State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,616 Virginia births in 1928 across 875 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#67Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#71Garlandoutside the national top 200
#85Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#88Carltonoutside the national top 200
#98Nannieoutside the national top 200
#86Clifton#183 nationally
#98Nathaniel#194 nationally
#92Rebecca#183 nationally
#65Earnest#153 nationally
#46Rosa#125 nationally
#87Otis#165 nationally
#68Luther#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,698US #1
#2Dorothy818US #3
#3Virginia617US #9
#4Helen569US #4
#5Margaret563US #5
#6Betty516US #2
#7Frances473US #13
#8Ruth437US #6
#9Mildred407US #15
#10Elizabeth380US #14
#11Doris369US #7
#12Evelyn319US #17
#13Annie310US #37
#14Thelma308US #40
#15Jean291US #12
#16Ruby279US #34
#17Alice278US #19
#18Gladys273US #41
#19Louise244US #31
#20Martha242US #22
#21Nancy235US #43
#22Hazel226US #59
#23Lois218US #18
#24Anna215US #16
#25Edith213US #56
#26Barbara208US #8
#27Edna208US #45
#28Ethel201US #55
#29Lillian200US #35
#30Catherine199US #33
#31Shirley191US #10
#32Marie187US #21
#33Emma158US #67
#34Sarah157US #64
#35Irene155US #28
#36Lucille152US #51
#37Pauline152US #48
#38Bernice151US #53
#39Elsie151US #73
#40Audrey145US #60
#41Juanita144US #58
#42Joyce143US #30
#43Nellie129US #111
#44Ann128US #54
#45Bertha125US #81
#46Rosa124US #125
#47Katherine122US #75
#48Lucy122US #112
#49June121US #44
#50Clara120US #65
#51Florence120US #32
#52Lillie120US #104
#53Peggy120US #76
#54Phyllis119US #26
#55Bessie116US #101
#56Myrtle107US #116
#57Christine106US #120
#58Eva105US #79
#59Ella103US #100
#60Marion102US #47
#61Anne101US #93
#62Geraldine100US #50
#63Marjorie100US #29
#64Beatrice99US #70
#65Grace99US #52
#66Carrie98US #140
#67Charlotte98US #72
#68Gloria98US #25
#69Laura97US #83
#70Geneva96US #124
#71Ida94US #87
#72Ellen92US #98
#73Jane92US #62
#74Mattie90US #121
#75Rose90US #24
#76Vivian90US #78
#77Alma89US #107
#78Kathleen89US #82
#79Josephine87US #42
#80Mabel87US #135
#81Norma87US #23
#82Willie87US #74
#83Julia86US #80
#84Viola85US #103
#85Eleanor82US #36
#86Minnie82US #118
#87Beulah80US #154
#88Gertrude78US #86
#89Lena78US #131
#90Marian77US #71
#91Fannie75US #161
#92Rebecca75US #183
#93Pearl74US #110
#94Hilda72US #148
#95Agnes71US #85
#96Hattie71US #159
#97Margie71US #108
#98Nannie70
#99Eunice69US #138
#100Esther66US #66

Boys

#1James1,770US #3
#2William1,520US #4
#3John1,083US #2
#4Robert1,061US #1
#5Charles764US #5
#6George615US #8
#7Thomas497US #11
#8Richard375US #6
#9Edward359US #10
#10Joseph356US #9
#11Herbert301US #25
#12Walter280US #18
#13Henry272US #21
#14Harry249US #26
#15Frank223US #12
#16Willie223US #29
#17Paul222US #13
#18Roy222US #34
#19Clarence208US #35
#20David208US #19
#21Raymond208US #16
#22Jack198US #15
#23Harold197US #14
#24Ralph187US #24
#25Fred171US #36
#26Charlie164US #80
#27Eugene160US #20
#28Earl158US #37
#29Samuel152US #52
#30Donald149US #7
#31Arthur148US #22
#32Howard148US #31
#33Carl147US #28
#34Albert146US #23
#35Melvin139US #48
#36Ernest137US #43
#37Kenneth137US #17
#38Alfred134US #33
#39Lawrence129US #38
#40Lewis129US #86
#41Clyde128US #74
#42Curtis120US #101
#43Billy110US #27
#44Calvin110US #94
#45Floyd108US #54
#46Russell99US #55
#47Herman98US #78
#48Joe96US #30
#49Marvin96US #46
#50Claude94US #116
#51Jesse92US #91
#52Bernard91US #49
#53Cecil89US #97
#54Leroy86US #51
#55Leonard84US #42
#56Daniel79US #47
#57Elmer77US #63
#58Louis76US #32
#59Norman75US #39
#60Ray74US #57
#61Douglas71US #102
#62Lloyd70US #59
#63Andrew68US #60
#64Allen65US #93
#65Earnest65US #153
#66Alvin64US #72
#67Linwood64
#68Luther64US #145
#69Jessie63US #124
#70Vernon62US #70
#71Garland61
#72Willard61US #113
#73Warren59US #85
#74Leon58US #81
#75Junior56US #120
#76Lee56US #87
#77Oscar56US #122
#78Stanley56US #45
#79Benjamin55US #106
#80Edgar55US #114
#81Edwin55US #58
#82Bobby54US #65
#83Gene53US #62
#84Harvey53US #90
#85Aubrey52
#86Clifton51US #183
#87Otis51US #165
#88Carlton50
#89Milton50US #92
#90Lester47US #89
#91Frederick46US #67
#92Horace46US #147
#93Hubert46US #121
#94Francis45US #40
#95Theodore45US #66
#96Wallace44US #104
#97Everett43US #123
#98Nathaniel41US #194
#99Wilbur41US #127
#100Bruce40US #112

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑34Peggy#53
↑32Geraldine#62
↑31Allen#64
↑29Joyce#42
↑25Jessie#69
↑23Herbert#11
↑22Rose#75
↑18Geneva#70

Falling

↓29Beulah#87
↓27Josephine#79
↓24Milton#89
↓22Alma#77
↓21Horace#92
↓20Vivian#76
↓18Benjamin#79
↓17Pearl#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.