State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,948 Virginia births in 1933 across 830 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#88Carltonoutside the national top 200
#90Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#95Garlandoutside the national top 200
#100Nannieoutside the national top 200
#86Otis#175 nationally
#47Rosa#132 nationally
#93Clifton#177 nationally
#50Claude#131 nationally
#81Luther#162 nationally
#48Christine#128 nationally
#80Cora#157 nationally
#94Rebecca#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,450US #1
#2Betty923US #2
#3Barbara682US #3
#4Dorothy609US #4
#5Margaret490US #7
#6Virginia438US #15
#7Helen422US #8
#8Shirley382US #9
#9Frances381US #18
#10Nancy375US #11
#11Doris357US #10
#12Ruth326US #13
#13Mildred322US #32
#14Jean300US #14
#15Joyce288US #12
#16Peggy279US #36
#17Elizabeth262US #17
#18Evelyn252US #30
#19Ruby229US #43
#20Lois217US #19
#21Alice215US #22
#22Martha201US #27
#23Annie200US #37
#24Hazel184US #82
#25Joan181US #5
#26Thelma173US #57
#27Gladys169US #60
#28Patricia159US #6
#29Phyllis159US #28
#30Edith157US #80
#31Louise156US #39
#32Catherine154US #44
#33Sarah150US #58
#34Anna142US #29
#35Ann141US #34
#36Lillian137US #51
#37Edna135US #55
#38Elsie135US #99
#39Marie131US #33
#40Ethel129US #71
#41Gloria126US #31
#42Audrey117US #59
#43June112US #45
#44Clara111US #67
#45Lucille110US #78
#46Norma109US #23
#47Rosa109US #132
#48Christine108US #128
#49Nellie103US #120
#50Juanita102US #63
#51Eleanor101US #38
#52Emma101US #75
#53Jane99US #47
#54Pauline98US #64
#55Bernice97US #83
#56Janet95US #25
#57Ella94US #113
#58Lucy94US #129
#59Delores92US #52
#60Geraldine87US #42
#61Alma86US #124
#62Irene85US #46
#63Marion83US #73
#64Anne82US #85
#65Grace82US #69
#66Laura82US #91
#67Bertha81US #106
#68Florence81US #49
#69Lillie81US #111
#70Charlotte80US #79
#71Bessie78US #117
#72Ida77US #109
#73Vivian77US #98
#74Beatrice75US #94
#75Eva74US #101
#76Patsy74US #65
#77Julia72US #97
#78Marjorie71US #41
#79Loretta70US #87
#80Cora69US #157
#81Katherine69US #100
#82Myrtle69US #142
#83Ellen68US #104
#84Violet67US #136
#85Carolyn66US #40
#86Rose65US #35
#87Willie65US #93
#88Agnes64US #118
#89Carrie63US #150
#90Pearl63US #143
#91Wanda63US #48
#92Jacqueline62US #86
#93Josephine62US #62
#94Rebecca62US #169
#95Sylvia62US #84
#96Hattie61US #167
#97Margie60US #95
#98Marian60US #89
#99Mattie60US #130
#100Nannie60

Boys

#1James1,687US #2
#2William1,246US #4
#3Robert1,097US #1
#4John938US #3
#5Charles737US #6
#6George519US #8
#7Thomas413US #10
#8Richard337US #5
#9Donald336US #7
#10Edward321US #11
#11Joseph303US #9
#12Franklin269US #33
#13Walter232US #21
#14Billy227US #20
#15David226US #13
#16Harold218US #18
#17Willie217US #32
#18Bobby213US #26
#19Paul212US #14
#20Raymond210US #19
#21Clarence198US #43
#22Roy195US #39
#23Henry194US #24
#24Frank189US #16
#25Jack185US #17
#26Kenneth184US #15
#27Harry181US #35
#28Earl160US #41
#29Carl152US #28
#30Ralph152US #29
#31Melvin151US #51
#32Howard150US #36
#33Eugene142US #23
#34Charlie141US #95
#35Fred134US #34
#36Samuel134US #61
#37Ernest125US #50
#38Arthur123US #25
#39Lewis120US #92
#40Herbert118US #49
#41Joe110US #27
#42Lawrence110US #38
#43Albert104US #30
#44Clyde89US #87
#45Norman89US #37
#46Marvin87US #44
#47Curtis86US #107
#48Floyd86US #69
#49Ronald86US #12
#50Claude85US #131
#51Alfred84US #57
#52Ray82US #62
#53Russell80US #67
#54Herman79US #96
#55Alvin78US #88
#56Leroy77US #56
#57Daniel76US #42
#58Bernard75US #63
#59Jerry75US #31
#60Jimmy75US #64
#61Douglas72US #81
#62Louis71US #40
#63Calvin67US #112
#64Leon65US #85
#65Roosevelt63US #132
#66Wallace63US #120
#67Andrew62US #76
#68Cecil62US #111
#69Elmer60US #101
#70Jesse60US #100
#71Leonard57US #47
#72Johnny56US #90
#73Glenn55US #74
#74Lloyd55US #73
#75Milton55US #113
#76Vernon54US #83
#77Lee53US #79
#78Allen52US #84
#79Benjamin52US #118
#80Harvey52US #97
#81Luther52US #162
#82Theodore50US #68
#83Warren50US #99
#84Eddie49US #93
#85Gene49US #66
#86Otis49US #175
#87Stanley49US #55
#88Carlton48
#89Gordon47US #71
#90Aubrey46
#91Francis46US #45
#92Wayne46US #52
#93Clifton45US #177
#94Horace44US #165
#95Garland43
#96Hugh43US #141
#97Jimmie43US #72
#98Tommy43US #109
#99Earnest42US #166
#100Larry42US #58

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑33Wallace#66
↑30Eleanor#51
↑30Delores#59
↑26Christine#48
↑26Alvin#55
↑21Loretta#79
↑20Franklin#12
↑18Glenn#73

Falling

↓27Garland#95
↓24Ellen#83
↓22Clifton#93
↓18Charlotte#70
↓16Andrew#67
↓14Josephine#93
↓14Benjamin#79
↓12Irene#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.