State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,689 Virginia births in 1920 across 933 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#73Nannieoutside the national top 200
#80Randolphoutside the national top 200
#92Garlandoutside the national top 200
#94Emmettoutside the national top 200
#95Percyoutside the national top 200
#96Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#98Julian#195 nationally
#90Maggie#172 nationally
#39Rosa#116 nationally
#86Susie#163 nationally
#81Clifton#157 nationally
#99Rebecca#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,046US #1
#2Virginia849US #7
#3Margaret825US #4
#4Dorothy792US #2
#5Helen636US #3
#6Elizabeth602US #8
#7Ruth586US #5
#8Frances528US #9
#9Mildred495US #6
#10Louise486US #19
#11Annie415US #35
#12Ruby381US #26
#13Evelyn376US #12
#14Gladys375US #22
#15Edith357US #32
#16Thelma310US #31
#17Ethel307US #30
#18Hazel292US #34
#19Alice291US #15
#20Lillian288US #18
#21Edna280US #27
#22Martha269US #23
#23Lucille265US #29
#24Marie241US #13
#25Catherine233US #21
#26Sarah227US #50
#27Anna223US #10
#28Doris219US #14
#29Elsie200US #51
#30Pauline200US #36
#31Irene190US #17
#32Emma184US #46
#33Myrtle184US #68
#34Katherine181US #45
#35Bessie170US #71
#36Lucy170US #94
#37Nellie169US #76
#38Florence167US #16
#39Rosa166US #116
#40Grace160US #37
#41Beatrice159US #41
#42Bernice159US #40
#43Laura159US #63
#44Ella155US #88
#45Viola152US #59
#46Bertha151US #57
#47Clara148US #44
#48Eva146US #58
#49Nancy146US #95
#50Pearl146US #62
#51Mabel141US #83
#52Gertrude136US #42
#53Ida135US #66
#54Minnie135US #87
#55Alma133US #80
#56Josephine133US #28
#57Lillie129US #90
#58Fannie128US #127
#59Betty127US #11
#60Julia127US #55
#61Lois127US #38
#62Mattie124US #96
#63Marjorie123US #24
#64Vivian119US #64
#65Carrie118US #121
#66Agnes117US #54
#67Beulah114US #109
#68Eleanor111US #25
#69Kathleen111US #91
#70Mamie108US #142
#71Anne106US #65
#72Audrey106US #103
#73Nannie106
#74Hattie103US #132
#75Blanche102US #102
#76Eunice102US #115
#77Christine100US #118
#78Juanita100US #61
#79Ann96US #49
#80Jean96US #33
#81Hilda92US #125
#82Marion91US #43
#83Daisy90US #155
#84Ellen90US #92
#85Jane89US #48
#86Susie88US #163
#87Georgia87US #113
#88Geneva86US #106
#89Jessie85US #84
#90Maggie84US #172
#91Naomi82US #134
#92Mae81US #99
#93Estelle80US #158
#94Lena80US #98
#95Esther79US #39
#96Charlotte78US #79
#97Ada77US #136
#98Geraldine77US #60
#99Rebecca77US #175
#100Willie77US #74

Boys

#1James1,888US #4
#2William1,680US #2
#3John1,315US #1
#4Robert976US #3
#5George747US #6
#6Charles724US #5
#7Thomas522US #11
#8Joseph455US #7
#9Edward403US #8
#10Richard339US #10
#11Henry321US #17
#12Walter308US #13
#13Willie302US #29
#14Clarence282US #26
#15Frank281US #9
#16Harry270US #21
#17Samuel250US #44
#18Raymond228US #15
#19Arthur213US #18
#20Roy209US #32
#21Charlie204US #70
#22Paul198US #14
#23Ernest195US #37
#24Warren191US #39
#25Howard190US #24
#26Ralph188US #22
#27Herbert173US #41
#28Albert172US #19
#29Earl165US #31
#30Harold165US #12
#31David163US #25
#32Carl161US #27
#33Lewis143US #72
#34Fred138US #33
#35Eugene129US #30
#36Herman127US #66
#37Jack127US #20
#38Lawrence126US #36
#39Leonard116US #38
#40Bernard104US #46
#41Melvin102US #54
#42Cecil99US #77
#43Elmer98US #45
#44Floyd98US #61
#45Russell98US #51
#46Claude97US #92
#47Jesse97US #79
#48Louis97US #28
#49Joe95US #35
#50Clyde94US #68
#51Andrew92US #49
#52Kenneth92US #23
#53Daniel83US #52
#54Edgar83US #89
#55Harvey83US #87
#56Leroy83US #56
#57Benjamin82US #83
#58Alfred78US #42
#59Lee77US #82
#60Marvin77US #62
#61Lloyd75US #58
#62Luther74US #123
#63Vernon74US #65
#64Milton72US #74
#65Edwin70US #53
#66Francis69US #34
#67Ray69US #67
#68Jessie67US #111
#69Curtis66US #120
#70Norman66US #47
#71Otis64US #146
#72Willard64US #88
#73Oscar63US #90
#74Earnest61US #140
#75Hubert59US #113
#76Everett58US #95
#77Homer58US #100
#78Hugh58US #115
#79Leon57US #75
#80Randolph57
#81Clifton56US #157
#82Frederick56US #60
#83Eddie54US #104
#84Calvin53US #139
#85Donald52US #16
#86Horace52US #128
#87Lester51US #69
#88Wallace51US #93
#89Douglas50US #106
#90Leslie50US #110
#91Marion50US #109
#92Garland49
#93Allen48US #94
#94Emmett48
#95Percy48
#96Aubrey47
#97Gordon47US #85
#98Julian47US #195
#99Sam47US #84
#100Theodore47US #63

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑41Warren#24
↑41Kenneth#52
↑32Lee#59
↑23Mamie#70
↑23Audrey#72
↑19Hilda#81
↑19Edgar#54
↑18Ann#79

Falling

↓42Theodore#100
↓34Charlotte#96
↓33Willie#100
↓22Clifton#81
↓20Douglas#89
↓19Lena#94
↓17Julia#60
↓15Nannie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.