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Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,855 Virginia births in 1944 across 900 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#83Elsie#191 nationally
#95Earnest#182 nationally
#100Luther#185 nationally
#95Lucy#179 nationally
#62Rosa#145 nationally
#55Gladys#137 nationally
#65Hazel#147 nationally
#43Charlie#120 nationally
#54Thelma#131 nationally
#75Audrey#150 nationally
#81Claude#154 nationally
#87Ella#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,547US #1
#2Barbara1,027US #2
#3Linda888US #3
#4Patricia812US #4
#5Betty800US #10
#6Carolyn692US #11
#7Nancy666US #7
#8Shirley660US #15
#9Joyce592US #18
#10Sandra573US #6
#11Brenda547US #30
#12Margaret484US #14
#13Dorothy440US #19
#14Carol421US #5
#15Judy398US #12
#16Judith392US #9
#17Elizabeth364US #23
#18Frances355US #33
#19Virginia331US #26
#20Martha306US #29
#21Doris299US #42
#22Gloria290US #25
#23Phyllis273US #40
#24Peggy264US #45
#25Joan259US #22
#26Helen254US #31
#27Alice222US #38
#28Ann205US #39
#29Jean203US #37
#30Ruth200US #32
#31Susan192US #13
#32Janet191US #21
#33Janice184US #28
#34Lois184US #47
#35Bonnie180US #34
#36Mildred178US #81
#37Evelyn174US #57
#38Jane174US #41
#39Sharon171US #8
#40Charlotte169US #50
#41Donna156US #17
#42Sarah149US #67
#43Patsy145US #72
#44Rebecca142US #84
#45Catherine137US #49
#46Ruby135US #87
#47Annie132US #71
#48Wanda132US #58
#49Anne126US #86
#50Juanita121US #94
#51Jacqueline120US #64
#52Diane116US #24
#53Carole113US #43
#54Thelma113US #131
#55Gladys108US #137
#56Anna106US #74
#57Ellen106US #63
#58Louise105US #69
#59Delores102US #97
#60Sylvia101US #83
#61Emma100US #118
#62Rosa100US #145
#63Jo99US #61
#64Christine96US #75
#65Hazel96US #147
#66Norma94US #66
#67Ethel93US #127
#68Lillian93US #126
#69Edith92US #123
#70Julia92US #102
#71Rose92US #52
#72Katherine91US #77
#73Edna89US #112
#74Marie89US #48
#75Audrey88US #150
#76Connie88US #51
#77Kathleen87US #20
#78Beverly86US #35
#79Cheryl84US #36
#80Loretta84US #98
#81Geraldine82US #53
#82Sue82US #62
#83Elsie80US #191
#84Karen78US #16
#85Vivian78US #129
#86Rita77US #54
#87Ella75US #158
#88Marilyn75US #27
#89Bernice74US #149
#90Pamela74US #44
#91Clara72US #134
#92Pauline71US #124
#93Margie70US #130
#94Florence68US #133
#95Lucy68US #179
#96Faye67US #165
#97Laura67US #119
#98Glenda66US #79
#99Diana65US #60
#100Marion65US #140

Boys

#1James2,266US #1
#2William1,669US #4
#3Robert1,523US #2
#4John1,322US #3
#5Charles1,014US #7
#6Richard711US #5
#7Thomas686US #8
#8David663US #6
#9George641US #14
#10Donald452US #11
#11Ronald406US #10
#12Joseph399US #13
#13Edward383US #18
#14Larry373US #12
#15Roger367US #23
#16Kenneth354US #16
#17Jerry327US #19
#18Paul277US #17
#19Michael270US #9
#20Walter255US #26
#21Roy246US #39
#22Raymond243US #22
#23Harold220US #27
#24Frank209US #21
#25Douglas204US #34
#26Henry204US #35
#27Willie201US #31
#28Gary199US #15
#29Wayne198US #37
#30Bobby197US #50
#31Harry196US #49
#32Clarence195US #74
#33Howard176US #53
#34Lawrence175US #32
#35Carl173US #36
#36Ralph172US #42
#37Samuel170US #62
#38Arthur169US #29
#39Billy169US #38
#40Melvin160US #67
#41Earl158US #65
#42Ernest153US #59
#43Charlie148US #120
#44Jimmy144US #41
#45Eugene141US #48
#46Daniel135US #25
#47Albert130US #44
#48Lewis127US #112
#49Johnny125US #45
#50Dennis124US #20
#51Herbert118US #90
#52Fred117US #47
#53Jack114US #30
#54Joe112US #33
#55Marvin107US #75
#56Gerald105US #24
#57Curtis101US #97
#58Franklin101US #121
#59Calvin99US #124
#60Norman95US #58
#61Russell95US #63
#62Stephen95US #28
#63Ronnie94US #69
#64Andrew93US #81
#65Danny92US #76
#66Leroy90US #78
#67Tommy90US #70
#68Bernard89US #94
#69Eddie88US #79
#70Leonard86US #56
#71Alfred85US #82
#72Ray85US #86
#73Warren85US #100
#74Clyde82US #111
#75Herman82US #129
#76Phillip82US #83
#77Benjamin79US #130
#78Lloyd79US #102
#79Frederick78US #73
#80Allen76US #77
#81Claude76US #154
#82Floyd74US #110
#83Jesse74US #103
#84Stanley73US #57
#85Cecil72US #142
#86Alvin71US #115
#87Glenn71US #88
#88Vernon71US #119
#89Lee69US #85
#90Louis69US #54
#91Jackie66US #128
#92Gene64US #95
#93Barry63US #84
#94Terry63US #43
#95Earnest62US #182
#96Milton62US #146
#97Bruce61US #51
#98Leon60US #108
#99Johnnie59US #131
#100Luther58US #185

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑25Carole#53
↑24Jacqueline#51
↑20Christine#64
↑17Charlie#43
↑16Leonard#70
↑15Louise#58
↑15Danny#65
↑14Audrey#75

Falling

↓19Edith#69
↓19Geraldine#81
↓19Stanley#84
↓18Norma#66
↓18Ella#87
↓17Ronnie#63
↓13Edna#73
↓13Bernice#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.