State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,527 Virginia births in 1929 across 854 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#64Garlandoutside the national top 200
#79Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#83Nannieoutside the national top 200
#88Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#93Marshall#197 nationally
#99Maggieoutside the national top 200
#65Earnest#155 nationally
#95Rebecca#181 nationally
#60Luther#145 nationally
#85Fannie#169 nationally
#96Clifton#178 nationally
#69Mabel#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,600US #1
#2Dorothy801US #3
#3Betty619US #2
#4Margaret544US #5
#5Virginia529US #11
#6Helen495US #4
#7Frances431US #16
#8Mildred392US #18
#9Doris383US #6
#10Ruth354US #8
#11Elizabeth344US #15
#12Jean306US #12
#13Annie281US #37
#14Evelyn276US #19
#15Ruby259US #36
#16Gladys248US #44
#17Thelma245US #41
#18Alice243US #21
#19Edith240US #59
#20Nancy237US #32
#21Louise235US #31
#22Shirley216US #9
#23Barbara213US #7
#24Martha212US #27
#25Hazel201US #64
#26Anna200US #20
#27Lois199US #17
#28Joyce190US #23
#29Elsie177US #78
#30Lillian175US #40
#31Edna168US #51
#32Catherine164US #34
#33Ethel157US #56
#34Sarah152US #68
#35Marie150US #22
#36Emma149US #69
#37Ann143US #46
#38Lucille141US #57
#39Pauline141US #50
#40Peggy140US #70
#41Bernice134US #55
#42Lucy130US #116
#43Clara129US #65
#44Irene129US #29
#45Nellie127US #113
#46Audrey126US #58
#47Anne123US #91
#48Juanita122US #60
#49June117US #48
#50Phyllis115US #24
#51Florence111US #35
#52Bessie110US #107
#53Charlotte109US #73
#54Jane109US #62
#55Rosa105US #129
#56Katherine103US #84
#57Beatrice101US #72
#58Bertha101US #93
#59Alma99US #106
#60Eva99US #83
#61Marion99US #53
#62Geraldine97US #43
#63Laura96US #90
#64Ella95US #102
#65Vivian95US #81
#66Myrtle93US #117
#67Lillie92US #103
#68Christine91US #123
#69Mabel91US #147
#70Marjorie91US #30
#71Ida90US #96
#72Rose88US #26
#73Julia86US #88
#74Agnes85US #94
#75Eleanor85US #38
#76Gloria85US #28
#77Pearl84US #114
#78Josephine83US #45
#79Carrie82US #148
#80Geneva81US #130
#81Viola81US #109
#82Kathleen80US #89
#83Nannie80
#84Willie80US #76
#85Fannie79US #169
#86Ellen76US #97
#87Margie75US #108
#88Grace74US #54
#89Norma72US #25
#90Cora70US #153
#91Mattie70US #121
#92Gertrude69US #95
#93Jacqueline69US #87
#94Minnie69US #124
#95Rebecca69US #181
#96Wilma69US #66
#97Beulah66US #161
#98Eunice62US #145
#99Maggie62
#100Georgia61US #115

Boys

#1James1,682US #2
#2William1,450US #4
#3John1,047US #3
#4Robert962US #1
#5Charles762US #5
#6George597US #8
#7Thomas406US #11
#8Richard379US #6
#9Joseph352US #9
#10Herbert351US #25
#11Edward346US #10
#12Walter249US #19
#13Henry239US #21
#14David238US #17
#15Clarence225US #37
#16Donald221US #7
#17Harry221US #27
#18Willie218US #29
#19Frank204US #12
#20Harold199US #16
#21Earl198US #36
#22Raymond198US #15
#23Paul190US #13
#24Charlie173US #87
#25Roy171US #35
#26Jack167US #14
#27Ralph166US #26
#28Samuel166US #53
#29Eugene163US #20
#30Howard161US #31
#31Carl160US #28
#32Arthur152US #22
#33Fred150US #34
#34Ernest141US #43
#35Billy139US #23
#36Albert135US #24
#37Melvin132US #49
#38Kenneth128US #18
#39Alfred117US #41
#40Lewis112US #84
#41Curtis110US #99
#42Clyde109US #74
#43Lawrence109US #38
#44Ray104US #57
#45Bernard99US #52
#46Joe98US #30
#47Cecil95US #101
#48Herman94US #75
#49Floyd93US #58
#50Marvin86US #46
#51Norman86US #40
#52Claude83US #119
#53Calvin81US #109
#54Russell79US #56
#55Andrew77US #59
#56Bobby76US #50
#57Daniel75US #47
#58Benjamin72US #107
#59Douglas72US #97
#60Luther71US #145
#61Jesse70US #93
#62Lloyd68US #62
#63Louis68US #32
#64Garland66
#65Earnest65US #155
#66Harvey65US #90
#67Leroy65US #51
#68Elmer64US #70
#69Alvin63US #77
#70Wallace63US #106
#71Vernon61US #71
#72Warren61US #92
#73Leonard59US #42
#74Jessie58US #129
#75Leon58US #81
#76Allen55US #86
#77Eddie55US #102
#78Junior52US #120
#79Aubrey51
#80Theodore51US #65
#81Francis50US #39
#82Milton50US #94
#83Lester49US #88
#84Oscar49US #117
#85Stanley49US #48
#86Edgar48US #116
#87Everett48US #130
#88Linwood48
#89Hugh47US #139
#90Lee47US #85
#91Willard47US #114
#92Gerald46US #33
#93Marshall46US #197
#94Rudolph46US #140
#95Bill43US #63
#96Clifton43US #178
#97Glenn43US #80
#98Horace43US #153
#99Hubert43US #124
#100Gordon42US #79

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑26Bobby#56
↑26Wallace#70
↑21Agnes#74
↑21Benjamin#58
↑19Jane#54
↑18Alma#59
↑18Harvey#66
↑16Pearl#77

Falling

↓23Grace#88
↓21Linwood#88
↓19Willard#91
↓18Leonard#73
↓17Mattie#91
↓15Lillie#67
↓14Ellen#86
↓14Lee#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.