State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,324 Virginia births in 1921 across 919 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
#68Garlandoutside the national top 200
#89Randolphoutside the national top 200
#77Nathaniel#187 nationally
#95Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#96Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#98Carrolloutside the national top 200
#85Maggie#173 nationally
#94Julian#182 nationally
#44Rosa#131 nationally
#61Hattie#144 nationally
#96Rebecca#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,059US #1
#2Virginia988US #6
#3Dorothy868US #2
#4Margaret843US #4
#5Helen697US #3
#6Ruth603US #5
#7Elizabeth581US #10
#8Frances545US #9
#9Mildred529US #7
#10Louise444US #22
#11Annie434US #36
#12Evelyn398US #12
#13Ruby360US #26
#14Gladys341US #24
#15Alice338US #15
#16Thelma328US #30
#17Ethel312US #32
#18Edith305US #33
#19Lillian303US #19
#20Lucille302US #31
#21Martha297US #21
#22Doris276US #13
#23Hazel271US #34
#24Edna260US #27
#25Sarah247US #54
#26Catherine246US #23
#27Marie231US #14
#28Anna217US #11
#29Irene217US #18
#30Pauline215US #37
#31Elsie212US #55
#32Lucy190US #93
#33Beatrice188US #41
#34Katherine184US #49
#35Florence179US #17
#36Bessie175US #75
#37Clara174US #45
#38Emma173US #52
#39Grace163US #35
#40Bernice162US #39
#41Bertha162US #59
#42Marjorie161US #16
#43Mabel159US #85
#44Rosa159US #131
#45Pearl157US #65
#46Julia155US #58
#47Lillie151US #94
#48Nancy151US #87
#49Nellie150US #80
#50Eva149US #63
#51Myrtle147US #73
#52Ella145US #89
#53Gertrude138US #46
#54Audrey135US #82
#55Kathleen134US #83
#56Beulah132US #116
#57Josephine130US #28
#58Alma127US #78
#59Ida125US #67
#60Viola124US #66
#61Hattie123US #144
#62Lois123US #38
#63Nannie123
#64Carrie122US #126
#65Minnie122US #96
#66Vivian117US #68
#67Willie116US #74
#68Ellen115US #95
#69Laura115US #71
#70Agnes114US #56
#71Ann113US #53
#72Anne113US #70
#73Mattie112US #105
#74Betty111US #8
#75Christine110US #118
#76Juanita110US #57
#77Marion110US #43
#78Jean107US #25
#79Mamie101US #150
#80Fannie99US #135
#81Eleanor96US #29
#82Blanche91US #112
#83Rachel91US #152
#84Eunice88US #120
#85Maggie87US #173
#86Rose87US #20
#87Charlotte86US #79
#88Jane86US #47
#89Geraldine85US #62
#90Hilda84US #123
#91Estelle83US #161
#92Georgia82US #117
#93Inez82US #127
#94June82US #50
#95Jessie81US #91
#96Rebecca81US #175
#97Daisy79US #160
#98Geneva79US #113
#99Shirley79US #44
#100Stella79US #86

Boys

#1James1,902US #4
#2William1,698US #3
#3John1,332US #1
#4Robert1,040US #2
#5Charles818US #5
#6George750US #6
#7Thomas515US #11
#8Joseph472US #7
#9Edward421US #8
#10Richard341US #10
#11Walter333US #15
#12Henry320US #17
#13Willie294US #34
#14Warren278US #24
#15Harry275US #21
#16Clarence271US #28
#17Frank269US #9
#18Paul233US #14
#19Raymond231US #16
#20Samuel231US #44
#21Ralph215US #23
#22Howard213US #27
#23Roy208US #32
#24Arthur207US #19
#25David195US #25
#26Earl190US #31
#27Harold177US #12
#28Albert170US #20
#29Ernest170US #38
#30Herbert168US #42
#31Charlie167US #76
#32Fred167US #33
#33Lewis165US #71
#34Jack155US #18
#35Carl151US #30
#36Alfred140US #43
#37Russell136US #52
#38Lawrence128US #37
#39Claude123US #96
#40Melvin122US #53
#41Eugene118US #26
#42Andrew115US #51
#43Herman110US #64
#44Cecil109US #79
#45Jesse109US #77
#46Bernard107US #45
#47Joe106US #36
#48Leonard102US #39
#49Clyde99US #69
#50Elmer98US #48
#51Kenneth98US #22
#52Louis95US #29
#53Floyd94US #63
#54Leroy94US #55
#55Daniel91US #49
#56Vernon88US #68
#57Luther86US #123
#58Jessie83US #117
#59Benjamin81US #82
#60Marvin78US #59
#61Donald77US #13
#62Norman75US #46
#63Ray75US #67
#64Edwin74US #54
#65Oscar74US #92
#66Wallace74US #88
#67Lloyd73US #58
#68Garland69
#69Harvey68US #87
#70Edgar66US #90
#71Earnest65US #138
#72Horace64US #129
#73Lee64US #86
#74Hugh63US #120
#75Calvin62US #131
#76Curtis61US #122
#77Nathaniel61US #187
#78Francis60US #35
#79Frederick60US #61
#80Everett59US #95
#81Milton58US #75
#82Otis58US #151
#83Willard58US #89
#84Allen57US #94
#85Douglas57US #111
#86Clifton55US #160
#87Lester55US #66
#88Alvin54US #73
#89Randolph53
#90Stanley52US #41
#91Theodore52US #65
#92Leslie50US #106
#93Wilbur50US #100
#94Julian49US #182
#95Linwood49
#96Aubrey48
#97Eddie48US #118
#98Carroll47
#99Guy47US #140
#100Hubert47US #115

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑33Willie#67
↑24Donald#61
↑24Garland#68
↑22Alfred#36
↑22Wallace#66
↑21Marjorie#42
↑18Audrey#54
↑16Ellen#68

Falling

↓26Laura#69
↓25Hubert#100
↓22Fannie#80
↓18Myrtle#51
↓17Milton#81
↓16Edgar#70
↓15Viola#60
↓15Betty#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.