State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,440 Virginia births in 1948 across 977 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#93Faye#200 nationally
#64Thelma#163 nationally
#91Gladys#173 nationally
#98Ella#177 nationally
#68Herman#146 nationally
#94Cecil#166 nationally
#88Audrey#157 nationally
#100Claude#168 nationally
#63Lewis#130 nationally
#84Rosa#149 nationally
#97Donnie#162 nationally
#98Milton#160 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,307US #1
#2Mary1,487US #2
#3Barbara1,117US #3
#4Brenda1,061US #17
#5Patricia1,041US #4
#6Carolyn779US #14
#7Betty725US #18
#8Sandra698US #6
#9Nancy687US #7
#10Joyce590US #21
#11Shirley554US #20
#12Susan509US #5
#13Judy501US #16
#14Margaret495US #13
#15Carol404US #8
#16Sharon394US #9
#17Dorothy389US #29
#18Elizabeth383US #26
#19Gloria368US #28
#20Donna356US #11
#21Martha330US #32
#22Peggy318US #38
#23Frances314US #42
#24Phyllis313US #46
#25Virginia294US #36
#26Bonnie290US #34
#27Janice268US #23
#28Alice262US #49
#29Judith257US #15
#30Wanda256US #57
#31Cynthia254US #27
#32Janet253US #24
#33Deborah247US #30
#34Helen244US #40
#35Doris241US #64
#36Rebecca237US #50
#37Pamela215US #22
#38Joan212US #37
#39Diane210US #19
#40Ann207US #44
#41Ruth202US #45
#42Beverly193US #31
#43Evelyn193US #74
#44Jean189US #47
#45Karen186US #12
#46Jacqueline184US #58
#47Patsy180US #98
#48Catherine179US #41
#49Jane172US #39
#50Jo164US #56
#51Connie163US #43
#52Sarah157US #85
#53Cheryl155US #25
#54Lois155US #70
#55Charlotte145US #69
#56Kathleen141US #10
#57Sylvia137US #100
#58Anne132US #87
#59Ellen131US #67
#60Delores126US #116
#61Mildred125US #120
#62Annie124US #97
#63Juanita121US #107
#64Thelma117US #163
#65Rose115US #62
#66Katherine113US #68
#67Marie111US #60
#68Rita107US #59
#69Sheila107US #71
#70Theresa106US #63
#71Norma105US #103
#72Laura104US #73
#73Sherry103US #61
#74Diana102US #48
#75Vivian100US #126
#76Marilyn99US #33
#77Teresa99US #82
#78Ruby96US #114
#79Gwendolyn93US #124
#80Christine91US #35
#81Constance91US #93
#82Anna90US #89
#83Julia90US #118
#84Rosa89US #149
#85Gail86US #51
#86Edith85US #140
#87Geraldine84US #83
#88Audrey83US #157
#89Lillian83US #136
#90Yvonne82US #112
#91Gladys81US #173
#92Ethel79US #152
#93Faye79US #200
#94June77US #127
#95Kathryn77US #54
#96Glenda76US #92
#97Loretta76US #115
#98Ella75US #177
#99Sue75US #78
#100Lynda74US #84

Boys

#1James2,449US #1
#2William1,793US #4
#3Robert1,724US #2
#4John1,608US #3
#5Charles1,112US #9
#6David1,025US #5
#7Larry887US #11
#8Thomas820US #8
#9Richard807US #7
#10Michael731US #6
#11Ronald676US #10
#12George673US #16
#13Donald613US #14
#14Joseph524US #13
#15Kenneth480US #15
#16Jerry474US #21
#17Gary438US #12
#18Roger424US #24
#19Edward411US #19
#20Paul326US #18
#21Walter296US #35
#22Dennis287US #17
#23Stephen282US #20
#24Raymond266US #27
#25Wayne249US #34
#26Harry244US #57
#27Danny241US #39
#28Frank234US #25
#29Ronnie230US #59
#30Samuel229US #70
#31Harold226US #36
#32Henry220US #45
#33Willie219US #40
#34Carl217US #42
#35Roy214US #49
#36Bobby208US #62
#37Lawrence206US #31
#38Daniel205US #22
#39Ralph204US #51
#40Douglas200US #33
#41Clarence191US #87
#42Melvin182US #81
#43Billy172US #53
#44Earl168US #83
#45Johnny167US #52
#46Ernest163US #76
#47Jimmy163US #50
#48Howard161US #63
#49Arthur157US #44
#50Gerald156US #30
#51Terry144US #26
#52Allen140US #72
#53Herbert136US #103
#54Phillip135US #69
#55Glenn134US #73
#56Calvin133US #117
#57Steven133US #23
#58Barry131US #74
#59Bruce131US #28
#60Marvin124US #90
#61Jack122US #43
#62Albert120US #55
#63Lewis120US #130
#64Russell120US #67
#65Joe116US #47
#66Fred114US #66
#67Gregory113US #32
#68Herman113US #146
#69Bernard112US #107
#70Curtis112US #101
#71Eugene111US #61
#72Stanley110US #65
#73Warren108US #109
#74Eddie106US #78
#75Alvin105US #124
#76Alfred99US #96
#77Mark95US #29
#78Clyde94US #131
#79Tommy94US #79
#80Andrew93US #77
#81Jesse93US #108
#82Lloyd93US #118
#83Norman93US #85
#84Leonard91US #71
#85Philip91US #54
#86Leon90US #119
#87Floyd89US #134
#88Charlie88US #144
#89Leroy87US #97
#90Louis87US #64
#91Ray87US #100
#92Benjamin85US #139
#93Anthony84US #41
#94Cecil79US #166
#95Steve79US #60
#96Timothy77US #38
#97Donnie75US #162
#98Milton74US #160
#99Alan73US #46
#100Claude72US #168

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑52Deborah#33
↑20Gwendolyn#79
↑20Gregory#67
↑18Vivian#75
↑16Glenn#55
↑13Cynthia#31
↑13Thelma#64
↑13Alfred#76

Falling

↓21Charlie#88
↓19Geraldine#87
↓18Gail#85
↓18Gladys#91
↓18Sue#99
↓17Anna#82
↓17Ray#91
↓15Ruby#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.