State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,114 Virginia births in 1924 across 915 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#68Nannieoutside the national top 200
#77Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#84Garlandoutside the national top 200
#87Isaac#199 nationally
#92Randolphoutside the national top 200
#93Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#85Dewey#186 nationally
#40Rosa#129 nationally
#63Fannie#152 nationally
#84Rebecca#171 nationally
#96Estelle#180 nationally
#45Luther#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,075US #1
#2Dorothy1,003US #2
#3Margaret800US #5
#4Virginia797US #7
#5Helen650US #3
#6Ruth549US #6
#7Frances531US #10
#8Elizabeth516US #11
#9Mildred472US #8
#10Evelyn392US #12
#11Annie382US #32
#12Louise371US #24
#13Alice350US #15
#14Doris346US #9
#15Ruby343US #26
#16Thelma325US #33
#17Edith311US #36
#18Martha304US #21
#19Gladys290US #30
#20Hazel274US #42
#21Anna268US #13
#22Lillian260US #23
#23Ethel252US #39
#24Betty241US #4
#25Pauline234US #38
#26Marie233US #14
#27Lucille225US #37
#28Sarah220US #54
#29Catherine219US #27
#30Edna218US #31
#31Elsie216US #61
#32Irene210US #18
#33Nancy207US #69
#34Bessie187US #86
#35Jean187US #16
#36Katherine172US #59
#37Lucy171US #98
#38Emma168US #57
#39Bernice162US #47
#40Rosa162US #129
#41Florence161US #20
#42Audrey154US #84
#43Bertha154US #65
#44Lois153US #22
#45Nellie150US #92
#46Eva147US #66
#47Beatrice145US #50
#48Juanita145US #48
#49Myrtle141US #89
#50Mabel140US #108
#51Clara139US #56
#52Pearl134US #78
#53Shirley130US #19
#54Anne127US #79
#55Josephine127US #34
#56Ella124US #94
#57Ann123US #55
#58Julia123US #62
#59Alma122US #87
#60Grace122US #43
#61Carrie119US #135
#62Charlotte118US #80
#63Fannie118US #152
#64Ida116US #70
#65Gertrude115US #60
#66Minnie115US #100
#67Marjorie114US #17
#68Nannie114
#69Laura113US #72
#70Marion113US #46
#71Willie113US #68
#72Mattie110US #109
#73Viola110US #82
#74Christine109US #115
#75Lillie109US #97
#76Kathleen108US #76
#77Jane103US #53
#78Hattie101US #149
#79Vivian100US #71
#80Ellen98US #99
#81Geneva91US #110
#82Esther90US #51
#83Mable89US #162
#84Rebecca89US #171
#85Beulah88US #138
#86Eleanor88US #29
#87Agnes87US #63
#88June87US #45
#89Eunice85US #130
#90Lena83US #112
#91Georgia82US #113
#92Geraldine82US #58
#93Stella82US #105
#94Susie82US #176
#95Mamie81US #156
#96Estelle80US #180
#97Rachel80US #157
#98Phyllis79US #44
#99Norma78US #40
#100Violet77US #88

Boys

#1James1,917US #4
#2William1,539US #3
#3John1,249US #2
#4Robert1,103US #1
#5Charles793US #5
#6George731US #6
#7Thomas516US #11
#8Joseph443US #7
#9Edward379US #9
#10Walter352US #16
#11Richard338US #8
#12Frank320US #12
#13Henry305US #18
#14Harry269US #22
#15Willie267US #30
#16Paul252US #14
#17Raymond251US #15
#18Clarence242US #29
#19Calvin232US #44
#20Roy226US #31
#21David214US #24
#22Samuel210US #45
#23Howard202US #26
#24Ernest196US #37
#25Charlie191US #80
#26Ralph191US #23
#27Arthur186US #20
#28Harold185US #13
#29Earl177US #33
#30Herbert159US #41
#31Albert153US #21
#32Eugene145US #25
#33Lewis144US #77
#34Fred139US #32
#35Carl136US #27
#36Lawrence136US #36
#37Jack132US #17
#38Clyde126US #69
#39Claude123US #103
#40Melvin122US #48
#41Kenneth121US #19
#42Russell110US #52
#43Herman106US #70
#44Joe100US #35
#45Luther98US #127
#46Bernard95US #46
#47Lloyd95US #61
#48Andrew93US #56
#49Cecil92US #85
#50Ray91US #60
#51Benjamin89US #89
#52Jesse89US #86
#53Daniel87US #47
#54Marvin87US #50
#55Alfred86US #43
#56Leroy85US #53
#57Norman85US #42
#58Donald84US #10
#59Leonard83US #38
#60Milton83US #81
#61Vernon80US #68
#62Warren78US #58
#63Floyd75US #66
#64Allen74US #94
#65Douglas73US #105
#66Louis73US #28
#67Elmer72US #57
#68Jessie72US #124
#69Curtis71US #117
#70Stanley69US #40
#71Edgar67US #96
#72Harvey67US #88
#73Earnest62US #145
#74Willard62US #97
#75Alvin61US #73
#76Edwin60US #55
#77Linwood60
#78Wilbur59US #106
#79Lee58US #83
#80Francis57US #34
#81Frederick57US #62
#82Hugh57US #116
#83Wallace57US #87
#84Garland56
#85Dewey55US #186
#86Everett55US #104
#87Isaac54US #199
#88Junior54US #121
#89Otis54US #158
#90Hubert53US #115
#91Oscar53US #99
#92Randolph53
#93Aubrey52
#94Gordon52US #75
#95Theodore50US #65
#96Billy48US #63
#97Lester48US #72
#98Wesley48US #131
#99Sam47US #91
#100Clifton46US #172

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑34Gertrude#65
↑25Allen#64
↑23Willie#71
↑22Benjamin#51
↑20Calvin#19
↑20Lloyd#47
↑20Ray#50
↑18Josephine#55

Falling

↓28Warren#62
↓26Lillie#75
↓24Agnes#87
↓23Violet#100
↓23Wallace#83
↓20Alvin#75
↓19Grace#60
↓19Oscar#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.