Virginia · 1918

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,919
#2	Virginia	917
#3	Margaret	740
#4	Dorothy	697
#5	Helen	653
#6	Elizabeth	550
#7	Ruth	516
#8	Frances	513
#9	Mildred	478
#10	Louise	458
#11	Annie	407
#12	Ruby	365
#13	Gladys	332
#14	Alice	308
#15	Edith	308
#16	Evelyn	304
#17	Lucille	276
#18	Ethel	276
#19	Thelma	267
#20	Edna	259
#21	Hazel	253
#22	Lillian	240
#23	Martha	238
#24	Elsie	232
#25	Sarah	225
#26	Catherine	223
#27	Anna	219
#28	Marie	211
#29	Irene	199
#30	Emma	195
#31	Pauline	189
#32	Beatrice	189
#33	Lucy	188
#34	Katherine	183
#35	Nellie	176
#36	Florence	171
#37	Grace	167
#38	Doris	165
#39	Pearl	157
#40	Bessie	155
#41	Clara	155
#42	Bertha	155
#43	Eva	154
#44	Ella	153
#45	Myrtle	152
#46	Josephine	148
#47	Ida	147
#48	Mabel	146
#49	Julia	146
#50	Rosa	146
#51	Alma	136
#52	Lillie	136
#53	Fannie	132
#54	Gertrude	132
#55	Carrie	130
#56	Laura	124
#57	Minnie	121
#58	Ellen	121
#59	Nancy	121
#60	Willie	120
#61	Beulah	119
#62	Mattie	119
#63	Nannie	119
#64	Agnes	116
#65	Eleanor	113
#66	Hattie	113
#67	Lena	112
#68	Bernice	112
#69	Kathleen	111
#70	Viola	106
#71	Anne	98
#72	Christine	98
#73	Blanche	96
#74	Geneva	95
#75	Esther	95
#76	Vivian	93
#77	Lois	93
#78	Marion	92
#79	Ada	89
#80	Rachel	88
#81	Betty	87
#82	Marjorie	86
#83	Juanita	86
#84	Susie	85
#85	Estelle	84
#86	Mamie	84
#87	Eunice	83
#88	Ann	83
#89	Rebecca	82
#90	Georgia	82
#91	Cora	81
#92	Maggie	80
#93	Hilda	79
#94	Lula	78
#95	Jessie	78
#96	Mae	78
#97	Rose	77
#98	Charlotte	77
#99	Jane	75
#100	Lottie	73

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
Alease	21	8	0
Nannie	119	44	5
Lelia	50	18	3
Gracie	55	20	4
Kate	33	12	3
Virgie	61	22	5
Claudine	20	7	2
Georgie	28	10	2
Hallie	23	8	2
Cornelia	37	14	4
Sallie	66	24	7
Rosa	146	54	18

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.