State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,154 Virginia births in 1918 across 904 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
#73Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#78Garlandoutside the national top 200
#79Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Randolphoutside the national top 200
#85Julian#182 nationally
#99Nathaniel#193 nationally
#59Earnest#142 nationally
#90Rebecca#172 nationally
#84Susie#159 nationally
#83Clifton#152 nationally
#80Rachel#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,919US #1
#2Virginia917US #7
#3Margaret740US #4
#4Dorothy697US #3
#5Helen653US #2
#6Elizabeth550US #9
#7Ruth516US #5
#8Frances513US #8
#9Mildred478US #6
#10Louise458US #18
#11Annie407US #36
#12Ruby365US #27
#13Gladys332US #22
#14Alice308US #13
#15Edith308US #30
#16Evelyn304US #11
#17Ethel276US #28
#18Lucille276US #29
#19Thelma267US #32
#20Edna259US #23
#21Hazel253US #33
#22Lillian240US #15
#23Martha238US #25
#24Elsie232US #49
#25Sarah225US #52
#26Catherine223US #20
#27Anna219US #10
#28Marie211US #12
#29Irene199US #16
#30Emma195US #46
#31Beatrice189US #40
#32Pauline189US #35
#33Lucy188US #90
#34Katherine183US #50
#35Nellie176US #65
#36Florence171US #14
#37Grace167US #31
#38Doris165US #19
#39Pearl157US #56
#40Bertha155US #51
#41Bessie155US #61
#42Clara155US #43
#43Eva154US #55
#44Ella153US #84
#45Myrtle152US #62
#46Josephine148US #24
#47Ida147US #57
#48Julia146US #48
#49Mabel146US #74
#50Rosa146US #117
#51Alma136US #73
#52Lillie136US #89
#53Fannie132US #120
#54Gertrude132US #39
#55Carrie130US #113
#56Laura124US #64
#57Ellen121US #92
#58Minnie121US #88
#59Nancy121US #102
#60Willie120US #70
#61Beulah119US #104
#62Mattie119US #100
#63Nannie119
#64Agnes116US #47
#65Eleanor113US #26
#66Hattie113US #121
#67Bernice112US #41
#68Lena112US #93
#69Kathleen111US #99
#70Viola106US #59
#71Anne98US #54
#72Christine98US #119
#73Blanche96US #96
#74Esther95US #38
#75Geneva95US #112
#76Lois93US #42
#77Vivian93US #72
#78Marion92US #45
#79Ada89US #123
#80Rachel88US #148
#81Betty87US #21
#82Juanita86US #85
#83Marjorie86US #34
#84Susie85US #159
#85Estelle84US #139
#86Mamie84US #137
#87Ann83US #44
#88Eunice83US #111
#89Georgia82US #107
#90Rebecca82US #172
#91Cora81US #124
#92Maggie80US #158
#93Hilda79US #114
#94Jessie78US #75
#95Lula78US #132
#96Mae78US #95
#97Charlotte77US #78
#98Rose77US #17
#99Jane75US #53
#100Lottie73US #162

Boys

#1James1,703US #3
#2William1,492US #2
#3John1,216US #1
#4Robert984US #4
#5Charles668US #5
#6George663US #6
#7Joseph448US #7
#8Thomas448US #10
#9Edward358US #8
#10Walter319US #11
#11Harry302US #20
#12Henry300US #16
#13Willie283US #29
#14Richard281US #12
#15Clarence251US #23
#16Frank248US #9
#17Raymond229US #15
#18Paul225US #14
#19Samuel223US #43
#20Charlie212US #70
#21Roy205US #32
#22Albert185US #19
#23Herbert176US #40
#24Ernest169US #37
#25Arthur166US #17
#26Howard166US #26
#27David159US #28
#28Earl154US #31
#29Ralph147US #22
#30Fred133US #33
#31Carl131US #25
#32Eugene129US #35
#33Jack119US #21
#34Harold116US #13
#35Lewis116US #74
#36Woodrow110US #58
#37Jesse109US #78
#38Russell109US #50
#39Herman107US #65
#40Clyde104US #67
#41Andrew103US #46
#42Elmer103US #44
#43Melvin103US #56
#44Lawrence102US #38
#45Bernard99US #47
#46Floyd97US #61
#47Claude96US #95
#48Alfred90US #42
#49Benjamin88US #79
#50Joe88US #34
#51Leroy88US #57
#52Louis83US #24
#53Cecil82US #82
#54Lee81US #86
#55Leonard80US #41
#56Daniel76US #52
#57Marvin75US #68
#58Luther74US #119
#59Earnest73US #142
#60Jessie73US #120
#61Norman73US #49
#62Ray73US #69
#63Edgar70US #89
#64Willard70US #83
#65Lloyd69US #51
#66Harvey68US #88
#67Sidney66US #94
#68Kenneth63US #27
#69Vernon63US #66
#70Everett59US #93
#71Oscar59US #87
#72Francis56US #30
#73Aubrey55
#74Wilson55US #122
#75Alvin54US #80
#76Hugh54US #112
#77Curtis52US #123
#78Garland52
#79Linwood51
#80Horace50US #132
#81Hubert50US #114
#82Warren50US #90
#83Clifton49US #152
#84Frederick49US #59
#85Julian49US #182
#86Leon49US #77
#87Milton47US #76
#88Stanley47US #36
#89Edwin46US #55
#90Marshall46US #156
#91Donald45US #18
#92Randolph45
#93Allen44US #98
#94Archie44US #138
#95Gordon44US #85
#96Otis44US #151
#97Oliver43US #130
#98Leslie42US #102
#99Nathaniel42US #193
#100Marion41US #107

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑26Christine#72
↑25Sidney#67
↑18Ray#62
↑17Doris#38
↑17Agnes#64
↑17Marjorie#83
↑16Josephine#46
↑15Fannie#53

Falling

↓28Edwin#89
↓26Otis#96
↓23Vernon#69
↓19Lois#76
↓16Jessie#94
↓14Georgia#89
↓14Rose#98
↓13Mamie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.