Virginia · 1924

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1924, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,075
#2	Dorothy	1,003
#3	Margaret	800
#4	Virginia	797
#5	Helen	650
#6	Ruth	549
#7	Frances	531
#8	Elizabeth	516
#9	Mildred	472
#10	Evelyn	392
#11	Annie	382
#12	Louise	371
#13	Alice	350
#14	Doris	346
#15	Ruby	343
#16	Thelma	325
#17	Edith	311
#18	Martha	304
#19	Gladys	290
#20	Hazel	274
#21	Anna	268
#22	Lillian	260
#23	Ethel	252
#24	Betty	241
#25	Pauline	234
#26	Marie	233
#27	Lucille	225
#28	Sarah	220
#29	Catherine	219
#30	Edna	218
#31	Elsie	216
#32	Irene	210
#33	Nancy	207
#34	Bessie	187
#35	Jean	187
#36	Katherine	172
#37	Lucy	171
#38	Emma	168
#39	Bernice	162
#40	Rosa	162
#41	Florence	161
#42	Bertha	154
#43	Audrey	154
#44	Lois	153
#45	Nellie	150
#46	Eva	147
#47	Juanita	145
#48	Beatrice	145
#49	Myrtle	141
#50	Mabel	140
#51	Clara	139
#52	Pearl	134
#53	Shirley	130
#54	Anne	127
#55	Josephine	127
#56	Ella	124
#57	Ann	123
#58	Julia	123
#59	Alma	122
#60	Grace	122
#61	Carrie	119
#62	Fannie	118
#63	Charlotte	118
#64	Ida	116
#65	Minnie	115
#66	Gertrude	115
#67	Marjorie	114
#68	Nannie	114
#69	Willie	113
#70	Laura	113
#71	Marion	113
#72	Mattie	110
#73	Viola	110
#74	Lillie	109
#75	Christine	109
#76	Kathleen	108
#77	Jane	103
#78	Hattie	101
#79	Vivian	100
#80	Ellen	98
#81	Geneva	91
#82	Esther	90
#83	Rebecca	89
#84	Mable	89
#85	Beulah	88
#86	Eleanor	88
#87	Agnes	87
#88	June	87
#89	Eunice	85
#90	Lena	83
#91	Geraldine	82
#92	Susie	82
#93	Georgia	82
#94	Stella	82
#95	Mamie	81
#96	Estelle	80
#97	Rachel	80
#98	Phyllis	79
#99	Norma	78
#100	Violet	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	27	9	0
Nannie	114	40	4
Lelia	35	12	2
Gracie	56	19	4
Kate	22	8	2
Georgie	28	10	2
Virgie	47	16	4
Maude	42	15	4
Rosa	162	56	17
Sallie	58	20	6
Eliza	26	9	3
Callie	22	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.