard50US #80
#78Garland49
#79Milton49US #75
#80Ray47US #74
#81Linwood46
#82Wilson46US #144
#83Emmett45
#84Johnnie45US #111
#85Oscar45US #87
#86Alexander44US #97
#87Chester44US #56
#88Leslie44US #107
#89Clifton43US #159
#90Leon42US #82
#91Sam42US #72
#92Sidney42US #95
#93Donald41US #20
#94Stanley41US #34
#95Marshall40US #161
#96Wallace40US #123
#97Randolph39
#98Wesley39US #136
#99Calvin38US #160
#100Gordon38US #84

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑33Jessie#57
↑28Daisy#71
↑28Edwin#61
↑26Lois#57
↑18Betty#74
↑18Hilda#80
↑17Maggie#83
↑17Vernon#46

Falling

↓23Willard#77
↓23Oscar#85
↓23Randolph#97
↓22Sam#91
↓18Mae#95
↓18Rebecca#96
↓18Norman#66
↓18Wilson#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.