Virginia · 1923

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,020
#2	Dorothy	912
#3	Margaret	845
#4	Virginia	824
#5	Helen	667
#6	Elizabeth	534
#7	Ruth	532
#8	Frances	514
#9	Mildred	494
#10	Louise	398
#11	Annie	360
#12	Evelyn	353
#13	Ruby	348
#14	Alice	325
#15	Gladys	322
#16	Thelma	321
#17	Doris	315
#18	Edith	295
#19	Martha	293
#20	Hazel	277
#21	Lillian	268
#22	Edna	258
#23	Marie	231
#24	Pauline	228
#25	Lucille	226
#26	Anna	223
#27	Irene	223
#28	Ethel	221
#29	Sarah	207
#30	Elsie	198
#31	Lois	197
#32	Catherine	197
#33	Betty	187
#34	Florence	176
#35	Emma	174
#36	Katherine	172
#37	Nancy	168
#38	Clara	157
#39	Bernice	155
#40	Jean	154
#41	Grace	150
#42	Rosa	148
#43	Mabel	148
#44	Nellie	148
#45	Bessie	145
#46	Lucy	144
#47	Bertha	144
#48	Juanita	142
#49	Lillie	142
#50	Audrey	139
#51	Pearl	138
#52	Eva	138
#53	Beatrice	136
#54	Myrtle	136
#55	Ella	132
#56	Fannie	131
#57	Ida	126
#58	Marjorie	125
#59	Julia	124
#60	Laura	122
#61	Ann	121
#62	Mattie	121
#63	Kathleen	116
#64	Marion	116
#65	Agnes	116
#66	Vivian	112
#67	Nannie	111
#68	Shirley	111
#69	Viola	111
#70	Carrie	110
#71	Anne	109
#72	Christine	109
#73	Josephine	106
#74	Minnie	102
#75	Alma	101
#76	Charlotte	100
#77	Violet	99
#78	Beulah	97
#79	Hattie	95
#80	Lena	94
#81	Blanche	93
#82	Mamie	93
#83	June	92
#84	Eleanor	92
#85	Jessie	91
#86	Geneva	90
#87	Norma	87
#88	Jane	86
#89	Phyllis	85
#90	Rose	85
#91	Rebecca	85
#92	Mae	84
#93	Ellen	83
#94	Willie	83
#95	Marian	82
#96	Georgia	81
#97	Cora	80
#98	Ada	80
#99	Margie	77
#100	Gertrude	77

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	22	8	0
Nannie	111	39	5
Lelia	36	13	2
Adell	20	7	2
Sallie	72	25	7
Virgie	46	16	4
Gracie	45	16	4
Maude	39	14	4
Fannie	131	46	15
Rosa	148	52	17
Janie	49	17	6
Eliza	23	8	3

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.