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Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,881 Virginia births in 1943 across 923 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Garlandoutside the national top 200
#100Carroll#195 nationally
#98Bessie#190 nationally
#63Rosa#154 nationally
#91Elsie#181 nationally
#69Ella#155 nationally
#92Emily#175 nationally
#94Earnest#177 nationally
#97Lucy#176 nationally
#55Gladys#131 nationally
#52Thelma#127 nationally
#70Hazel#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,628US #1
#2Barbara1,098US #2
#3Betty913US #10
#4Linda806US #4
#5Patricia768US #3
#6Shirley749US #12
#7Carolyn736US #11
#8Nancy665US #9
#9Joyce633US #16
#10Brenda510US #35
#11Dorothy486US #19
#12Sandra486US #6
#13Margaret485US #14
#14Virginia408US #25
#15Judy385US #13
#16Elizabeth366US #23
#17Judith360US #7
#18Carol353US #5
#19Frances339US #31
#20Doris329US #40
#21Gloria315US #30
#22Peggy313US #41
#23Martha305US #29
#24Phyllis305US #39
#25Helen299US #28
#26Alice251US #38
#27Jean236US #36
#28Joan222US #21
#29Janet216US #20
#30Ruth206US #33
#31Mildred203US #76
#32Lois202US #43
#33Janice189US #26
#34Ann187US #37
#35Evelyn183US #53
#36Bonnie177US #34
#37Charlotte173US #47
#38Patsy166US #61
#39Sarah166US #71
#40Rebecca162US #87
#41Jane157US #44
#42Wanda157US #56
#43Susan155US #18
#44Catherine153US #48
#45Annie151US #69
#46Ruby150US #82
#47Sharon149US #8
#48Norma138US #58
#49Donna137US #17
#50Edith136US #118
#51Juanita136US #91
#52Thelma126US #127
#53Anne122US #80
#54Anna120US #64
#55Gladys120US #131
#56Sylvia120US #77
#57Delores118US #99
#58Julia111US #95
#59Emma106US #114
#60Edna104US #106
#61Ethel104US #126
#62Geraldine102US #51
#63Rosa101US #154
#64Diane100US #24
#65Jo99US #63
#66Ellen96US #67
#67Katherine95US #78
#68Lillian95US #116
#69Ella94US #155
#70Hazel93US #144
#71Beverly92US #32
#72Rose92US #50
#73Louise91US #70
#74Marie91US #45
#75Jacqueline90US #65
#76Bernice87US #143
#77Vivian86US #122
#78Carole84US #42
#79June84US #111
#80Sue82US #72
#81Connie79US #59
#82Beatrice78US #152
#83Loretta78US #89
#84Christine77US #84
#85Karen77US #15
#86Laura77US #117
#87Rita75US #52
#88Eleanor74US #107
#89Audrey73US #140
#90Bertha72US #150
#91Elsie72US #181
#92Emily71US #175
#93Florence70US #124
#94Marilyn70US #27
#95Clara69US #133
#96Lucille67US #125
#97Lucy65US #176
#98Bessie64US #190
#99Sally64US #57
#100Wilma63US #120

Boys

#1James2,356US #1
#2William1,780US #4
#3Robert1,570US #2
#4John1,410US #3
#5Charles1,048US #7
#6Richard709US #5
#7Thomas692US #8
#8George621US #14
#9David607US #6
#10Ronald455US #9
#11Donald426US #11
#12Joseph422US #13
#13Jerry420US #17
#14Roger391US #24
#15Kenneth379US #15
#16Larry362US #12
#17Edward358US #18
#18Paul299US #19
#19Walter294US #26
#20Douglas292US #28
#21Raymond252US #22
#22Roy249US #38
#23Frank241US #21
#24Bobby227US #46
#25Henry219US #31
#26Harold218US #27
#27Harry205US #50
#28Clarence203US #68
#29Willie203US #36
#30Wayne200US #41
#31Billy198US #37
#32Michael196US #10
#33Samuel192US #62
#34Carl186US #33
#35Ernest172US #61
#36Arthur169US #30
#37Howard168US #48
#38Gary167US #16
#39Ralph164US #40
#40Lawrence160US #32
#41Earl154US #60
#42Melvin148US #63
#43Jimmy146US #42
#44Fred144US #45
#45Gerald144US #23
#46Ronnie131US #71
#47Eugene130US #47
#48Johnny128US #52
#49Albert126US #43
#50Daniel124US #25
#51Herbert124US #86
#52Jack122US #34
#53Russell117US #73
#54Lewis113US #115
#55Franklin112US #119
#56Joe111US #35
#57Dennis110US #20
#58Marvin110US #66
#59Curtis108US #100
#60Charlie105US #122
#61Bernard103US #92
#62Clyde101US #114
#63Alfred99US #78
#64Leroy96US #74
#65Stanley95US #54
#66Norman93US #56
#67Warren93US #102
#68Stephen92US #29
#69Calvin90US #126
#70Andrew89US #79
#71Tommy89US #77
#72Floyd88US #112
#73Allen86US #76
#74Cecil85US #132
#75Eddie84US #80
#76Frederick80US #70
#77Herman80US #129
#78Jesse80US #105
#79Alvin78US #113
#80Danny78US #88
#81Benjamin77US #130
#82Ray76US #84
#83Claude75US #152
#84Louis75US #53
#85Glenn73US #85
#86Leonard72US #55
#87Phillip72US #81
#88Harvey69US #111
#89Lloyd69US #104
#90Leon68US #103
#91Vernon68US #117
#92Freddie66US #143
#93Philip65US #57
#94Earnest63US #177
#95Garland63
#96Gene62US #89
#97Bill60US #65
#98Francis60US #64
#99Wallace60US #156
#100Carroll59US #195

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑28Sharon#47
↑24Diane#64
↑20Ella#69
↑19Frederick#76
↑18Susan#43
↑17Bernice#76
↑15Julia#58
↑15Jo#65

Falling

↓26Louis#84
↓23Louise#73
↓23Lucy#97
↓22Eleanor#88
↓21Audrey#89
↓20Leon#90
↓19Carole#78
↓19Jesse#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.