State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,560 Virginia births in 1949 across 1,017 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#90Hazeloutside the national top 200
#69Thelma#172 nationally
#86Gladys#178 nationally
#94Ella#177 nationally
#89Randolph#171 nationally
#77Herman#157 nationally
#67Charlie#146 nationally
#82Rosa#155 nationally
#84Donnie#156 nationally
#63Lewis#132 nationally
#62Alvin#128 nationally
#98Ethel#164 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,202US #1
#2Mary1,600US #2
#3Brenda1,188US #13
#4Barbara1,058US #4
#5Patricia1,030US #3
#6Carolyn754US #17
#7Sandra745US #6
#8Betty656US #22
#9Shirley597US #18
#10Nancy593US #7
#11Susan521US #5
#12Joyce510US #26
#13Margaret507US #14
#14Sharon470US #10
#15Judy445US #20
#16Elizabeth398US #25
#17Donna384US #12
#18Deborah351US #15
#19Carol347US #8
#20Gloria337US #29
#21Peggy320US #38
#22Virginia311US #39
#23Martha304US #34
#24Dorothy302US #32
#25Judith298US #16
#26Bonnie293US #35
#27Wanda289US #56
#28Frances285US #49
#29Phyllis277US #50
#30Cynthia272US #27
#31Doris256US #69
#32Karen256US #11
#33Rebecca255US #40
#34Janet249US #23
#35Janice248US #24
#36Pamela238US #21
#37Diane237US #19
#38Helen224US #46
#39Alice214US #53
#40Joan214US #36
#41Ann203US #44
#42Beverly200US #31
#43Ruth184US #47
#44Catherine182US #37
#45Sarah181US #84
#46Patsy177US #106
#47Evelyn176US #80
#48Jean171US #45
#49Connie161US #43
#50Jane159US #41
#51Jacqueline157US #58
#52Charlotte153US #71
#53Katherine153US #59
#54Kathleen152US #9
#55Jo147US #60
#56Kathy145US #42
#57Sylvia145US #94
#58Cheryl137US #28
#59Rita137US #54
#60Lois133US #73
#61Ellen124US #64
#62Mildred123US #120
#63Christine122US #30
#64Juanita118US #107
#65Anne112US #86
#66Laura112US #65
#67Teresa109US #82
#68Diana108US #48
#69Thelma108US #172
#70Sheila106US #76
#71Gail103US #51
#72Gwendolyn103US #114
#73Kathryn100US #52
#74Ruby100US #123
#75Yvonne98US #109
#76Constance97US #83
#77Delores97US #126
#78Glenda96US #87
#79Sherry95US #68
#80Anna93US #91
#81Annie93US #103
#82Rosa90US #155
#83Marilyn89US #33
#84Rose89US #66
#85Norma87US #105
#86Gladys86US #178
#87Edna84US #142
#88Sue83US #88
#89Edith81US #145
#90Hazel81
#91Julia81US #112
#92Paula81US #55
#93Darlene80US #75
#94Ella80US #177
#95Dianne79US #85
#96Geraldine79US #90
#97Marie79US #67
#98Ethel78US #164
#99Lillian76US #153
#100Elaine75US #57

Boys

#1James2,321US #1
#2William1,838US #4
#3Robert1,722US #2
#4John1,531US #3
#5Charles1,160US #9
#6David1,080US #6
#7Larry909US #10
#8Thomas899US #8
#9Michael825US #5
#10Richard801US #7
#11Donald633US #13
#12Ronald622US #11
#13George613US #18
#14Joseph537US #14
#15Jerry492US #23
#16Kenneth465US #15
#17Gary457US #12
#18Edward441US #21
#19Roger410US #25
#20Paul344US #17
#21Stephen342US #19
#22Dennis265US #16
#23Wayne256US #35
#24Raymond254US #30
#25Walter248US #37
#26Harold237US #42
#27Danny234US #40
#28Ronnie224US #65
#29Roy224US #51
#30Steven216US #20
#31Henry215US #46
#32Frank207US #27
#33Carl204US #43
#34Douglas204US #29
#35Harry204US #59
#36Daniel201US #22
#37Lawrence201US #32
#38Ralph201US #50
#39Samuel200US #62
#40Willie195US #41
#41Bobby189US #67
#42Howard185US #63
#43Gerald175US #33
#44Clarence171US #94
#45Melvin169US #82
#46Billy166US #57
#47Arthur160US #44
#48Ernest155US #76
#49Earl154US #91
#50Terry153US #28
#51Johnny150US #49
#52Bruce145US #26
#53Phillip137US #66
#54Barry136US #73
#55Calvin135US #112
#56Curtis135US #97
#57Eugene134US #58
#58Gregory134US #31
#59Allen130US #71
#60Herbert129US #107
#61Marvin127US #89
#62Alvin125US #128
#63Lewis124US #132
#64Glenn122US #61
#65Fred121US #72
#66Albert119US #56
#67Charlie116US #146
#68Bernard115US #111
#69Jack114US #47
#70Jimmy113US #53
#71Russell108US #69
#72Mark107US #24
#73Joe105US #52
#74Andrew100US #75
#75Clyde99US #131
#76Eddie99US #80
#77Herman99US #157
#78Norman93US #90
#79Stanley92US #60
#80Warren92US #115
#81Frederick91US #70
#82Tommy91US #84
#83Alfred89US #96
#84Donnie89US #156
#85Anthony88US #36
#86Leroy87US #101
#87Steve85US #68
#88Floyd84US #133
#89Randolph84US #171
#90Louis83US #64
#91Benjamin81US #135
#92Jesse81US #110
#93Leonard81US #74
#94Philip81US #55
#95Ray81US #109
#96Timothy81US #34
#97Theodore79US #100
#98Vernon76US #141
#99Leon74US #121
#100Lonnie73US #134

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑27Steven#30
↑22Kathryn#73
↑21Charlie#67
↑18Glenda#78
↑17Christine#63
↑15Deborah#18
↑15Yvonne#75
↑14Gail#71

Falling

↓30Marie#97
↓23Jimmy#70
↓19Annie#81
↓19Rose#84
↓17Delores#77
↓14Norma#85
↓13Leon#99
↓11Alice#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.