State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,988 Virginia births in 1932 across 820 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#68Garlandoutside the national top 200
#71Clifton#183 nationally
#92Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#94Nannieoutside the national top 200
#96Carltonoutside the national top 200
#78Otis#174 nationally
#77Roosevelt#171 nationally
#46Rosa#131 nationally
#96Hattie#178 nationally
#88Earnest#169 nationally
#84Fannie#164 nationally
#93Hilda#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,582US #1
#2Betty1,047US #2
#3Dorothy746US #4
#4Barbara520US #3
#5Margaret485US #7
#6Helen475US #8
#7Virginia474US #14
#8Frances399US #19
#9Doris369US #10
#10Nancy355US #13
#11Elizabeth341US #17
#12Jean313US #15
#13Shirley310US #9
#14Ruth308US #11
#15Mildred307US #26
#16Peggy304US #40
#17Joyce300US #12
#18Evelyn273US #23
#19Ruby261US #38
#20Alice244US #21
#21Lois241US #20
#22Martha239US #27
#23Annie238US #41
#24Thelma194US #51
#25Anna189US #24
#26Louise186US #36
#27Edith181US #69
#28Gladys181US #54
#29Ann176US #34
#30Edna170US #50
#31Elsie165US #97
#32Hazel161US #75
#33Phyllis157US #30
#34Catherine156US #39
#35June154US #44
#36Lillian154US #48
#37Sarah154US #67
#38Ethel153US #66
#39Patricia147US #6
#40Joan145US #5
#41Marie144US #31
#42Gloria143US #25
#43Emma138US #76
#44Audrey130US #61
#45Lucille130US #63
#46Rosa128US #131
#47Pauline124US #59
#48Juanita121US #58
#49Norma116US #22
#50Irene113US #43
#51Clara112US #70
#52Charlotte108US #74
#53Geraldine108US #42
#54Bernice106US #71
#55Nellie103US #123
#56Jane102US #49
#57Anne101US #81
#58Lillie101US #111
#59Ellen100US #104
#60Lucy100US #128
#61Bessie98US #117
#62Janet98US #35
#63Laura97US #88
#64Grace96US #72
#65Ella94US #108
#66Eva94US #98
#67Marjorie92US #37
#68Vivian92US #90
#69Alma91US #119
#70Bertha90US #101
#71Marion90US #73
#72Katherine88US #95
#73Ida87US #105
#74Christine83US #127
#75Florence83US #47
#76Rose83US #33
#77Carrie80US #145
#78Myrtle79US #135
#79Josephine78US #57
#80Julia78US #92
#81Eleanor77US #45
#82Geneva77US #137
#83Pearl76US #138
#84Fannie75US #164
#85Rebecca75US #162
#86Beatrice73US #87
#87Willie70US #91
#88Margie69US #102
#89Delores68US #56
#90Naomi68US #148
#91Patsy68US #77
#92Kathleen67US #83
#93Hilda66US #172
#94Nannie65
#95Agnes63US #115
#96Hattie63US #178
#97Mattie62US #125
#98Sylvia62US #96
#99Viola62US #136
#100Loretta61US #89

Boys

#1James1,703US #2
#2William1,315US #4
#3Robert1,150US #1
#4John952US #3
#5Charles828US #6
#6George586US #8
#7Thomas445US #10
#8Richard371US #5
#9Joseph329US #9
#10Donald318US #7
#11Edward308US #11
#12Walter282US #21
#13David251US #12
#14Willie245US #31
#15Harold235US #18
#16Paul228US #13
#17Billy223US #20
#18Raymond216US #19
#19Henry210US #23
#20Harry207US #32
#21Clarence198US #40
#22Frank195US #15
#23Earl184US #41
#24Jack182US #17
#25Roy177US #38
#26Bobby175US #30
#27Kenneth171US #14
#28Samuel166US #56
#29Ralph161US #27
#30Howard159US #36
#31Carl158US #28
#32Franklin158US #66
#33Charlie156US #90
#34Herbert147US #44
#35Fred142US #33
#36Lawrence142US #35
#37Albert141US #26
#38Ernest141US #47
#39Arthur140US #25
#40Eugene130US #22
#41Melvin128US #51
#42Lewis121US #92
#43Joe106US #29
#44Marvin106US #46
#45Alfred105US #49
#46Russell104US #63
#47Leroy102US #53
#48Bernard99US #60
#49Clyde99US #82
#50Curtis97US #103
#51Andrew96US #69
#52Ronald95US #16
#53Herman94US #89
#54Norman91US #37
#55Floyd85US #68
#56Louis82US #39
#57Daniel81US #42
#58Douglas81US #85
#59Calvin80US #119
#60Cecil80US #108
#61Claude77US #126
#62Ray75US #59
#63Leonard72US #48
#64Milton69US #106
#65Benjamin67US #115
#66Jerry67US #34
#67Jesse65US #99
#68Garland64
#69Harvey64US #95
#70Lloyd63US #71
#71Clifton62US #183
#72Vernon62US #78
#73Warren62US #102
#74Junior61US #145
#75Leon60US #83
#76Elmer59US #94
#77Roosevelt58US #171
#78Otis57US #174
#79Stanley57US #52
#80Allen56US #80
#81Alvin56US #87
#82Lee55US #86
#83Theodore54US #67
#84Roland53US #111
#85Edwin52US #72
#86Gene52US #64
#87Luther52US #157
#88Earnest51US #169
#89Eddie51US #91
#90Edgar50US #135
#91Glenn48US #77
#92Aubrey46
#93Horace46US #168
#94Jessie46US #137
#95Roger46US #50
#96Carlton45
#97Gerald45US #24
#98Hubert45US #146
#99Wallace45US #117
#100Bill44US #58

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑32Ellen#59
↑32Jerry#66
↑21Joan#40
↑19June#35
↑19Emma#43
↑18Grace#64
↑17Janet#62
↑14Lillie#58

Falling

↓25Jessie#94
↓24Alvin#81
↓23Luther#87
↓22Hubert#98
↓21Myrtle#78
↓19Florence#75
↓17Bessie#61
↓17Beatrice#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.