State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,683 Virginia births in 1931 across 837 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#72Garlandoutside the national top 200
#87Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#80Clifton#188 nationally
#95Carltonoutside the national top 200
#96Deweyoutside the national top 200
#36Rosa#138 nationally
#99Nannieoutside the national top 200
#100Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#83Otis#181 nationally
#77Mabel#174 nationally
#64Luther#156 nationally
#80Rebecca#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,559US #1
#2Betty818US #2
#3Dorothy637US #3
#4Virginia494US #12
#5Helen476US #6
#6Margaret468US #7
#7Barbara418US #4
#8Doris371US #10
#9Frances358US #18
#10Mildred324US #26
#11Ruth322US #11
#12Elizabeth318US #16
#13Jean314US #13
#14Evelyn298US #24
#15Nancy280US #17
#16Shirley277US #9
#17Joyce258US #15
#18Ruby256US #39
#19Alice240US #21
#20Lois223US #20
#21Peggy218US #42
#22Thelma218US #53
#23Annie210US #41
#24Martha200US #28
#25Louise194US #33
#26Ann178US #35
#27Edith174US #65
#28Gladys172US #55
#29Hazel171US #74
#30Anna169US #25
#31Edna164US #52
#32Elsie153US #86
#33Lillian149US #47
#34Catherine145US #36
#35Ethel145US #67
#36Rosa142US #138
#37Lucille138US #62
#38Sarah133US #71
#39Juanita126US #57
#40Marie126US #27
#41Pauline121US #56
#42Bernice119US #63
#43Phyllis118US #29
#44Bessie115US #113
#45Geraldine113US #38
#46Irene112US #37
#47Gloria110US #23
#48Audrey106US #64
#49Nellie102US #119
#50Jane101US #50
#51Patricia101US #8
#52Anne100US #80
#53Clara100US #61
#54June100US #44
#55Ella98US #110
#56Florence98US #43
#57Myrtle98US #134
#58Charlotte97US #75
#59Lucy97US #126
#60Norma97US #22
#61Joan96US #5
#62Emma94US #76
#63Laura93US #89
#64Vivian91US #82
#65Bertha88US #102
#66Christine87US #125
#67Eva86US #94
#68Alma85US #114
#69Beatrice85US #85
#70Josephine84US #51
#71Marjorie84US #34
#72Lillie83US #112
#73Marion80US #66
#74Carrie79US #148
#75Katherine75US #92
#76Pearl75US #137
#77Mabel74US #174
#78Rose74US #30
#79Janet73US #45
#80Rebecca73US #170
#81Eleanor70US #40
#82Grace70US #70
#83Julia70US #91
#84Mattie69US #130
#85Geneva68US #136
#86Viola67US #127
#87Ida66US #100
#88Minnie65US #129
#89Jacqueline63US #78
#90Carolyn62US #60
#91Ellen62US #99
#92Fannie60US #169
#93Willie60US #93
#94Delores59US #58
#95Agnes58US #103
#96Hilda58US #167
#97Violet58US #132
#98Lorraine57US #49
#99Nannie56
#100Gertrude55US #115

Boys

#1James1,552US #2
#2William1,267US #4
#3Robert1,073US #1
#4John998US #3
#5Charles790US #6
#6George551US #8
#7Thomas376US #10
#8Richard345US #5
#9Joseph329US #9
#10Edward289US #11
#11Donald267US #7
#12Walter258US #20
#13Raymond234US #17
#14Paul222US #12
#15Harold221US #18
#16David216US #13
#17Billy212US #19
#18Henry210US #22
#19Clarence209US #39
#20Harry192US #30
#21Frank184US #16
#22Willie180US #31
#23Jack177US #15
#24Kenneth168US #14
#25Roy168US #35
#26Herbert166US #41
#27Carl161US #28
#28Ralph159US #25
#29Eugene158US #21
#30Earl156US #40
#31Albert152US #24
#32Samuel143US #56
#33Fred137US #33
#34Melvin136US #51
#35Ernest132US #47
#36Howard131US #34
#37Bobby129US #32
#38Charlie125US #94
#39Arthur124US #23
#40Lewis119US #87
#41Joe112US #29
#42Alfred108US #50
#43Lawrence106US #38
#44Herman104US #83
#45Bernard94US #54
#46Cecil94US #102
#47Marvin94US #45
#48Leroy92US #52
#49Floyd90US #66
#50Norman89US #36
#51Clyde87US #77
#52Douglas82US #85
#53Leonard82US #48
#54Russell82US #63
#55Curtis81US #108
#56Ray79US #60
#57Alvin78US #80
#58Lloyd78US #68
#59Calvin77US #119
#60Elmer74US #82
#61Vernon73US #74
#62Claude71US #134
#63Louis71US #37
#64Luther68US #156
#65Andrew65US #65
#66Daniel65US #44
#67Allen64US #79
#68Milton64US #99
#69Jessie62US #135
#70Warren59US #100
#71Benjamin58US #113
#72Garland58
#73Jesse57US #97
#74Edgar56US #122
#75Harvey56US #93
#76Hubert56US #137
#77Leon56US #84
#78Junior55US #150
#79Stanley54US #49
#80Clifton53US #188
#81Lee52US #90
#82Everett50US #136
#83Otis50US #181
#84Hugh48US #131
#85Earnest47US #162
#86Gene47US #64
#87Linwood46
#88Edwin45US #67
#89Glenn45US #72
#90Carroll43US #179
#91Frederick42US #73
#92Jimmy42US #89
#93Theodore42US #70
#94Wallace42US #114
#95Carlton41
#96Dewey41
#97Gordon41US #76
#98Jerry41US #43
#99Jimmie41US #81
#100Aubrey40

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑33Gloria#47
↑26Geraldine#45
↑26Irene#46
↑22Rose#78
↑19Bertha#65
↑17Patricia#51
↑17Luther#64
↑16Norma#60

Falling

↓25Katherine#75
↓23Marjorie#71
↓18Emma#62
↓18Andrew#65
↓16Lillie#72
↓16Geneva#85
↓15Willie#93
↓13Nannie#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.