State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,221 Virginia births in 1919 across 881 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#58Nannieoutside the national top 200
#80Sallieoutside the national top 200
#86Percyoutside the national top 200
#88Garlandoutside the national top 200
#94Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#99Emmett#200 nationally
#59Clifton#150 nationally
#71Susie#151 nationally
#91Rebecca#170 nationally
#33Rosa#110 nationally
#100Irvin#172 nationally
#72Earnest#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,939US #1
#2Virginia827US #7
#3Margaret779US #4
#4Dorothy750US #3
#5Helen639US #2
#6Elizabeth610US #8
#7Ruth542US #5
#8Frances535US #9
#9Mildred435US #6
#10Louise408US #20
#11Annie394US #35
#12Gladys366US #21
#13Thelma346US #31
#14Edith339US #29
#15Evelyn329US #11
#16Ruby318US #24
#17Alice305US #13
#18Martha300US #25
#19Ethel291US #28
#20Lillian282US #17
#21Hazel276US #32
#22Lucille258US #27
#23Edna248US #22
#24Sarah246US #46
#25Catherine230US #23
#26Anna217US #10
#27Elsie213US #47
#28Doris207US #18
#29Marie197US #12
#30Nellie190US #69
#31Pauline180US #36
#32Emma175US #45
#33Rosa175US #110
#34Irene173US #16
#35Bertha170US #52
#36Bessie170US #59
#37Beatrice167US #41
#38Grace167US #34
#39Katherine164US #51
#40Lucy164US #91
#41Pearl164US #56
#42Clara155US #43
#43Julia154US #48
#44Bernice151US #42
#45Mabel151US #78
#46Myrtle151US #67
#47Florence149US #14
#48Eva147US #55
#49Nancy146US #100
#50Mattie136US #95
#51Ella135US #87
#52Gertrude128US #39
#53Alma127US #76
#54Laura126US #71
#55Ida123US #57
#56Josephine123US #26
#57Beulah121US #108
#58Nannie118
#59Carrie115US #111
#60Lillie115US #81
#61Viola113US #58
#62Charlotte111US #79
#63Kathleen108US #101
#64Minnie105US #80
#65Vivian104US #72
#66Lois102US #40
#67Willie102US #61
#68Eleanor101US #30
#69Fannie100US #121
#70Marion97US #44
#71Susie97US #151
#72Georgia95US #106
#73Agnes94US #50
#74Hattie93US #125
#75Lena92US #94
#76Betty91US #15
#77Marjorie89US #33
#78Cora88US #122
#79Estelle87US #141
#80Sallie86
#81Anne83US #63
#82Christine82US #116
#83Mable82US #143
#84Blanche81US #97
#85Jessie81US #75
#86Juanita81US #73
#87Rose81US #19
#88Ada80US #129
#89Daisy80US #148
#90Eunice80US #119
#91Rebecca80US #170
#92Jane79US #53
#93Mamie79US #132
#94Rachel79US #150
#95Audrey78US #115
#96Esther78US #38
#97Ann77US #49
#98Emily76US #105
#99Stella73US #70
#100Hilda72US #123

Boys

#1James1,722US #3
#2William1,526US #2
#3John1,203US #1
#4Robert912US #4
#5George713US #6
#6Charles613US #5
#7Thomas508US #10
#8Joseph429US #7
#9Edward385US #8
#10Walter339US #11
#11Henry295US #16
#12Richard266US #12
#13Clarence260US #25
#14Frank258US #9
#15Willie249US #23
#16Harry237US #20
#17Raymond217US #14
#18Charlie216US #66
#19Samuel215US #43
#20Roy211US #32
#21Paul203US #15
#22Howard177US #24
#23Herbert174US #40
#24Arthur172US #19
#25Ernest165US #36
#26David163US #27
#27Earl163US #31
#28Ralph155US #22
#29Harold149US #13
#30Herman142US #61
#31Albert133US #18
#32Carl129US #29
#33Fred128US #30
#34Lawrence125US #38
#35Lewis121US #74
#36Jack117US #21
#37Russell116US #50
#38Claude111US #92
#39Joe109US #35
#40Eugene105US #33
#41Louis101US #28
#42Jesse100US #77
#43Elmer93US #44
#44Floyd93US #59
#45Clyde91US #67
#46Andrew88US #47
#47Leroy86US #55
#48Alfred85US #42
#49Bernard85US #45
#50Marvin85US #63
#51Cecil84US #78
#52Vernon83US #65
#53Melvin82US #56
#54Leonard78US #39
#55Woodrow77US #91
#56Lloyd72US #58
#57Luther71US #117
#58Theodore71US #54
#59Clifton70US #150
#60Benjamin69US #79
#61Norman69US #48
#62Francis67US #34
#63Ray65US #69
#64Daniel63US #51
#65Warren63US #83
#66Alexander62US #113
#67Harvey62US #85
#68Curtis61US #120
#69Douglas61US #121
#70Jessie61US #109
#71Oscar61US #88
#72Earnest59US #139
#73Edgar59US #89
#74Lester59US #62
#75Milton56US #73
#76Willard55US #87
#77Leon54US #80
#78Stanley54US #37
#79Allen53US #101
#80Wilbur53US #98
#81Edwin52US #52
#82Everett52US #93
#83Alvin51US #76
#84Hugh50US #114
#85Otis50US #146
#86Percy50
#87Sidney50US #96
#88Garland49
#89Hubert49US #115
#90Horace47US #127
#91Lee47US #82
#92Frederick46US #64
#93Kenneth46US #26
#94Aubrey45
#95Donald44US #17
#96Leslie43US #105
#97Wallace43US #107
#98Wilson43US #155
#99Emmett41US #200
#100Irvin41US #172

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑35Charlotte#62
↑24Clifton#59
↑23Bernice#44
↑17Rosa#33
↑17Georgia#72
↑17Vernon#52
↑17Warren#65
↑14Allen#79

Falling

↓37Lee#91
↓25Kenneth#93
↓24Wilson#98
↓22Esther#96
↓21Aubrey#94
↓20Sidney#87
↓19Woodrow#55
↓16Fannie#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.