State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,059 Virginia births in 1925 across 900 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#60Nannieoutside the national top 200
#84Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#89Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#80Clifton#171 nationally
#93Dewey#181 nationally
#95Rebecca#183 nationally
#63Earnest#148 nationally
#74Otis#159 nationally
#42Rosa#125 nationally
#96Nathaniel#178 nationally
#97Maggie#179 nationally
#70Fannie#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,941US #1
#2Dorothy906US #2
#3Virginia775US #7
#4Margaret762US #5
#5Helen632US #4
#6Frances515US #11
#7Ruth503US #6
#8Elizabeth502US #10
#9Mildred452US #9
#10Doris360US #8
#11Evelyn343US #12
#12Annie340US #32
#13Louise338US #27
#14Thelma332US #35
#15Gladys324US #33
#16Ruby319US #30
#17Betty309US #3
#18Alice306US #15
#19Edith288US #42
#20Martha259US #23
#21Hazel256US #45
#22Lillian254US #25
#23Catherine253US #29
#24Ethel229US #43
#25Lucille227US #41
#26Anna225US #13
#27Edna213US #37
#28Elsie210US #63
#29Marie207US #16
#30Nancy201US #60
#31Irene199US #19
#32Jean192US #14
#33Sarah188US #58
#34Lois186US #18
#35Pauline178US #38
#36Bessie170US #87
#37Lucy168US #102
#38Emma166US #57
#39Shirley162US #17
#40Katherine155US #61
#41Clara154US #55
#42Rosa151US #125
#43Florence150US #24
#44Grace145US #44
#45Bernice144US #46
#46Bertha137US #74
#47Nellie133US #98
#48Julia131US #65
#49Myrtle131US #95
#50June130US #39
#51Juanita129US #49
#52Alma128US #94
#53Lillie128US #91
#54Marjorie126US #21
#55Ann125US #52
#56Kathleen125US #81
#57Eva121US #71
#58Beatrice120US #50
#59Marion119US #47
#60Nannie119
#61Mabel118US #118
#62Gloria115US #20
#63Josephine114US #36
#64Ellen113US #101
#65Ida112US #82
#66Jane112US #53
#67Agnes108US #69
#68Viola107US #84
#69Vivian107US #76
#70Fannie106US #151
#71Willie106US #68
#72Audrey105US #78
#73Mattie104US #100
#74Anne103US #85
#75Barbara103US #22
#76Pearl103US #90
#77Beulah101US #143
#78Christine100US #123
#79Phyllis100US #40
#80Charlotte97US #77
#81Geneva96US #109
#82Gertrude95US #70
#83Eleanor94US #31
#84Minnie94US #104
#85Geraldine93US #54
#86Rachel93US #165
#87Ella92US #93
#88Hattie91US #148
#89Laura90US #75
#90Eunice87US #130
#91Carrie86US #134
#92Esther84US #56
#93Rose83US #26
#94Margie82US #99
#95Rebecca79US #183
#96Blanche78US #138
#97Maggie78US #179
#98Susie76US #172
#99Jessie74US #97
#100Violet74US #92

Boys

#1James1,848US #4
#2William1,610US #3
#3John1,238US #2
#4Robert1,021US #1
#5Charles721US #5
#6George704US #6
#7Thomas489US #11
#8Joseph465US #7
#9Edward377US #9
#10Richard319US #8
#11Walter311US #16
#12Henry273US #18
#13Clarence257US #30
#14Frank257US #12
#15Harry256US #23
#16Willie249US #27
#17Raymond241US #15
#18Paul240US #13
#19Harold209US #14
#20David203US #22
#21Howard200US #26
#22Arthur197US #20
#23Samuel196US #46
#24Calvin195US #47
#25Charlie181US #78
#26Earl181US #31
#27Roy173US #32
#28Ralph165US #25
#29Jack162US #17
#30Albert158US #21
#31Eugene152US #24
#32Ernest151US #37
#33Herbert148US #42
#34Carl137US #28
#35Fred136US #33
#36Lawrence129US #36
#37Herman128US #69
#38Russell125US #53
#39Lewis122US #79
#40Kenneth121US #19
#41Clyde118US #68
#42Alfred111US #43
#43Cecil107US #87
#44Louis106US #29
#45Floyd104US #58
#46Melvin104US #50
#47Andrew100US #56
#48Jesse96US #85
#49Marvin94US #51
#50Donald93US #10
#51Warren93US #66
#52Bernard92US #48
#53Norman88US #41
#54Daniel87US #44
#55Joe86US #34
#56Leonard86US #38
#57Elmer85US #61
#58Leroy85US #52
#59Curtis82US #118
#60Claude81US #102
#61Harvey78US #88
#62Billy75US #49
#63Earnest74US #148
#64Wallace74US #92
#65Lloyd72US #62
#66Vernon71US #67
#67Douglas70US #103
#68Luther68US #132
#69Benjamin67US #93
#70Junior66US #115
#71Milton66US #80
#72Ray65US #64
#73Lee64US #82
#74Otis63US #159
#75Theodore63US #63
#76Allen62US #94
#77Edgar61US #96
#78Oscar60US #99
#79Alvin59US #70
#80Clifton59US #171
#81Edwin55US #57
#82Stanley55US #40
#83Horace54US #145
#84Linwood53
#85Willard52US #97
#86Hubert50US #124
#87Leon50US #76
#88Lester50US #81
#89Aubrey47
#90Glenn47US #77
#91Hugh46US #127
#92Rudolph45US #136
#93Dewey44US #181
#94Francis43US #35
#95Frederick43US #65
#96Nathaniel43US #178
#97Clifford42US #59
#98Gordon42US #72
#99Sidney42US #131
#100Eddie41US #101

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑38June#50
↑34Billy#62
↑22Lillie#53
↑22Louis#44
↑20Kathleen#56
↑20Agnes#67
↑20Theodore#75
↑20Clifton#80

Falling

↓31Ella#87
↓30Audrey#72
↓30Carrie#91
↓24Pearl#76
↓23Luther#68
↓22Ray#72
↓21Claude#60
↓20Anne#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.