State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,226 Virginia births in 1930 across 850 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#69Garlandoutside the national top 200
#86Nannieoutside the national top 200
#72Clifton#184 nationally
#89Randolphoutside the national top 200
#92Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#93Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#95Deweyoutside the national top 200
#99Mable#198 nationally
#83Rebecca#176 nationally
#83Otis#172 nationally
#47Rosa#129 nationally
#90Beulah#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,658US #1
#2Dorothy786US #3
#3Betty774US #2
#4Virginia575US #12
#5Margaret526US #5
#6Helen463US #4
#7Frances406US #16
#8Doris394US #9
#9Ruth358US #10
#10Jean332US #14
#11Elizabeth322US #15
#12Nancy322US #24
#13Mildred319US #21
#14Barbara304US #6
#15Evelyn287US #19
#16Ruby286US #36
#17Annie260US #40
#18Shirley248US #11
#19Thelma248US #45
#20Martha237US #27
#21Louise231US #31
#22Alice224US #20
#23Joyce220US #18
#24Gladys211US #48
#25Hazel189US #71
#26Lois176US #17
#27Catherine175US #35
#28Ann171US #41
#29Marie169US #26
#30Sarah169US #70
#31Edith168US #61
#32Anna163US #23
#33Elsie163US #88
#34Peggy160US #67
#35Edna156US #51
#36Ethel155US #65
#37Juanita145US #57
#38Phyllis145US #28
#39Lillian144US #44
#40Pauline136US #52
#41Audrey133US #63
#42Anne131US #83
#43Bernice129US #58
#44Emma129US #73
#45Lucille124US #59
#46June123US #47
#47Rosa122US #129
#48Marjorie116US #32
#49Charlotte115US #75
#50Katherine114US #85
#51Florence113US #38
#52Nellie113US #113
#53Vivian111US #91
#54Bessie110US #108
#55Myrtle110US #123
#56Lillie108US #111
#57Lucy108US #119
#58Clara107US #64
#59Alma106US #109
#60Beatrice104US #76
#61Marion98US #60
#62Jane96US #55
#63Eva95US #86
#64Joan95US #8
#65Josephine94US #49
#66Laura93US #89
#67Ella91US #107
#68Patricia90US #7
#69Geneva89US #133
#70Carrie88US #145
#71Geraldine88US #43
#72Irene87US #33
#73Mattie86US #128
#74Pearl86US #121
#75Viola85US #116
#76Norma84US #25
#77Christine83US #124
#78Willie82US #87
#79Ellen81US #100
#80Gloria81US #30
#81Grace81US #62
#82Julia80US #90
#83Rebecca80US #176
#84Bertha79US #95
#85Mabel79US #150
#86Nannie78
#87Hattie77US #160
#88Kathleen74US #84
#89Fannie73US #166
#90Beulah72US #168
#91Esther71US #77
#92Ida71US #94
#93Eleanor70US #39
#94Marian68US #80
#95Minnie68US #122
#96Cora65US #161
#97Jacqueline65US #74
#98Margie65US #112
#99Mable64US #198
#100Rose64US #29

Boys

#1James1,670US #2
#2William1,484US #4
#3Robert1,074US #1
#4John1,003US #3
#5Charles759US #6
#6George608US #8
#7Thomas438US #11
#8Richard395US #5
#9Joseph372US #9
#10Edward340US #10
#11Walter276US #19
#12Clarence243US #39
#13Henry241US #22
#14Frank240US #13
#15David222US #15
#16Harry222US #28
#17Raymond221US #16
#18Herbert214US #35
#19Paul211US #12
#20Donald204US #7
#21Jack204US #14
#22Willie201US #29
#23Roy194US #33
#24Harold186US #18
#25Billy185US #20
#26Ralph181US #25
#27Earl176US #38
#28Howard157US #31
#29Samuel156US #55
#30Ernest152US #43
#31Carl149US #26
#32Kenneth148US #17
#33Fred147US #32
#34Eugene142US #21
#35Charlie140US #91
#36Alfred129US #46
#37Arthur128US #23
#38Lawrence127US #36
#39Melvin125US #50
#40Lewis121US #87
#41Marvin114US #48
#42Albert112US #24
#43Joe110US #27
#44Clyde107US #76
#45Bernard105US #52
#46Herman97US #78
#47Andrew96US #62
#48Bobby94US #41
#49Russell93US #60
#50Leonard88US #45
#51Claude87US #122
#52Ray87US #57
#53Floyd86US #61
#54Cecil85US #99
#55Leroy85US #53
#56Calvin83US #111
#57Norman83US #40
#58Curtis79US #106
#59Vernon79US #72
#60Alvin77US #79
#61Douglas75US #89
#62Benjamin73US #115
#63Louis73US #34
#64Daniel71US #47
#65Elmer71US #80
#66Jesse68US #94
#67Lloyd67US #69
#68Junior65US #135
#69Garland64
#70Stanley61US #49
#71Milton60US #93
#72Clifton59US #184
#73Warren58US #96
#74Leon57US #81
#75Allen55US #85
#76Gerald55US #30
#77Harvey55US #92
#78Gene54US #70
#79Lee54US #82
#80Oscar54US #124
#81Luther53US #148
#82Horace52US #158
#83Otis52US #172
#84Theodore52US #67
#85Earnest51US #153
#86Eddie51US #97
#87Edgar51US #119
#88Hubert51US #137
#89Randolph51
#90Rudolph51US #140
#91Willard49US #117
#92Aubrey47
#93Linwood47
#94Hugh45US #131
#95Dewey44
#96Glenn44US #71
#97Johnny44US #101
#98Edwin43US #66
#99Jerry43US #51
#100Lester43US #95

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑24Clifton#72
↑23Leonard#50
↑22Marjorie#48
↑18Mattie#73
↑16Gerald#76
↑16Horace#82
↑15Stanley#70
↑13Josephine#65

Falling

↓28Irene#72
↓28Rose#100
↓26Bertha#84
↓21Ida#92
↓21Luther#81
↓20Earnest#85
↓18Eleanor#93
↓17Curtis#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.