State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,555 Virginia births in 1947 across 1,047 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#99Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#73Gladys#165 nationally
#96Ella#177 nationally
#67Charlie#145 nationally
#89Rosa#167 nationally
#77Thelma#153 nationally
#91Cecil#165 nationally
#79Herman#150 nationally
#96Claude#167 nationally
#51Lewis#118 nationally
#54Calvin#120 nationally
#49Mildred#109 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,182US #1
#2Mary1,600US #2
#3Barbara1,185US #4
#4Patricia1,105US #3
#5Brenda1,042US #21
#6Carolyn851US #15
#7Betty817US #17
#8Nancy817US #7
#9Sandra780US #5
#10Shirley615US #19
#11Joyce604US #20
#12Margaret556US #16
#13Judy510US #14
#14Gloria463US #27
#15Carol417US #6
#16Susan415US #8
#17Sharon407US #9
#18Elizabeth401US #25
#19Dorothy395US #26
#20Donna368US #10
#21Judith359US #12
#22Martha356US #32
#23Frances354US #39
#24Virginia343US #34
#25Phyllis334US #37
#26Peggy329US #42
#27Alice293US #47
#28Bonnie292US #35
#29Joan285US #30
#30Janice270US #22
#31Helen268US #38
#32Doris252US #58
#33Wanda245US #66
#34Janet242US #23
#35Jean238US #40
#36Rebecca228US #52
#37Ruth228US #44
#38Ann223US #41
#39Jane213US #36
#40Patsy210US #87
#41Diane197US #18
#42Pamela195US #28
#43Evelyn192US #72
#44Cynthia190US #33
#45Beverly184US #31
#46Jo170US #51
#47Charlotte169US #68
#48Karen166US #13
#49Mildred163US #109
#50Jacqueline162US #59
#51Sarah160US #93
#52Sylvia155US #97
#53Lois152US #63
#54Catherine151US #46
#55Connie151US #43
#56Cheryl140US #24
#57Annie137US #103
#58Anne136US #95
#59Delores135US #115
#60Ellen129US #61
#61Katherine125US #76
#62Norma125US #82
#63Ruby124US #112
#64Juanita120US #110
#65Anna116US #92
#66Kathleen116US #11
#67Gail108US #49
#68Geraldine108US #78
#69Rose108US #65
#70Sheila108US #73
#71Julia106US #116
#72Rita106US #60
#73Gladys105US #165
#74Laura104US #74
#75Yvonne104US #117
#76Christine103US #45
#77Thelma102US #153
#78Diana101US #48
#79Marie101US #57
#80Sherry100US #67
#81Sue100US #69
#82Edna99US #131
#83Anita98US #94
#84Constance98US #100
#85Deborah96US #62
#86Marilyn94US #29
#87Edith90US #136
#88Lillian89US #143
#89Rosa89US #167
#90Ethel88US #144
#91Loretta88US #113
#92Audrey87US #146
#93Vivian87US #128
#94Glenda84US #96
#95Suzanne83US #53
#96Ella82US #177
#97Dianne81US #83
#98Emma79US #141
#99Gwendolyn77US #130
#100Darlene76US #71

Boys

#1James2,679US #1
#2William1,988US #4
#3Robert1,825US #2
#4John1,656US #3
#5Charles1,235US #9
#6David1,048US #6
#7Thomas949US #8
#8Richard913US #5
#9Larry813US #10
#10George710US #16
#11Ronald674US #11
#12Donald632US #13
#13Michael630US #7
#14Jerry542US #20
#15Joseph536US #14
#16Kenneth505US #15
#17Edward449US #19
#18Gary414US #12
#19Roger413US #25
#20Paul338US #18
#21Walter305US #34
#22Wayne290US #30
#23Harry267US #54
#24Roy267US #48
#25Danny262US #39
#26Raymond255US #27
#27Stephen253US #21
#28Dennis248US #17
#29Samuel241US #72
#30Frank237US #23
#31Henry236US #46
#32Douglas229US #31
#33Willie225US #42
#34Harold218US #35
#35Ronnie216US #61
#36Bobby207US #60
#37Clarence207US #88
#38Ralph203US #50
#39Carl200US #40
#40Daniel196US #22
#41Melvin192US #85
#42Arthur184US #38
#43Lawrence183US #32
#44Earl182US #83
#45Billy181US #51
#46Howard178US #62
#47Jimmy173US #44
#48Johnny172US #49
#49Ernest155US #75
#50Albert151US #55
#51Lewis150US #118
#52Steven149US #24
#53Gerald147US #28
#54Calvin144US #120
#55Curtis144US #99
#56Fred144US #56
#57Eugene138US #59
#58Herbert131US #104
#59Jack130US #37
#60Russell129US #69
#61Allen123US #73
#62Joe122US #43
#63Terry122US #26
#64Marvin120US #89
#65Bruce119US #29
#66Phillip117US #74
#67Charlie113US #145
#68Tommy112US #79
#69Barry111US #68
#70Eddie109US #80
#71Glenn109US #70
#72Leonard107US #71
#73Jesse106US #107
#74Ray106US #97
#75Norman104US #81
#76Bernard103US #100
#77Alvin98US #129
#78Andrew95US #82
#79Herman95US #150
#80Warren93US #108
#81Floyd92US #130
#82Leroy92US #98
#83Edwin91US #114
#84Stanley90US #67
#85Clyde89US #128
#86Frederick89US #78
#87Gregory89US #33
#88Steve89US #58
#89Alfred88US #96
#90Jackie88US #141
#91Cecil87US #165
#92Louis86US #64
#93Benjamin85US #144
#94Franklin85US #152
#95Philip82US #57
#96Claude81US #167
#97Vernon73US #134
#98Anthony71US #41
#99Linwood70
#100Freddie68US #153

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑38Steven#52
↑17Yvonne#75
↑16Calvin#54
↑15Stephen#27
↑14Cynthia#44
↑14Edwin#83
↑14Frederick#86
↑13Danny#25

Falling

↓24Alfred#89
↓23Edith#87
↓19Vivian#93
↓19Franklin#94
↓18Billy#45
↓16Thelma#77
↓16Bernard#76
↓16Claude#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.