State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,774 Virginia births in 1951 across 1,065 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#81Thelma#189 nationally
#97Cecil#181 nationally
#80Rosa#160 nationally
#92Edith#165 nationally
#76Mildred#146 nationally
#98Audrey#168 nationally
#56Patsy#121 nationally
#71Lewis#135 nationally
#77Delores#141 nationally
#99Randolph#160 nationally
#72Clyde#132 nationally
#95Charlie#153 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,820US #1
#2Mary1,399US #2
#3Patricia1,263US #3
#4Brenda1,204US #14
#5Barbara983US #5
#6Deborah965US #4
#7Sandra736US #9
#8Nancy634US #7
#9Carolyn632US #22
#10Susan630US #6
#11Joyce523US #28
#12Sharon519US #13
#13Betty500US #29
#14Donna487US #12
#15Shirley450US #27
#16Margaret444US #17
#17Elizabeth427US #23
#18Karen407US #8
#19Judy402US #26
#20Carol365US #11
#21Wanda353US #52
#22Pamela345US #16
#23Rebecca339US #32
#24Cynthia337US #20
#25Peggy330US #40
#26Gloria309US #31
#27Virginia300US #47
#28Janet298US #19
#29Janice298US #21
#30Debra295US #18
#31Bonnie281US #37
#32Martha280US #38
#33Diane264US #15
#34Phyllis264US #57
#35Frances251US #59
#36Judith245US #25
#37Kathy241US #35
#38Dorothy240US #42
#39Alice230US #62
#40Doris206US #80
#41Catherine205US #34
#42Joan204US #39
#43Beverly202US #33
#44Katherine195US #55
#45Jacqueline179US #56
#46Ann173US #46
#47Jean173US #49
#48Gail169US #36
#49Helen169US #54
#50Kathleen169US #10
#51Jane162US #43
#52Cheryl160US #30
#53Connie159US #44
#54Ruth159US #53
#55Rita158US #61
#56Patsy154US #121
#57Christine152US #24
#58Sheila152US #69
#59Teresa149US #63
#60Charlotte147US #84
#61Jo144US #67
#62Anne138US #82
#63Kathryn131US #45
#64Sarah131US #91
#65Sylvia127US #97
#66Evelyn126US #88
#67Gwendolyn124US #112
#68Sherry123US #70
#69Rose122US #65
#70Ellen121US #68
#71Lois121US #85
#72Laura120US #60
#73Diana119US #50
#74Paula117US #51
#75Vickie117US #87
#76Mildred116US #146
#77Delores109US #141
#78Cathy106US #71
#79Constance102US #86
#80Rosa102US #160
#81Thelma102US #189
#82Theresa100US #64
#83Norma98US #107
#84Vicki96US #58
#85Vivian96US #138
#86Dianne95US #90
#87Juanita95US #126
#88Yvonne95US #101
#89Glenda90US #89
#90Anna89US #94
#91Loretta89US #135
#92Edith88US #165
#93Marsha87US #76
#94Marilyn85US #41
#95Annie83US #113
#96Victoria83US #81
#97Ruby80US #140
#98Audrey79US #168
#99Elaine79US #66
#100Regina77US #137

Boys

#1James2,267US #1
#2William1,821US #6
#3Robert1,725US #2
#4John1,661US #3
#5Michael1,256US #4
#6David1,106US #5
#7Charles1,088US #9
#8Larry1,012US #11
#9Thomas952US #8
#10Richard880US #7
#11Gary673US #10
#12George631US #22
#13Ronald625US #12
#14Donald620US #15
#15Kenneth542US #16
#16Joseph512US #14
#17Jerry447US #24
#18Edward444US #23
#19Roger419US #29
#20Dennis379US #17
#21Stephen367US #19
#22Paul339US #18
#23Steven330US #13
#24Douglas323US #27
#25Walter298US #42
#26Wayne276US #37
#27Danny256US #41
#28Raymond252US #32
#29Daniel247US #21
#30Mark215US #20
#31Samuel215US #67
#32Roy211US #52
#33Harold210US #46
#34Frank206US #31
#35Bruce205US #26
#36Ronnie204US #82
#37Bobby203US #77
#38Willie202US #45
#39Henry200US #47
#40Harry195US #70
#41Carl191US #43
#42Arthur186US #44
#43Clarence182US #98
#44Melvin179US #88
#45Lawrence178US #33
#46Ralph177US #51
#47Terry174US #30
#48Barry166US #71
#49Earl166US #95
#50Allen163US #72
#51Calvin159US #106
#52Gregory158US #25
#53Johnny153US #50
#54Ernest152US #83
#55Howard152US #74
#56Gerald146US #36
#57Herbert143US #112
#58Phillip143US #79
#59Timothy142US #28
#60Glenn139US #58
#61Anthony137US #34
#62Curtis132US #91
#63Jack132US #48
#64Marvin132US #96
#65Billy126US #64
#66Alvin123US #121
#67Albert122US #60
#68Russell122US #73
#69Stanley118US #54
#70Eugene115US #65
#71Lewis114US #135
#72Clyde112US #132
#73Steve110US #86
#74Andrew108US #69
#75Frederick104US #78
#76Lloyd104US #125
#77Philip102US #55
#78Jimmy101US #62
#79Jesse98US #115
#80Eddie97US #89
#81Christopher96US #61
#82Jeffrey94US #35
#83Norman94US #90
#84Bernard93US #107
#85Joe92US #57
#86Alfred89US #100
#87Leonard88US #80
#88Tommy88US #94
#89Alan87US #40
#90Warren85US #118
#91Edwin84US #119
#92Patrick84US #39
#93Randall84US #66
#94Benjamin83US #123
#95Charlie82US #153
#96Franklin82US #152
#97Cecil80US #181
#98Leroy80US #111
#99Randolph80US #160
#100Dale79US #49

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑59Debra#30
↑24Clyde#72
↑24Lloyd#76
↑22Paula#74
↑22Mark#30
↑18Kathryn#63
↑18Rosa#80
↑18Alvin#66

Falling

↓24Juanita#87
↓23Charlie#95
↓23Randolph#99
↓21Gerald#56
↓20Billy#65
↓17Ruby#97
↓17Jimmy#78
↓15Lois#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.