Virginia · 1917

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,783
#2	Virginia	819
#3	Margaret	694
#4	Dorothy	615
#5	Elizabeth	565
#6	Helen	559
#7	Ruth	489
#8	Frances	421
#9	Louise	397
#10	Mildred	389
#11	Annie	378
#12	Gladys	300
#13	Thelma	299
#14	Alice	295
#15	Ruby	294
#16	Evelyn	292
#17	Edith	275
#18	Lillian	267
#19	Ethel	260
#20	Hazel	259
#21	Edna	254
#22	Lucille	236
#23	Martha	235
#24	Sarah	208
#25	Catherine	196
#26	Elsie	194
#27	Anna	191
#28	Lucy	191
#29	Marie	184
#30	Bessie	181
#31	Irene	181
#32	Nellie	172
#33	Pauline	168
#34	Katherine	168
#35	Clara	160
#36	Myrtle	160
#37	Emma	157
#38	Florence	156
#39	Grace	156
#40	Eva	148
#41	Mabel	145
#42	Beatrice	145
#43	Bertha	144
#44	Laura	144
#45	Julia	137
#46	Rosa	135
#47	Alma	133
#48	Pearl	132
#49	Ida	132
#50	Gertrude	126
#51	Ella	126
#52	Carrie	123
#53	Mattie	122
#54	Hattie	120
#55	Doris	119
#56	Nannie	116
#57	Lois	114
#58	Minnie	113
#59	Viola	107
#60	Lillie	106
#61	Eleanor	106
#62	Nancy	104
#63	Josephine	104
#64	Willie	103
#65	Bernice	102
#66	Lena	100
#67	Beulah	100
#68	Fannie	97
#69	Kathleen	97
#70	Blanche	91
#71	Daisy	89
#72	Ellen	89
#73	Mamie	88
#74	Betty	85
#75	Georgia	84
#76	Jessie	83
#77	Anne	83
#78	Ada	83
#79	Susie	82
#80	Hilda	81
#81	Agnes	80
#82	Vivian	79
#83	Maggie	77
#84	Rose	77
#85	Geneva	76
#86	Marion	75
#87	Esther	75
#88	Ann	73
#89	Lula	72
#90	Violet	72
#91	Charlotte	72
#92	Inez	72
#93	Jane	71
#94	Mae	69
#95	Rebecca	69
#96	Emily	69
#97	Eunice	68
#98	Christine	67
#99	Dora	66
#100	Rachel	64

Uniquely popular in Virginia

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Nannie	116	46	6
Lelia	43	17	3
Gracie	52	21	4
Virgie	53	21	5
Eliza	33	13	3
Roxie	23	9	2
Hallie	21	8	2
Maude	58	23	7
Polly	21	8	2
Olivia	37	15	4
Sallie	60	24	7
Rosa	135	54	17

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.