State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,821 Virginia births in 1934 across 825 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#76Garlandoutside the national top 200
#87Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#90Carltonoutside the national top 200
#80Clifton#189 nationally
#92Mabeloutside the national top 200
#94Beulah#191 nationally
#47Rosa#136 nationally
#99Fannie#185 nationally
#51Lucy#134 nationally
#46Nellie#126 nationally
#81Earnest#161 nationally
#97Otis#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,540US #1
#2Betty955US #2
#3Barbara735US #3
#4Dorothy627US #5
#5Shirley565US #4
#6Margaret450US #8
#7Nancy400US #10
#8Virginia385US #15
#9Doris359US #11
#10Helen358US #9
#11Frances343US #19
#12Peggy339US #36
#13Joyce335US #12
#14Jean297US #16
#15Elizabeth288US #18
#16Ruth287US #13
#17Mildred263US #35
#18Evelyn236US #29
#19Annie225US #38
#20Alice215US #25
#21Ruby213US #39
#22Thelma210US #65
#23Martha209US #27
#24Patricia195US #6
#25Lois193US #20
#26Gladys188US #66
#27Joan178US #7
#28Ann169US #32
#29Phyllis163US #28
#30Louise158US #40
#31Edna151US #55
#32Anna147US #31
#33Catherine147US #42
#34Sarah137US #67
#35Edith136US #81
#36Hazel133US #87
#37Norma126US #24
#38Elsie123US #107
#39Emma121US #85
#40Juanita121US #64
#41Charlotte120US #72
#42Ethel116US #78
#43Lillian116US #52
#44Gloria114US #30
#45Marie111US #34
#46Nellie111US #126
#47Rosa109US #136
#48Carolyn107US #33
#49Audrey105US #69
#50June105US #46
#51Lucy104US #134
#52Christine103US #121
#53Irene100US #49
#54Eleanor99US #44
#55Clara98US #76
#56Sylvia98US #70
#57Anne97US #88
#58Patsy94US #59
#59Pauline92US #71
#60Janet89US #21
#61Bernice88US #82
#62Lucille88US #84
#63Florence87US #61
#64Ella85US #113
#65Marjorie84US #41
#66Eva83US #100
#67Alma82US #123
#68Geraldine80US #43
#69Delores78US #51
#70Vivian78US #98
#71Bessie76US #128
#72Ellen76US #95
#73Laura75US #96
#74Rose75US #37
#75Jo74US #75
#76Myrtle74US #141
#77Geneva73US #139
#78Jane73US #48
#79Josephine73US #60
#80Lillie72US #116
#81Beatrice71US #99
#82Mattie71US #132
#83Carrie70US #158
#84Grace70US #79
#85Julia70US #105
#86Margie70US #103
#87Carol68US #14
#88Katherine68US #101
#89Marion67US #86
#90Bertha66US #112
#91Jacqueline65US #80
#92Mabel62
#93Willie62US #102
#94Beulah61US #191
#95Ida59US #118
#96Pearl59US #154
#97Rachel59US #163
#98Wilma59US #73
#99Fannie57US #185
#100Loretta57US #83

Boys

#1James1,641US #2
#2William1,255US #4
#3Robert1,129US #1
#4John996US #3
#5Charles865US #7
#6George515US #8
#7Thomas464US #9
#8Richard380US #5
#9Donald365US #6
#10Edward287US #13
#11Joseph275US #10
#12Billy262US #20
#13David246US #12
#14Bobby244US #23
#15Harold237US #18
#16Walter237US #21
#17Raymond227US #19
#18Frank200US #16
#19Paul199US #14
#20Henry192US #27
#21Kenneth192US #15
#22Earl191US #41
#23Roy191US #35
#24Franklin184US #46
#25Harry181US #36
#26Clarence180US #45
#27Jack178US #17
#28Willie177US #30
#29Carl152US #28
#30Howard143US #37
#31Samuel140US #66
#32Fred136US #33
#33Ralph135US #31
#34Melvin133US #55
#35Eugene122US #24
#36Herbert121US #57
#37Ronald121US #11
#38Arthur117US #29
#39Joe116US #26
#40Ernest114US #51
#41Albert110US #32
#42Lewis110US #94
#43Lawrence109US #34
#44Charlie108US #100
#45Clyde108US #84
#46Marvin107US #44
#47Curtis105US #103
#48Floyd99US #73
#49Herman94US #97
#50Douglas93US #72
#51Cecil89US #111
#52Ray87US #63
#53Claude84US #130
#54Daniel80US #42
#55Jesse79US #102
#56Alfred77US #64
#57Jerry76US #25
#58Jimmy75US #56
#59Alvin71US #93
#60Norman71US #38
#61Lloyd70US #82
#62Russell70US #70
#63Leroy69US #54
#64Andrew68US #76
#65Bernard68US #65
#66Warren67US #96
#67Theodore65US #74
#68Elmer64US #108
#69Leonard64US #53
#70Wayne64US #48
#71Louis62US #40
#72Benjamin61US #117
#73Jimmie61US #68
#74Calvin60US #128
#75Allen59US #88
#76Garland59
#77Leon58US #87
#78Lee56US #79
#79Vernon56US #89
#80Clifton55US #189
#81Earnest55US #161
#82Gerald55US #22
#83Gene53US #67
#84Glenn53US #81
#85Harvey53US #99
#86Stanley53US #58
#87Linwood52
#88Larry51US #43
#89Wallace51US #129
#90Carlton50
#91Jackie50US #114
#92Luther50US #167
#93Milton50US #115
#94Roosevelt50US #149
#95Johnny48US #83
#96Junior47US #171
#97Otis46US #177
#98Freddie45US #152
#99Phillip45US #113
#100Roger45US #39

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑39Sylvia#56
↑37Carolyn#48
↑29Charlotte#41
↑24Jimmie#73
↑22Wayne#70
↑19Garland#76
↑18Patsy#58
↑18Earnest#81

Falling

↓29Roosevelt#94
↓26Marion#89
↓25Jane#78
↓23Bertha#90
↓23Ida#95
↓23Wallace#89
↓23Johnny#95
↓21Loretta#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.