State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,750 Virginia births in 1952 across 1,053 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#94Edith#183 nationally
#99Cecil#185 nationally
#80Mildred#159 nationally
#70Lewis#145 nationally
#81Randolph#154 nationally
#89Rosa#162 nationally
#89Charlie#161 nationally
#98Milton#169 nationally
#68Alvin#128 nationally
#82Vivian#142 nationally
#87Ruby#145 nationally
#72Patsy#128 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,662US #1
#2Mary1,384US #2
#3Deborah1,257US #4
#4Patricia1,231US #3
#5Brenda1,053US #15
#6Barbara963US #6
#7Sandra676US #10
#8Nancy665US #7
#9Susan664US #5
#10Carolyn640US #24
#11Sharon559US #14
#12Joyce524US #27
#13Donna497US #13
#14Betty493US #32
#15Elizabeth454US #22
#16Debra452US #9
#17Karen447US #8
#18Judy429US #26
#19Margaret421US #21
#20Shirley403US #28
#21Cynthia393US #18
#22Pamela378US #17
#23Rebecca367US #30
#24Carol365US #12
#25Janet349US #19
#26Wanda349US #54
#27Gloria344US #36
#28Diane316US #16
#29Bonnie315US #41
#30Martha295US #40
#31Janice294US #23
#32Dorothy273US #46
#33Phyllis267US #65
#34Kathy265US #29
#35Virginia256US #49
#36Peggy239US #43
#37Frances238US #67
#38Catherine235US #34
#39Joan226US #37
#40Ann217US #45
#41Judith217US #25
#42Katherine207US #59
#43Beverly204US #35
#44Jacqueline203US #58
#45Connie202US #44
#46Doris198US #83
#47Helen192US #63
#48Jo192US #55
#49Kathleen189US #11
#50Alice186US #69
#51Jane173US #42
#52Sheila173US #64
#53Ruth172US #57
#54Teresa172US #52
#55Christine170US #20
#56Denise162US #33
#57Cathy159US #56
#58Gail152US #39
#59Cheryl150US #31
#60Jean150US #50
#61Evelyn146US #90
#62Gwendolyn144US #114
#63Kathryn140US #48
#64Paula140US #47
#65Sarah140US #93
#66Vickie140US #76
#67Anne136US #79
#68Charlotte135US #89
#69Sylvia131US #99
#70Sherry129US #68
#71Lois128US #86
#72Patsy127US #128
#73Rose125US #62
#74Diana121US #51
#75Ellen120US #70
#76Laura119US #53
#77Vicki119US #61
#78Rita118US #66
#79Theresa115US #60
#80Mildred111US #159
#81Yvonne109US #103
#82Vivian108US #142
#83Glenda106US #97
#84Dianne100US #96
#85Marsha100US #75
#86Marilyn99US #38
#87Ruby98US #145
#88Darlene97US #77
#89Rosa96US #162
#90Constance95US #92
#91Valerie95US #87
#92Victoria95US #74
#93Jennifer93US #107
#94Edith91US #183
#95Anita90US #91
#96Delores90US #152
#97Julia87US #131
#98Norma85US #112
#99Rhonda85US #95
#100Juanita84US #125

Boys

#1James2,336US #1
#2William1,925US #6
#3Robert1,748US #2
#4John1,603US #3
#5Michael1,516US #4
#6David1,374US #5
#7Charles1,117US #9
#8Richard995US #7
#9Thomas920US #8
#10Larry899US #14
#11Gary756US #10
#12Donald680US #13
#13Ronald658US #15
#14George602US #22
#15Joseph557US #12
#16Kenneth540US #16
#17Edward449US #23
#18Jerry442US #26
#19Dennis421US #18
#20Stephen421US #21
#21Steven417US #11
#22Roger387US #30
#23Paul351US #19
#24Douglas307US #28
#25Daniel302US #20
#26Mark274US #17
#27Danny271US #40
#28Walter259US #44
#29Wayne251US #38
#30Raymond235US #33
#31Bruce226US #25
#32Samuel225US #67
#33Henry221US #50
#34Harold219US #51
#35Roy215US #55
#36Harry214US #75
#37Ronnie211US #82
#38Frank210US #32
#39Gregory201US #24
#40Willie200US #48
#41Terry194US #29
#42Bobby193US #77
#43Carl190US #45
#44Timothy186US #27
#45Lawrence185US #35
#46Howard180US #73
#47Melvin179US #91
#48Clarence176US #102
#49Ralph176US #56
#50Earl174US #98
#51Barry172US #69
#52Anthony168US #34
#53Curtis168US #86
#54Arthur158US #47
#55Billy155US #65
#56Gerald155US #39
#57Glenn149US #61
#58Allen147US #78
#59Stanley145US #58
#60Johnny144US #53
#61Keith142US #49
#62Ernest139US #87
#63Marvin139US #95
#64Herbert138US #115
#65Jack134US #52
#66Jeffrey131US #31
#67Calvin129US #108
#68Alvin121US #128
#69Jimmy121US #72
#70Lewis118US #145
#71Albert116US #66
#72Phillip115US #74
#73Andrew111US #68
#74Alan110US #42
#75Russell109US #70
#76Fred108US #90
#77Norman108US #96
#78Steve108US #85
#79Eugene107US #71
#80Randy105US #41
#81Randolph103US #154
#82Alfred102US #104
#83Christopher102US #57
#84Frederick100US #76
#85Dale99US #46
#86Warren98US #117
#87Jesse97US #112
#88Leonard97US #83
#89Charlie96US #161
#90Benjamin94US #122
#91Philip94US #60
#92Clyde93US #143
#93Randall93US #63
#94Joe92US #62
#95Vernon92US #137
#96Bernard91US #111
#97Louis91US #79
#98Milton91US #169
#99Cecil90US #185
#100Lloyd89US #130

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑21Cathy#57
↑18Randolph#81
↑16Jeffrey#66
↑15Timothy#44
↑15Alan#74
↑15Dale#85
↑14Debra#16
↑13Jo#48

Falling

↓24Lloyd#100
↓23Rita#78
↓20Clyde#92
↓19Delores#96
↓16Patsy#72
↓16Calvin#67
↓15Norma#98
↓14Phillip#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.