State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,191 Virginia births in 1926 across 874 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#65Nannieoutside the national top 200
#69Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#87Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#90Garlandoutside the national top 200
#92Percyoutside the national top 200
#81Dewey#188 nationally
#95Rebecca#185 nationally
#98Susie#184 nationally
#40Rosa#125 nationally
#80Clifton#165 nationally
#66Earnest#147 nationally
#91Otis#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,844US #1
#2Dorothy875US #2
#3Virginia768US #8
#4Margaret676US #5
#5Helen558US #4
#6Frances530US #10
#7Mildred473US #9
#8Ruth435US #6
#9Elizabeth406US #11
#10Doris362US #7
#11Annie350US #34
#12Evelyn333US #13
#13Betty327US #3
#14Ruby312US #30
#15Gladys296US #35
#16Thelma296US #36
#17Alice278US #17
#18Louise277US #27
#19Edith266US #42
#20Martha260US #24
#21Edna232US #38
#22Jean230US #12
#23Lillian229US #28
#24Hazel224US #48
#25Anna213US #15
#26Ethel210US #41
#27Marie205US #18
#28Lois200US #19
#29Elsie198US #69
#30Catherine197US #31
#31Nancy197US #57
#32Lucille194US #43
#33Sarah187US #63
#34Pauline183US #39
#35Irene177US #21
#36Shirley164US #14
#37Audrey149US #60
#38Emma148US #59
#39Lucy148US #106
#40Rosa145US #125
#41Florence142US #26
#42Bernice139US #45
#43Eva135US #79
#44Katherine133US #72
#45Myrtle126US #101
#46June125US #40
#47Beatrice124US #58
#48Bessie122US #89
#49Juanita122US #52
#50Alma121US #91
#51Barbara116US #16
#52Gloria116US #20
#53Ann114US #55
#54Ida113US #82
#55Vivian113US #80
#56Julia112US #75
#57Nellie111US #102
#58Grace110US #46
#59Mabel110US #127
#60Clara108US #61
#61Charlotte107US #78
#62Ella106US #98
#63Josephine105US #37
#64Mattie105US #109
#65Nannie105
#66Christine104US #120
#67Pearl104US #96
#68Kathleen103US #83
#69Laura101US #81
#70Marjorie100US #22
#71Bertha99US #76
#72Gertrude99US #71
#73Beulah98US #148
#74Carrie98US #138
#75Geraldine97US #54
#76Marion96US #47
#77Phyllis96US #33
#78Anne95US #86
#79Ellen92US #100
#80Hattie92US #151
#81Fannie88US #153
#82Marian87US #70
#83Willie87US #73
#84Eleanor86US #32
#85Jane86US #56
#86Lillie85US #99
#87Minnie83US #111
#88Joyce82US #44
#89Hilda80US #139
#90Geneva78US #117
#91Rose78US #25
#92Viola78US #97
#93Eunice76US #134
#94Norma76US #29
#95Rebecca74US #185
#96Violet74US #94
#97Peggy71US #104
#98Susie71US #184
#99Mamie70US #167
#100Ada69US #161

Boys

#1James1,745US #3
#2William1,472US #4
#3John1,122US #2
#4Robert999US #1
#5Charles684US #5
#6George641US #6
#7Thomas465US #11
#8Joseph382US #8
#9Edward357US #10
#10Richard298US #7
#11Walter268US #17
#12Harry262US #25
#13Clarence250US #29
#14Raymond246US #15
#15Frank243US #12
#16Henry241US #19
#17Willie230US #28
#18Jack191US #16
#19Roy191US #34
#20Harold189US #14
#21Paul184US #13
#22Ralph183US #24
#23David181US #22
#24Howard178US #27
#25Charlie177US #81
#26Samuel176US #48
#27Arthur168US #20
#28Earl168US #32
#29Carl160US #26
#30Ernest153US #37
#31Eugene150US #23
#32Calvin147US #65
#33Albert142US #21
#34Fred138US #31
#35Herbert133US #44
#36Kenneth124US #18
#37Cecil118US #86
#38Lewis118US #82
#39Herman114US #69
#40Lawrence113US #36
#41Alfred112US #45
#42Clyde112US #67
#43Bernard102US #49
#44Marvin101US #50
#45Donald99US #9
#46Curtis98US #112
#47Melvin98US #47
#48Daniel96US #46
#49Floyd95US #53
#50Russell93US #52
#51Andrew91US #59
#52Claude91US #106
#53Jesse91US #87
#54Joe89US #33
#55Billy88US #40
#56Norman82US #39
#57Benjamin81US #98
#58Louis81US #30
#59Elmer80US #61
#60Leroy78US #51
#61Douglas76US #103
#62Lester75US #78
#63Leonard74US #38
#64Ray74US #57
#65Luther70US #135
#66Earnest69US #147
#67Warren68US #71
#68Willard67US #100
#69Aubrey66
#70Harvey66US #90
#71Junior65US #117
#72Wallace65US #95
#73Alvin64US #72
#74Lloyd64US #60
#75Vernon63US #66
#76Edgar60US #109
#77Jessie60US #124
#78Everett57US #119
#79Theodore56US #63
#80Clifton55US #165
#81Dewey55US #188
#82Oscar54US #105
#83Milton53US #83
#84Rudolph53US #111
#85Lee52US #85
#86Franklin51US #142
#87Linwood51
#88Allen49US #93
#89Leon49US #73
#90Garland48
#91Otis48US #168
#92Percy48
#93Chester47US #79
#94Frederick47US #64
#95Stanley47US #43
#96Eddie46US #108
#97Francis46US #35
#98Hubert46US #131
#99Wesley46US #132
#100Edwin45US #55

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑35Audrey#37
↑26Lester#62
↑25Ella#62
↑24Barbara#51
↑20Laura#69
↑20Aubrey#69
↑19Charlotte#61
↑17Carrie#74

Falling

↓33Lillie#86
↓25Bertha#71
↓24Viola#92
↓19Clara#60
↓19Jane#85
↓19Edwin#100
↓17Marion#76
↓17Otis#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.