State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,080 Virginia births in 1927 across 889 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#64Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#78Garlandoutside the national top 200
#85Randolphoutside the national top 200
#86Nannieoutside the national top 200
#90Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#91Carltonoutside the national top 200
#96Carrolloutside the national top 200
#97Dewey#197 nationally
#58Beulah#145 nationally
#80Otis#167 nationally
#39Rosa#124 nationally
#81Clifton#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,788US #1
#2Dorothy859US #2
#3Virginia663US #8
#4Margaret634US #5
#5Helen564US #4
#6Frances486US #12
#7Ruth444US #6
#8Betty437US #3
#9Mildred419US #11
#10Elizabeth414US #13
#11Doris378US #7
#12Evelyn370US #15
#13Annie334US #36
#14Thelma315US #38
#15Ruby312US #30
#16Alice304US #17
#17Louise294US #27
#18Gladys270US #37
#19Jean268US #14
#20Edith237US #48
#21Martha235US #24
#22Anna224US #16
#23Sarah222US #61
#24Edna208US #40
#25Hazel201US #53
#26Lillian196US #32
#27Marie187US #20
#28Shirley184US #9
#29Nancy183US #56
#30Lois181US #19
#31Catherine177US #31
#32Lucille175US #45
#33Elsie174US #72
#34Ethel174US #47
#35Pauline173US #42
#36Barbara166US #10
#37Irene158US #21
#38Emma156US #64
#39Rosa151US #124
#40Juanita135US #55
#41Katherine133US #73
#42Ann132US #59
#43Bernice132US #49
#44Audrey128US #62
#45Clara127US #63
#46Bessie126US #88
#47Christine126US #117
#48Lucy126US #112
#49Nellie126US #105
#50Grace125US #50
#51Anne124US #92
#52Josephine124US #39
#53Eva121US #79
#54Bertha119US #80
#55Alma118US #97
#56Vivian116US #77
#57Charlotte115US #75
#58Beulah114US #145
#59Lillie113US #94
#60Florence112US #28
#61Myrtle112US #110
#62Marion111US #51
#63Marjorie111US #25
#64Beatrice110US #67
#65Carrie109US #139
#66June109US #43
#67Laura109US #82
#68Phyllis109US #29
#69Gloria108US #22
#70Ida104US #84
#71Joyce104US #35
#72Mabel103US #133
#73Ella102US #98
#74Ellen101US #93
#75Kathleen100US #83
#76Pearl100US #102
#77Jane97US #60
#78Julia95US #76
#79Mattie91US #113
#80Eleanor88US #33
#81Viola87US #101
#82Marian85US #74
#83Norma84US #26
#84Hattie83US #156
#85Willie83US #71
#86Nannie81
#87Peggy80US #96
#88Geneva78US #119
#89Gertrude78US #78
#90Margie76US #104
#91Georgia74US #120
#92Minnie74US #114
#93Eunice72US #134
#94Geraldine71US #58
#95Fannie70US #160
#96Naomi70US #137
#97Rose70US #23
#98Rachel68US #169
#99Inez67US #149
#100Lena67US #130

Boys

#1James1,836US #3
#2William1,463US #4
#3John1,145US #2
#4Robert1,103US #1
#5Charles762US #5
#6George665US #7
#7Thomas469US #11
#8Joseph429US #9
#9Edward420US #10
#10Richard332US #6
#11Clarence274US #32
#12Frank261US #12
#13Walter257US #17
#14Harry255US #25
#15Willie245US #27
#16Henry244US #19
#17Raymond234US #15
#18Roy228US #34
#19Paul227US #13
#20David212US #21
#21Ralph198US #24
#22Earl195US #33
#23Eugene194US #20
#24Jack183US #16
#25Carl181US #26
#26Harold178US #14
#27Samuel178US #49
#28Howard174US #28
#29Arthur167US #22
#30Charlie162US #80
#31Kenneth152US #18
#32Ernest144US #41
#33Fred144US #35
#34Herbert144US #42
#35Albert142US #23
#36Donald140US #8
#37Lewis138US #82
#38Melvin135US #48
#39Calvin129US #73
#40Lawrence129US #37
#41Bernard117US #50
#42Alfred115US #45
#43Clyde108US #68
#44Joe102US #30
#45Curtis101US #118
#46Russell100US #54
#47Floyd99US #53
#48Claude96US #114
#49Cecil94US #92
#50Jesse92US #89
#51Herman91US #70
#52Billy90US #31
#53Louis90US #29
#54Marvin89US #47
#55Leonard88US #40
#56Leroy88US #51
#57Elmer86US #61
#58Andrew85US #56
#59Alvin83US #66
#60Daniel83US #46
#61Benjamin78US #101
#62Ray78US #60
#63Warren74US #79
#64Linwood73
#65Milton69US #88
#66Edwin67US #57
#67Douglas65US #104
#68Harvey64US #94
#69Lloyd64US #58
#70Vernon63US #71
#71Horace61US #145
#72Rudolph61US #110
#73Stanley61US #44
#74Earnest60US #148
#75Leon60US #78
#76Norman60US #39
#77Luther58US #139
#78Garland57
#79Wallace57US #96
#80Otis56US #167
#81Clifton54US #164
#82Lee52US #86
#83Oscar52US #113
#84Junior51US #119
#85Randolph51
#86Willard51US #106
#87Edgar50US #107
#88Hubert50US #128
#89Lester49US #83
#90Nelson48
#91Carlton47
#92Frederick46US #64
#93Hugh46US #131
#94Jessie46US #124
#95Allen45US #95
#96Carroll45
#97Dewey44US #197
#98Gene44US #72
#99Theodore44US #62
#100Eddie43US #103

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑34Edwin#66
↑27Anne#51
↑27Lillie#59
↑23Linwood#64
↑22Stanley#73
↑19Christine#47
↑18Milton#65
↑17Bertha#54

Falling

↓27Lester#89
↓22Julia#78
↓21Nannie#86
↓20June#66
↓20Norman#76
↓20Theodore#99
↓19Florence#60
↓19Geraldine#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.