State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,422 Virginia births in 1946 across 951 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#92Randolphoutside the national top 200
#78Rosa#168 nationally
#61Thelma#150 nationally
#89Ella#177 nationally
#98Faye#182 nationally
#80Claude#163 nationally
#75Gladys#157 nationally
#94Hazel#175 nationally
#99Lillie#178 nationally
#86Cecil#159 nationally
#64Edith#136 nationally
#84Herman#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,561US #1
#2Linda1,256US #2
#3Barbara1,072US #4
#4Patricia995US #3
#5Betty812US #14
#6Brenda740US #24
#7Sandra730US #6
#8Carolyn728US #12
#9Nancy693US #7
#10Shirley693US #18
#11Joyce576US #20
#12Margaret496US #17
#13Judy465US #11
#14Carol446US #5
#15Dorothy406US #23
#16Gloria377US #26
#17Judith377US #10
#18Virginia344US #31
#19Elizabeth342US #25
#20Sharon330US #9
#21Susan329US #8
#22Martha325US #32
#23Frances314US #39
#24Phyllis299US #41
#25Peggy296US #43
#26Donna273US #13
#27Helen257US #36
#28Janice248US #22
#29Joan248US #28
#30Doris244US #51
#31Jean228US #37
#32Alice225US #44
#33Bonnie224US #33
#34Rebecca218US #68
#35Ruth214US #38
#36Janet211US #21
#37Patsy202US #85
#38Ann197US #40
#39Diane189US #19
#40Evelyn186US #65
#41Jane180US #35
#42Wanda175US #59
#43Lois168US #55
#44Mildred161US #103
#45Sylvia155US #82
#46Beverly152US #30
#47Charlotte149US #64
#48Ruby146US #105
#49Anne140US #81
#50Connie139US #45
#51Jacqueline139US #62
#52Jo135US #53
#53Karen135US #15
#54Pamela132US #34
#55Catherine131US #48
#56Sarah127US #92
#57Cheryl124US #27
#58Cynthia120US #46
#59Delores119US #115
#60Ellen119US #58
#61Thelma117US #150
#62Norma111US #77
#63Annie110US #97
#64Edith110US #136
#65Juanita106US #110
#66Katherine106US #78
#67Anna105US #87
#68Christine104US #50
#69Marie104US #54
#70Laura101US #75
#71Rose100US #60
#72Rita98US #56
#73Sheila98US #70
#74Vivian97US #120
#75Gladys92US #157
#76Kathleen92US #16
#77Louise91US #91
#78Rosa91US #168
#79Diana90US #42
#80Geraldine90US #66
#81Julia88US #114
#82Lillian88US #129
#83Constance84US #100
#84Edna80US #126
#85Marilyn80US #29
#86Sue80US #61
#87Anita78US #84
#88Dianne78US #76
#89Ella77US #177
#90Audrey76US #149
#91Loretta76US #111
#92Yvonne76US #118
#93Glenda75US #99
#94Hazel73US #175
#95Kathryn72US #63
#96Suzanne71US #52
#97Ethel70US #140
#98Faye70US #182
#99Lillie70US #178
#100Sally70US #67

Boys

#1James2,398US #1
#2William1,744US #4
#3Robert1,615US #2
#4John1,491US #3
#5Charles1,115US #9
#6Richard889US #5
#7Thomas771US #8
#8David739US #6
#9George646US #16
#10Ronald583US #10
#11Donald575US #13
#12Larry572US #11
#13Michael490US #7
#14Jerry434US #20
#15Joseph432US #14
#16Roger421US #23
#17Edward418US #19
#18Kenneth399US #15
#19Gary311US #12
#20Paul290US #18
#21Walter281US #30
#22Raymond255US #25
#23Roy251US #43
#24Wayne250US #29
#25Dennis239US #17
#26Bobby227US #53
#27Billy220US #45
#28Samuel216US #70
#29Harry215US #50
#30Frank212US #22
#31Douglas209US #34
#32Henry209US #41
#33Harold208US #33
#34Ralph194US #48
#35Willie192US #40
#36Ronnie187US #54
#37Carl186US #39
#38Danny183US #46
#39Clarence181US #89
#40Daniel179US #21
#41Earl176US #82
#42Stephen164US #24
#43Jimmy161US #42
#44Lawrence160US #31
#45Ernest158US #71
#46Johnny148US #47
#47Arthur146US #36
#48Gerald145US #27
#49Howard140US #55
#50Melvin137US #86
#51Albert126US #52
#52Curtis122US #99
#53Jack120US #35
#54Allen119US #74
#55Fred119US #51
#56Herbert116US #97
#57Joe111US #37
#58Lewis111US #118
#59Russell111US #66
#60Bernard105US #102
#61Eugene105US #57
#62Glenn103US #81
#63Phillip102US #83
#64Eddie99US #85
#65Alfred98US #94
#66Barry98US #68
#67Marvin96US #88
#68Terry96US #26
#69Leonard94US #67
#70Calvin93US #128
#71Charlie93US #135
#72Jesse93US #109
#73Leroy93US #90
#74Andrew91US #84
#75Franklin91US #140
#76Alvin88US #126
#77Tommy88US #77
#78Bruce87US #32
#79Benjamin85US #146
#80Claude85US #163
#81Norman85US #76
#82Clyde82US #122
#83Ray82US #95
#84Herman79US #152
#85Stanley78US #65
#86Cecil76US #159
#87Floyd74US #121
#88Warren73US #105
#89Jackie72US #139
#90Steven72US #28
#91Lloyd70US #106
#92Randolph70
#93Milton69US #156
#94Steve69US #69
#95Gene68US #98
#96Vernon66US #130
#97Edwin65US #112
#98Leon65US #113
#99Donnie64US #165
#100Frederick64US #75

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑27Glenn#62
↑23Rita#72
↑22Danny#38
↑20Bernard#60
↑18Pamela#54
↑18Alfred#65
↑16Bruce#78
↑13Beverly#46

Falling

↓33Frederick#100
↓23Lloyd#91
↓20Clyde#82
↓19Louise#77
↓19Vernon#96
↓18Geraldine#80
↓16Annie#63
↓15Edna#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.