State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,771 Virginia births in 1935 across 805 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#75Garlandoutside the national top 200
#95Bettieoutside the national top 200
#98Beulahoutside the national top 200
#100Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#85Otis#182 nationally
#73Pearl#167 nationally
#47Rosa#137 nationally
#76Rebecca#163 nationally
#30Elsie#113 nationally
#54Claude#129 nationally
#49Ella#122 nationally
#99Eunice#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,465US #1
#2Shirley1,295US #2
#3Betty1,028US #4
#4Barbara695US #3
#5Dorothy568US #6
#6Margaret422US #8
#7Nancy410US #9
#8Virginia399US #16
#9Doris361US #13
#10Helen361US #10
#11Frances348US #19
#12Joyce319US #12
#13Peggy293US #36
#14Elizabeth273US #17
#15Jean256US #18
#16Evelyn239US #31
#17Ruth239US #15
#18Mildred230US #35
#19Alice229US #25
#20Annie226US #38
#21Ruby222US #41
#22Patricia217US #5
#23Martha216US #24
#24Thelma200US #76
#25Phyllis190US #27
#26Lois187US #21
#27Gladys160US #78
#28Joan158US #7
#29Ann156US #30
#30Elsie142US #113
#31Louise141US #45
#32Anna139US #34
#33Charlotte137US #65
#34Sarah134US #61
#35Hazel133US #92
#36Catherine131US #42
#37Norma124US #29
#38Edith118US #87
#39Edna116US #67
#40Lillian113US #66
#41Carolyn111US #28
#42Emma111US #89
#43Marie110US #33
#44Gloria108US #32
#45Clara105US #81
#46Ethel105US #82
#47Rosa104US #137
#48Anne103US #84
#49Ella99US #122
#50June99US #55
#51Geraldine98US #40
#52Jane96US #43
#53Juanita96US #72
#54Audrey94US #64
#55Janet94US #22
#56Pauline94US #80
#57Sylvia93US #60
#58Patsy91US #56
#59Loretta87US #69
#60Laura86US #101
#61Delores85US #57
#62Irene85US #52
#63Bernice84US #90
#64Nellie83US #131
#65Bessie82US #129
#66Bertha81US #114
#67Florence79US #74
#68Eva78US #110
#69Katherine78US #103
#70Lillie78US #118
#71Lucille78US #85
#72Ellen77US #95
#73Pearl77US #167
#74Rose76US #37
#75Vivian76US #112
#76Rebecca74US #163
#77Wilma74US #70
#78Eleanor72US #48
#79Lucy72US #141
#80Marjorie72US #46
#81Alma71US #132
#82Josephine70US #75
#83Julia70US #102
#84Willie70US #99
#85Grace67US #83
#86Ida67US #121
#87Margie65US #100
#88Myrtle63US #153
#89Christine62US #130
#90Beatrice61US #107
#91Carol60US #11
#92Wanda60US #49
#93Carrie59US #158
#94Janice59US #47
#95Bettie58
#96Jo57US #73
#97Esther56US #94
#98Beulah54
#99Eunice53US #170
#100Marion53US #88

Boys

#1James1,736US #2
#2William1,197US #4
#3Robert1,164US #1
#4John909US #3
#5Charles806US #6
#6George510US #8
#7Thomas433US #9
#8Richard392US #5
#9Donald381US #7
#10Joseph323US #10
#11Bobby295US #24
#12Edward276US #13
#13Billy242US #19
#14Walter242US #23
#15David240US #11
#16Paul223US #14
#17Henry206US #27
#18Frank191US #16
#19Clarence189US #48
#20Harold187US #20
#21Raymond182US #17
#22Willie179US #30
#23Kenneth173US #15
#24Harry172US #37
#25Jack166US #18
#26Roy166US #40
#27Joe160US #25
#28Eugene157US #26
#29Earl156US #46
#30Samuel151US #62
#31Ralph148US #32
#32Melvin138US #57
#33Howard136US #39
#34Ernest134US #55
#35Charlie133US #100
#36Ronald132US #12
#37Herbert129US #58
#38Carl126US #28
#39Lawrence122US #35
#40Arthur121US #29
#41Albert119US #31
#42Lewis113US #98
#43Franklin112US #71
#44Jimmy107US #47
#45Norman107US #38
#46Marvin105US #45
#47Clyde103US #82
#48Fred99US #34
#49Bernard98US #67
#50Douglas94US #75
#51Leroy93US #50
#52Ray91US #64
#53Curtis90US #108
#54Claude88US #129
#55Floyd88US #76
#56Herman86US #101
#57Jerry84US #22
#58Cecil81US #109
#59Andrew80US #85
#60Daniel79US #43
#61Louis79US #42
#62Alfred77US #63
#63Calvin77US #127
#64Russell75US #68
#65Leonard73US #54
#66Gerald71US #21
#67Benjamin69US #123
#68Elmer67US #115
#69Larry67US #33
#70Lloyd66US #84
#71Leon65US #86
#72Jesse64US #104
#73Gene63US #66
#74Alvin61US #91
#75Garland60
#76Milton60US #117
#77Eddie58US #87
#78Theodore58US #79
#79Wayne58US #49
#80Jimmie56US #69
#81Phillip55US #107
#82Roger55US #36
#83Edwin52US #89
#84Tommy52US #95
#85Otis51US #182
#86Frederick50US #73
#87Jessie50US #140
#88Glenn49US #78
#89Vernon49US #94
#90Allen48US #83
#91Freddie48US #145
#92Lee48US #80
#93Philip48US #65
#94Harvey47US #99
#95Stanley47US #56
#96Warren47US #97
#97Hugh46US #139
#98Jackie46US #102
#99Luther46US #169
#100Linwood45

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑41Loretta#59
↑26Jane#52
↑24Bertha#66
↑23Pearl#73
↑21Wilma#77
↑19Katherine#69
↑19Larry#69
↑18Phillip#81

Falling

↓37Christine#89
↓30Warren#96
↓28Lucy#79
↓24Eleanor#78
↓21Jo#96
↓19Franklin#43
↓18Nellie#64
↓17Jesse#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.