State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,154 Virginia births in 1923 across 918 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#67Nannieoutside the national top 200
#76Garlandoutside the national top 200
#80Randolphoutside the national top 200
#87Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#94Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#98Emmettoutside the national top 200
#92Nathaniel#193 nationally
#91Marshall#178 nationally
#44Rosa#130 nationally
#56Fannie#142 nationally
#84Clinton#168 nationally
#90Rebecca#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,020US #1
#2Dorothy912US #2
#3Margaret845US #4
#4Virginia824US #7
#5Helen667US #3
#6Elizabeth534US #9
#7Ruth532US #6
#8Frances514US #10
#9Mildred494US #8
#10Louise398US #22
#11Annie360US #34
#12Evelyn353US #12
#13Ruby348US #25
#14Alice325US #15
#15Gladys322US #29
#16Thelma321US #31
#17Doris315US #11
#18Edith295US #36
#19Martha293US #21
#20Hazel277US #40
#21Lillian268US #20
#22Edna258US #32
#23Marie231US #14
#24Pauline228US #37
#25Lucille226US #35
#26Anna223US #13
#27Irene223US #17
#28Ethel221US #38
#29Sarah207US #54
#30Elsie198US #61
#31Catherine197US #24
#32Lois197US #27
#33Betty187US #5
#34Florence176US #18
#35Emma174US #53
#36Katherine172US #60
#37Nancy168US #75
#38Clara157US #49
#39Bernice155US #43
#40Jean154US #19
#41Grace150US #39
#42Mabel148US #102
#43Nellie148US #88
#44Rosa148US #130
#45Bessie145US #81
#46Bertha144US #64
#47Lucy144US #92
#48Juanita142US #51
#49Lillie142US #91
#50Audrey139US #85
#51Eva138US #66
#52Pearl138US #78
#53Beatrice136US #46
#54Myrtle136US #84
#55Ella132US #93
#56Fannie131US #142
#57Ida126US #68
#58Marjorie125US #16
#59Julia124US #62
#60Laura122US #73
#61Ann121US #52
#62Mattie121US #106
#63Agnes116US #63
#64Kathleen116US #70
#65Marion116US #44
#66Vivian112US #69
#67Nannie111
#68Shirley111US #26
#69Viola111US #79
#70Carrie110US #134
#71Anne109US #71
#72Christine109US #120
#73Josephine106US #30
#74Minnie102US #99
#75Alma101US #89
#76Charlotte100US #77
#77Violet99US #86
#78Beulah97US #129
#79Hattie95US #147
#80Lena94US #108
#81Blanche93US #119
#82Mamie93US #154
#83Eleanor92US #28
#84June92US #42
#85Jessie91US #94
#86Geneva90US #111
#87Norma87US #41
#88Jane86US #55
#89Phyllis85US #45
#90Rebecca85US #174
#91Rose85US #23
#92Mae84US #109
#93Ellen83US #103
#94Willie83US #67
#95Marian82US #65
#96Georgia81US #112
#97Ada80US #153
#98Cora80US #149
#99Gertrude77US #59
#100Margie77US #101

Boys

#1James1,868US #4
#2William1,662US #3
#3John1,241US #1
#4Robert1,063US #2
#5Charles753US #5
#6George662US #6
#7Thomas514US #12
#8Joseph438US #7
#9Edward410US #8
#10Walter337US #16
#11Richard314US #9
#12Henry297US #18
#13Clarence276US #29
#14Frank273US #11
#15Harry273US #22
#16Willie251US #30
#17Raymond244US #15
#18Samuel226US #45
#19Paul222US #14
#20Roy216US #32
#21David199US #24
#22Howard198US #26
#23Harold197US #13
#24Ralph186US #23
#25Earl184US #31
#26Charlie181US #79
#27Albert175US #20
#28Arthur159US #19
#29Ernest157US #38
#30Carl151US #28
#31Lewis148US #74
#32Eugene147US #25
#33Herbert144US #40
#34Warren144US #43
#35Lawrence143US #36
#36Jack139US #17
#37Herman133US #66
#38Fred131US #33
#39Calvin126US #82
#40Bernard119US #46
#41Alfred117US #42
#42Joe117US #35
#43Clyde111US #68
#44Kenneth111US #21
#45Russell104US #52
#46Melvin103US #48
#47Floyd100US #64
#48Louis99US #27
#49Marvin99US #51
#50Andrew98US #53
#51Claude97US #103
#52Curtis92US #116
#53Leonard86US #37
#54Cecil85US #87
#55Alvin84US #73
#56Douglas83US #108
#57Leroy81US #55
#58Jesse79US #83
#59Luther79US #126
#60Wallace79US #69
#61Donald78US #10
#62Jessie77US #119
#63Elmer74US #57
#64Harvey74US #91
#65Daniel73US #47
#66Earnest72US #146
#67Lloyd70US #59
#68Norman68US #44
#69Vernon68US #67
#70Ray67US #61
#71Milton65US #81
#72Oscar65US #96
#73Benjamin64US #86
#74Stanley64US #41
#75Lee63US #85
#76Garland62
#77Francis61US #34
#78Willard60US #92
#79Horace58US #134
#80Randolph58
#81Edgar57US #94
#82Leon57US #77
#83Clifton55US #166
#84Clinton55US #168
#85Edwin54US #56
#86Hubert54US #117
#87Linwood54
#88Lester53US #71
#89Allen52US #97
#90Everett52US #99
#91Marshall52US #178
#92Nathaniel48US #193
#93Theodore48US #62
#94Aubrey47
#95Eddie47US #110
#96Hugh47US #123
#97Otis46US #165
#98Emmett45
#99Rudolph45US #128
#100Leslie44US #112

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑42Calvin#39
↑24Wallace#60
↑20Juanita#48
↑19Jean#40
↑17Bernice#39
↑17Vivian#66
↑17Douglas#56
↑17Willard#78

Falling

↓30Josephine#73
↓28Willie#94
↓28Gertrude#99
↓24Alma#75
↓18Myrtle#54
↓18Margie#100
↓18Hugh#96
↓17Otis#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.