State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,802 Virginia births in 1953 across 1,085 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#85Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#71Vanessa#164 nationally
#75Lewis#155 nationally
#83Delores#156 nationally
#70Patsy#141 nationally
#98Mildred#166 nationally
#89Clyde#154 nationally
#95Donnie#156 nationally
#49Clarence#108 nationally
#53Calvin#111 nationally
#93Vivian#149 nationally
#96Floyd#152 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,539US #2
#2Deborah1,449US #3
#3Mary1,367US #1
#4Patricia1,293US #4
#5Brenda954US #18
#6Barbara915US #6
#7Susan768US #5
#8Nancy661US #8
#9Debra628US #7
#10Sandra605US #11
#11Sharon595US #15
#12Cynthia589US #12
#13Carolyn567US #25
#14Donna532US #13
#15Pamela516US #10
#16Karen498US #9
#17Elizabeth440US #21
#18Joyce424US #26
#19Betty422US #33
#20Margaret422US #20
#21Shirley414US #29
#22Wanda385US #57
#23Janet363US #19
#24Judy363US #27
#25Rebecca355US #24
#26Carol353US #16
#27Kathy353US #23
#28Diane342US #17
#29Gloria310US #38
#30Martha304US #41
#31Bonnie294US #45
#32Janice270US #22
#33Virginia257US #53
#34Phyllis253US #69
#35Peggy245US #44
#36Joan241US #37
#37Beverly237US #34
#38Dorothy230US #49
#39Frances230US #72
#40Catherine226US #35
#41Teresa215US #42
#42Jacqueline212US #58
#43Connie211US #47
#44Judith210US #30
#45Sheila209US #60
#46Cheryl204US #28
#47Katherine203US #63
#48Doris200US #87
#49Jo197US #54
#50Ann195US #46
#51Denise191US #31
#52Kathleen190US #14
#53Alice187US #73
#54Helen184US #65
#55Jane183US #43
#56Gail172US #39
#57Rita164US #64
#58Ruth159US #62
#59Vickie159US #79
#60Laura157US #51
#61Marilyn157US #36
#62Sarah157US #93
#63Cathy156US #56
#64Theresa155US #50
#65Charlotte151US #100
#66Anne146US #80
#67Christine144US #32
#68Kathryn144US #48
#69Evelyn140US #94
#70Patsy138US #141
#71Vanessa138US #164
#72Jean136US #52
#73Paula135US #40
#74Rose135US #59
#75Robin132US #66
#76Diana123US #55
#77Ellen123US #76
#78Sylvia121US #101
#79Sherry118US #70
#80Constance116US #95
#81Gwendolyn112US #112
#82Vicki112US #61
#83Delores109US #156
#84Darlene107US #75
#85Shelia107
#86Anita106US #89
#87Lois106US #91
#88Rhonda106US #85
#89Valerie106US #88
#90Julia98US #124
#91Marsha98US #83
#92Yvonne97US #104
#93Vivian95US #149
#94Juanita93US #133
#95Dianne92US #109
#96Angela91US #120
#97Glenda87US #105
#98Mildred87US #166
#99Norma83US #122
#100Suzanne82US #78

Boys

#1James2,236US #2
#2William1,879US #6
#3Robert1,790US #1
#4Michael1,696US #3
#5John1,660US #4
#6David1,544US #5
#7Charles1,116US #9
#8Richard1,058US #7
#9Thomas931US #8
#10Larry815US #18
#11Gary759US #10
#12Donald664US #14
#13Ronald646US #15
#14George601US #22
#15Joseph576US #13
#16Kenneth529US #17
#17Jerry479US #29
#18Steven469US #11
#19Stephen430US #21
#20Edward422US #23
#21Dennis420US #19
#22Paul404US #16
#23Roger372US #31
#24Mark360US #12
#25Daniel328US #20
#26Douglas297US #27
#27Raymond274US #34
#28Danny265US #41
#29Gregory249US #24
#30Walter238US #45
#31Wayne232US #40
#32Frank223US #33
#33Samuel223US #70
#34Carl218US #44
#35Terry216US #30
#36Ronnie211US #79
#37Anthony210US #32
#38Bruce205US #28
#39Lawrence205US #37
#40Roy205US #55
#41Timothy204US #26
#42Harold202US #56
#43Bobby187US #74
#44Jeffrey187US #25
#45Melvin185US #91
#46Ralph181US #59
#47Howard177US #77
#48Henry175US #54
#49Clarence170US #108
#50Ernest169US #87
#51Willie164US #49
#52Johnny162US #52
#53Calvin161US #111
#54Ricky161US #51
#55Earl159US #96
#56Gerald159US #42
#57Russell156US #71
#58Keith155US #47
#59Billy153US #65
#60Arthur151US #50
#61Allen148US #81
#62Harry148US #83
#63Barry147US #73
#64Curtis147US #86
#65Eugene146US #75
#66Glenn146US #67
#67Rodney144US #58
#68Marvin143US #94
#69Phillip143US #76
#70Stanley143US #62
#71Herbert141US #125
#72Randy136US #35
#73Steve127US #84
#74Jimmy122US #72
#75Lewis118US #155
#76Andrew116US #68
#77Bernard116US #119
#78Alan113US #43
#79Kevin109US #36
#80Jack108US #57
#81Philip108US #61
#82Patrick107US #39
#83Alfred102US #104
#84Benjamin102US #128
#85Albert101US #69
#86Jesse101US #114
#87Dale100US #48
#88Frederick99US #80
#89Clyde98US #154
#90Dwight98US #122
#91Norman97US #98
#92Randall97US #64
#93Fred94US #92
#94Alvin93US #140
#95Donnie92US #156
#96Floyd90US #152
#97Warren90US #124
#98Ray88US #115
#99Christopher87US #63
#100Leon87US #137

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑25Marilyn#61
↑22Jeffrey#44
↑21Rita#57
↑19Bernard#77
↑18Russell#57
↑16Laura#60
↑15Theresa#64
↑15Anthony#37

Falling

↓26Harry#62
↓26Alvin#94
↓19Gwendolyn#81
↓18Mildred#98
↓17Fred#93
↓16Lois#87
↓16Christopher#99
↓15Henry#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.