State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,986 Virginia births in 1950 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Thelma#187 nationally
#76Randolph#162 nationally
#100Gladys#182 nationally
#72Charlie#151 nationally
#46Patsy#117 nationally
#67Mildred#135 nationally
#64Delores#129 nationally
#93Audrey#158 nationally
#81Floyd#143 nationally
#88Donnie#150 nationally
#97Herman#159 nationally
#71Lewis#132 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,910US #1
#2Mary1,448US #2
#3Brenda1,133US #14
#4Patricia1,106US #3
#5Barbara909US #4
#6Sandra751US #8
#7Carolyn662US #20
#8Nancy627US #6
#9Deborah613US #7
#10Betty582US #26
#11Sharon533US #11
#12Shirley528US #19
#13Susan512US #5
#14Joyce475US #27
#15Margaret434US #15
#16Donna427US #13
#17Judy427US #25
#18Elizabeth415US #24
#19Carol378US #9
#20Gloria360US #30
#21Wanda326US #52
#22Janet318US #18
#23Martha307US #32
#24Rebecca288US #36
#25Bonnie287US #33
#26Peggy284US #41
#27Cynthia281US #23
#28Janice280US #22
#29Dorothy276US #35
#30Pamela272US #17
#31Virginia268US #43
#32Frances259US #51
#33Phyllis257US #53
#34Karen255US #12
#35Judith251US #21
#36Diane234US #16
#37Alice206US #57
#38Helen201US #50
#39Catherine199US #34
#40Doris194US #74
#41Ruth193US #49
#42Ann187US #45
#43Joan186US #40
#44Beverly184US #31
#45Jane169US #39
#46Patsy163US #117
#47Jean157US #48
#48Connie156US #44
#49Charlotte153US #80
#50Kathy153US #38
#51Sarah150US #88
#52Jo147US #64
#53Jacqueline144US #55
#54Cheryl143US #29
#55Kathleen136US #10
#56Lois134US #83
#57Katherine132US #58
#58Evelyn131US #86
#59Gail129US #42
#60Sheila126US #70
#61Rita125US #56
#62Rose122US #69
#63Juanita121US #115
#64Delores120US #129
#65Anne119US #84
#66Christine118US #28
#67Mildred117US #135
#68Sylvia117US #97
#69Laura113US #63
#70Sherry112US #62
#71Teresa109US #81
#72Diana107US #47
#73Yvonne107US #110
#74Ellen106US #66
#75Gwendolyn106US #113
#76Theresa106US #65
#77Glenda103US #87
#78Julia103US #119
#79Marilyn103US #37
#80Ruby102US #130
#81Kathryn93US #46
#82Constance91US #85
#83Anna90US #93
#84Cathy90US #75
#85Norma88US #104
#86Vivian86US #138
#87Sue85US #100
#88Annie84US #106
#89Debra83US #59
#90Suzanne83US #71
#91Dianne81US #90
#92Edith80US #150
#93Audrey79US #158
#94Marie79US #72
#95Thelma79US #187
#96Paula78US #54
#97Edna77US #157
#98Rosa76US #155
#99Sally76US #78
#100Gladys75US #182

Boys

#1James2,357US #1
#2William1,788US #6
#3Robert1,668US #2
#4John1,561US #3
#5Charles1,088US #9
#6Michael1,055US #4
#7David992US #5
#8Larry975US #11
#9Thomas878US #8
#10Richard806US #7
#11Ronald635US #12
#12Gary632US #10
#13George604US #20
#14Donald594US #14
#15Kenneth536US #15
#16Jerry506US #24
#17Joseph485US #13
#18Edward427US #22
#19Roger411US #27
#20Stephen382US #19
#21Dennis307US #17
#22Paul303US #18
#23Douglas265US #28
#24Raymond260US #31
#25Steven256US #16
#26Daniel250US #21
#27Wayne250US #35
#28Walter248US #40
#29Roy238US #51
#30Danny236US #39
#31Harry218US #61
#32Henry208US #47
#33Frank196US #29
#34Samuel188US #62
#35Gerald182US #34
#36Clarence181US #95
#37Carl180US #44
#38Willie178US #42
#39Bruce176US #26
#40Harold176US #45
#41Lawrence176US #33
#42Ronnie175US #76
#43Bobby171US #65
#44Ralph165US #52
#45Billy156US #57
#46Calvin156US #105
#47Gregory156US #25
#48Howard155US #63
#49Melvin155US #87
#50Johnny150US #50
#51Earl148US #92
#52Mark148US #23
#53Allen144US #71
#54Terry144US #30
#55Barry143US #74
#56Glenn139US #59
#57Herbert135US #112
#58Phillip131US #64
#59Arthur130US #46
#60Ernest126US #81
#61Jimmy126US #55
#62Albert123US #56
#63Russell123US #67
#64Curtis121US #97
#65Jack121US #48
#66Eugene116US #58
#67Anthony111US #36
#68Timothy108US #32
#69Marvin105US #93
#70Andrew103US #68
#71Lewis101US #132
#72Charlie99US #151
#73Leonard99US #77
#74Alfred98US #96
#75Eddie98US #89
#76Randolph98US #162
#77Frederick96US #75
#78Steve94US #83
#79Stanley93US #60
#80Christopher92US #72
#81Floyd90US #143
#82Philip90US #53
#83Randall90US #70
#84Alvin89US #121
#85Fred89US #84
#86Bernard87US #110
#87Norman87US #90
#88Donnie86US #150
#89Vernon86US #134
#90Jackie84US #140
#91Leon83US #119
#92Louis82US #66
#93Ray82US #111
#94Tommy82US #94
#95Jesse81US #114
#96Clyde80US #136
#97Herman79US #159
#98Franklin78US #153
#99Joe77US #54
#100Lloyd77US #127

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑28Timothy#68
↑22Rose#62
↑20Mark#52
↑20Leonard#73
↑18Anthony#67
↑13Delores#64
↑13Julia#78
↑13Bruce#39

Falling

↓26Thelma#95
↓26Joe#99
↓22Alvin#84
↓21Clyde#96
↓20Fred#85
↓20Herman#97
↓18Bernard#86
↓16Rosa#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.