State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,945 Virginia births in 1922 across 911 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#63Garlandoutside the national top 200
#77Nannieoutside the national top 200
#85Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#86Percyoutside the national top 200
#92Randolphoutside the national top 200
#93Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#56Earnest#143 nationally
#40Rosa#123 nationally
#100Julian#181 nationally
#92Susie#172 nationally
#90Estelle#168 nationally
#80Otis#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,010US #1
#2Virginia906US #7
#3Dorothy904US #2
#4Margaret845US #4
#5Helen735US #3
#6Frances548US #10
#7Elizabeth522US #9
#8Ruth516US #5
#9Mildred489US #8
#10Annie391US #30
#11Edith367US #34
#12Evelyn357US #13
#13Louise356US #22
#14Alice348US #15
#15Ruby335US #26
#16Gladys327US #25
#17Lillian306US #19
#18Doris300US #11
#19Hazel289US #37
#20Thelma288US #31
#21Ethel274US #32
#22Martha273US #21
#23Anna257US #12
#24Lucille252US #33
#25Edna249US #29
#26Sarah244US #51
#27Marie237US #14
#28Pauline225US #36
#29Catherine209US #24
#30Elsie206US #59
#31Emma201US #50
#32Nancy198US #78
#33Florence197US #18
#34Irene191US #17
#35Clara182US #47
#36Myrtle169US #75
#37Nellie169US #83
#38Katherine167US #54
#39Betty162US #6
#40Rosa162US #123
#41Grace161US #38
#42Lucy154US #93
#43Josephine151US #27
#44Pearl148US #71
#45Bertha147US #63
#46Beatrice146US #43
#47Lois144US #35
#48Marjorie144US #16
#49Ida142US #65
#50Kathleen141US #80
#51Alma140US #84
#52Mattie137US #103
#53Julia136US #60
#54Mabel135US #99
#55Ella134US #90
#56Bernice133US #41
#57Eva132US #64
#58Audrey130US #89
#59Jean127US #20
#60Viola126US #72
#61Bessie124US #81
#62Christine124US #116
#63Lillie117US #85
#64Carrie116US #122
#65Hattie115US #139
#66Willie115US #70
#67Eleanor114US #28
#68Juanita113US #57
#69Fannie112US #135
#70Ann110US #49
#71Gertrude110US #48
#72Laura110US #68
#73Anne109US #66
#74Marion107US #42
#75Minnie107US #91
#76Mamie106US #147
#77Nannie105
#78Agnes104US #62
#79Blanche102US #115
#80Beulah100US #124
#81Ellen98US #95
#82Margie98US #100
#83Vivian98US #74
#84Charlotte97US #76
#85Esther97US #44
#86Rachel94US #154
#87Rose94US #23
#88Jane91US #55
#89Stella89US #88
#90Estelle80US #168
#91Cora79US #140
#92Susie79US #172
#93Lena78US #107
#94Maggie78US #170
#95Geneva77US #110
#96Hilda77US #131
#97Rebecca77US #173
#98Emily76US #121
#99Georgia76US #114
#100June76US #45

Boys

#1James1,823US #4
#2William1,654US #3
#3John1,275US #1
#4Robert1,047US #2
#5Charles799US #5
#6George723US #6
#7Thomas497US #11
#8Joseph450US #7
#9Edward440US #8
#10Henry339US #17
#11Richard296US #9
#12Walter295US #15
#13Willie289US #28
#14Frank282US #10
#15Clarence270US #29
#16Harry268US #22
#17Raymond234US #16
#18Samuel233US #43
#19Paul221US #14
#20Roy207US #32
#21Arthur198US #19
#22Earl196US #31
#23Charlie195US #72
#24Ralph192US #23
#25David189US #24
#26Howard188US #26
#27Herbert186US #40
#28Ernest176US #37
#29Harold172US #13
#30Eugene167US #25
#31Warren164US #45
#32Albert155US #20
#33Jack148US #18
#34Lewis144US #75
#35Fred139US #33
#36Lawrence128US #36
#37Carl124US #30
#38Claude118US #97
#39Herman114US #66
#40Cecil111US #85
#41Kenneth108US #21
#42Clyde107US #67
#43Floyd105US #61
#44Russell103US #49
#45Jesse101US #81
#46Alfred100US #42
#47Joe99US #35
#48Melvin99US #50
#49Andrew97US #53
#50Marvin97US #56
#51Bernard90US #46
#52Elmer90US #54
#53Luther89US #118
#54Louis88US #27
#55Alvin87US #73
#56Earnest87US #143
#57Benjamin86US #82
#58Leonard86US #38
#59Leroy86US #55
#60Lloyd84US #59
#61Curtis80US #113
#62Donald80US #12
#63Garland77
#64Daniel76US #47
#65Lee76US #83
#66Jessie73US #111
#67Stanley72US #41
#68Vernon71US #68
#69Norman69US #44
#70Oscar69US #92
#71Francis67US #34
#72Milton67US #74
#73Douglas66US #106
#74Harvey65US #88
#75Allen62US #95
#76Horace62US #132
#77Ray62US #65
#78Hugh61US #120
#79Lester61US #69
#80Otis61US #156
#81Calvin60US #128
#82Edgar59US #93
#83Edwin59US #52
#84Wallace59US #87
#85Linwood58
#86Percy58
#87Hubert56US #116
#88Frederick55US #60
#89Theodore53US #62
#90Billy52US #90
#91Leon50US #77
#92Randolph49
#93Aubrey47
#94Sidney46US #110
#95Willard46US #91
#96Clifton44US #168
#97Gilbert44US #100
#98Guy44US #141
#99Homer44US #108
#100Julian44US #181

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑35Betty#39
↑33Alvin#55
↑23Stanley#67
↑21Mattie#52
↑19Jean#59
↑16Nancy#32
↑15Myrtle#36
↑15Lois#47

Falling

↓25Bessie#61
↓24Beulah#80
↓19Edwin#83
↓18Gertrude#71
↓18Wallace#84
↓17Vivian#83
↓17Warren#31
↓16Bernice#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.