State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,180 Virginia births in 1937 across 807 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#75Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Garlandoutside the national top 200
#96Randolphoutside the national top 200
#58Rosa#152 nationally
#27Shelby#119 nationally
#61Lucy#151 nationally
#80Luther#169 nationally
#91Carroll#178 nationally
#100Eunice#186 nationally
#99Cora#176 nationally
#93Myrtle#169 nationally
#57Lillie#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,452US #1
#2Shirley1,145US #4
#3Betty925US #5
#4Barbara799US #2
#5Nancy474US #7
#6Dorothy436US #8
#7Margaret398US #10
#8Frances352US #19
#9Virginia352US #16
#10Helen326US #12
#11Joyce325US #11
#12Doris321US #22
#13Patricia319US #3
#14Peggy312US #31
#15Elizabeth305US #17
#16Jean253US #23
#17Ruth242US #15
#18Martha239US #24
#19Ruby211US #52
#20Phyllis207US #27
#21Mildred206US #43
#22Alice193US #28
#23Evelyn189US #36
#24Annie184US #46
#25Joan177US #9
#26Lois175US #29
#27Shelby173US #119
#28Thelma167US #78
#29Ann165US #30
#30Sarah157US #65
#31Louise154US #48
#32Gladys144US #86
#33Carolyn143US #20
#34Anna136US #39
#35Sylvia135US #50
#36Edith131US #96
#37Gloria127US #32
#38Norma126US #33
#39Charlotte121US #67
#40Jane120US #42
#41Janice118US #25
#42Patsy116US #54
#43Carol114US #6
#44Edna114US #74
#45Catherine112US #47
#46Delores106US #68
#47Audrey105US #85
#48Emma103US #89
#49Hazel103US #106
#50Janet103US #18
#51Ethel101US #88
#52Anne97US #92
#53June97US #71
#54Geraldine95US #44
#55Laura94US #105
#56Eleanor93US #53
#57Lillie92US #131
#58Rosa91US #152
#59Bernice89US #104
#60Loretta89US #63
#61Lucy89US #151
#62Sandra89US #26
#63Elsie87US #125
#64Marie87US #35
#65Clara84US #100
#66Wanda83US #55
#67Lillian82US #84
#68Juanita81US #75
#69Bessie78US #143
#70Katherine78US #103
#71Pauline77US #87
#72Rose76US #38
#73Florence75US #81
#74Christine73US #135
#75Ellen73US #102
#76Nellie73US #140
#77Lucille72US #98
#78Jacqueline71US #70
#79Eva70US #117
#80Grace69US #94
#81Marion69US #109
#82Irene68US #62
#83Ella66US #134
#84Ida66US #133
#85Yvonne66US #77
#86Geneva64US #158
#87Josephine64US #82
#88Wilma63US #80
#89Bertha62US #121
#90Beverly61US #14
#91Jo61US #73
#92Bonnie60US #64
#93Myrtle60US #169
#94Beatrice58US #120
#95Julia58US #112
#96Margie58US #111
#97Vivian58US #127
#98Alma57US #138
#99Cora56US #176
#100Eunice56US #186

Boys

#1James1,735US #2
#2William1,241US #4
#3Robert1,184US #1
#4John968US #3
#5Charles758US #6
#6George520US #10
#7Thomas443US #9
#8Richard439US #5
#9Donald403US #7
#10Bobby322US #24
#11Joseph316US #12
#12Edward312US #13
#13David305US #8
#14Walter228US #26
#15Paul226US #15
#16Kenneth222US #14
#17Billy218US #22
#18Raymond197US #19
#19Joe195US #25
#20Harold194US #21
#21Willie194US #32
#22Clarence190US #54
#23Henry190US #30
#24Frank170US #18
#25Harry170US #41
#26Ralph166US #34
#27Roy161US #40
#28Carl157US #28
#29Ronald156US #11
#30Samuel151US #66
#31Jack149US #23
#32Earl148US #48
#33Howard139US #42
#34Franklin132US #77
#35Lawrence132US #38
#36Arthur129US #31
#37Eugene129US #33
#38Fred129US #35
#39Melvin127US #50
#40Ernest122US #53
#41Jerry120US #17
#42Curtis116US #109
#43Herbert111US #65
#44Albert107US #37
#45Larry107US #16
#46Charlie105US #110
#47Alfred103US #60
#48Jimmy99US #45
#49Gene98US #61
#50Norman97US #43
#51Floyd95US #80
#52Wayne95US #44
#53Russell92US #67
#54Daniel90US #39
#55Lewis90US #104
#56Calvin89US #125
#57Marvin86US #49
#58Clyde85US #93
#59Leroy84US #56
#60Herman81US #101
#61Cecil80US #114
#62Gerald76US #20
#63Alvin75US #99
#64Douglas74US #74
#65Bernard72US #73
#66Louis72US #46
#67Jesse70US #102
#68Johnny69US #69
#69Benjamin65US #119
#70Leon64US #85
#71Jimmie60US #72
#72Allen59US #76
#73Andrew59US #79
#74Harvey59US #95
#75Linwood59
#76Elmer58US #120
#77Vernon58US #96
#78Claude57US #137
#79Lloyd57US #91
#80Luther56US #169
#81Glenn55US #88
#82Warren54US #106
#83Leonard52US #58
#84Phillip52US #98
#85Ray52US #71
#86Roger52US #36
#87Eddie51US #83
#88Jackie50US #107
#89Tommy50US #84
#90Lee49US #78
#91Carroll48US #178
#92Garland48
#93Jessie48US #148
#94Willard48US #135
#95Milton46US #121
#96Randolph45
#97Wallace45US #133
#98Edwin44US #89
#99Freddie44US #134
#100Gordon44US #75

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑39Shelby#27
↑36Laura#55
↑33Loretta#60
↑29Carol#43
↑23Larry#45
↑22Christine#74
↑22Elmer#76
↑21Janice#41

Falling

↓40Vivian#97
↓26Josephine#87
↓24Lillian#67
↓24Ray#85
↓23Claude#78
↓20Nellie#76
↓20Leonard#83
↓19Irene#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.