State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,721 Virginia births in 1945 across 880 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#91Elsieoutside the national top 200
#92Randolphoutside the national top 200
#87Faye#169 nationally
#83Hazel#164 nationally
#51Thelma#131 nationally
#72Cecil#152 nationally
#54Edith#132 nationally
#81Claude#159 nationally
#70Gladys#141 nationally
#99Marshall#170 nationally
#53Lewis#123 nationally
#77Rosa#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,518US #1
#2Barbara1,075US #3
#3Linda1,006US #2
#4Patricia798US #4
#5Betty796US #11
#6Shirley679US #14
#7Carolyn670US #12
#8Nancy608US #7
#9Brenda571US #29
#10Sandra525US #6
#11Joyce519US #18
#12Margaret453US #15
#13Carol410US #5
#14Judy401US #13
#15Dorothy391US #21
#16Judith365US #9
#17Gloria357US #23
#18Elizabeth338US #26
#19Virginia334US #28
#20Frances302US #34
#21Doris263US #46
#22Helen263US #31
#23Phyllis254US #40
#24Joan252US #25
#25Martha250US #30
#26Peggy238US #45
#27Susan238US #10
#28Alice229US #41
#29Ruth228US #33
#30Janice215US #24
#31Sharon215US #8
#32Janet212US #20
#33Donna211US #17
#34Jean200US #38
#35Ann188US #39
#36Evelyn176US #57
#37Bonnie162US #35
#38Rebecca156US #85
#39Charlotte155US #55
#40Lois153US #48
#41Patsy153US #84
#42Wanda152US #58
#43Mildred148US #93
#44Jane147US #36
#45Sarah147US #76
#46Diane129US #22
#47Annie126US #69
#48Ellen116US #61
#49Catherine115US #50
#50Ruby114US #95
#51Thelma114US #131
#52Anne113US #81
#53Sylvia107US #83
#54Edith104US #132
#55Norma104US #74
#56Marie103US #49
#57Connie101US #47
#58Louise101US #78
#59Beverly100US #37
#60Jo100US #60
#61Cheryl99US #32
#62Geraldine99US #56
#63Jacqueline99US #63
#64Anna96US #73
#65Delores95US #112
#66Karen94US #16
#67Kathleen93US #19
#68Juanita92US #108
#69Edna91US #119
#70Gladys91US #141
#71Christine90US #62
#72Pamela89US #42
#73Sue88US #66
#74Julia86US #115
#75Rose86US #54
#76Katherine83US #82
#77Rosa79US #147
#78Clara78US #136
#79Diana78US #43
#80Laura78US #77
#81Emma76US #123
#82Ethel76US #134
#83Hazel75US #164
#84Vivian73US #118
#85Carole71US #51
#86Constance69US #109
#87Faye67US #169
#88Loretta67US #107
#89Audrey64US #143
#90Ella62US #158
#91Elsie62
#92Marilyn62US #27
#93Roberta62US #75
#94Lillian61US #124
#95Rita61US #59
#96Gail60US #52
#97Wilma60US #128
#98Bernice59US #157
#99Bertha58US #165
#100Elaine56US #44

Boys

#1James2,159US #1
#2William1,505US #4
#3Robert1,457US #2
#4John1,446US #3
#5Charles967US #7
#6Thomas737US #8
#7Richard733US #5
#8David674US #6
#9George608US #15
#10Donald486US #12
#11Ronald422US #10
#12Joseph413US #14
#13Larry411US #11
#14Roger392US #22
#15Edward373US #18
#16Jerry372US #20
#17Michael337US #9
#18Kenneth334US #16
#19Paul264US #17
#20Douglas253US #29
#21Harry251US #47
#22Gary228US #13
#23Raymond226US #23
#24Roy224US #40
#25Harold219US #28
#26Walter213US #27
#27Willie210US #31
#28Bobby199US #53
#29Frank195US #21
#30Henry184US #37
#31Carl181US #39
#32Wayne181US #35
#33Ralph160US #44
#34Arthur158US #34
#35Clarence158US #82
#36Dennis155US #19
#37Billy154US #42
#38Earl152US #71
#39Howard152US #54
#40Ernest150US #60
#41Samuel146US #62
#42Johnny145US #45
#43Gerald134US #25
#44Stephen132US #26
#45Daniel128US #24
#46Melvin128US #78
#47Ronnie125US #67
#48Lawrence124US #30
#49Jimmy122US #41
#50Fred120US #51
#51Curtis118US #97
#52Jack116US #32
#53Lewis115US #123
#54Marvin115US #80
#55Eugene113US #50
#56Russell113US #64
#57Albert112US #49
#58Herbert104US #94
#59Leonard101US #57
#60Danny100US #56
#61Charlie98US #128
#62Clyde97US #121
#63Andrew96US #86
#64Joe95US #36
#65Allen90US #74
#66Calvin88US #124
#67Frederick87US #77
#68Lloyd84US #103
#69Franklin83US #119
#70Norman82US #65
#71Phillip81US #85
#72Cecil80US #152
#73Ray80US #92
#74Louis79US #55
#75Leroy78US #83
#76Eddie77US #81
#77Vernon77US #118
#78Tommy76US #75
#79Alvin74US #120
#80Bernard74US #98
#81Claude74US #159
#82Benjamin72US #140
#83Alfred71US #88
#84Jesse71US #104
#85Herman69US #146
#86Johnnie69US #133
#87Stanley68US #59
#88Floyd64US #114
#89Glenn61US #93
#90Harvey61US #116
#91Lee61US #87
#92Randolph61
#93Warren61US #106
#94Bruce60US #48
#95Milton60US #154
#96Don59US #73
#97Leon59US #111
#98Freddie58US #145
#99Marshall57US #170
#100Steve56US #79

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑20Diana#79
↑19Connie#57
↑19Beverly#59
↑19Geraldine#62
↑18Marie#56
↑18Cheryl#61
↑18Karen#66
↑18Pamela#72

Falling

↓32Carole#85
↓26Lillian#94
↓20Emma#81
↓20Warren#93
↓18Juanita#68
↓18Hazel#83
↓18Charlie#61
↓15Gladys#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.