NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Virginia · 1925

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1925, by official Social Security birth counts.

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RankNameBirths
#1 Mary 1,941
#2 Dorothy 906
#3 Virginia 775
#4 Margaret 762
#5 Helen 632
#6 Frances 515
#7 Ruth 503
#8 Elizabeth 502
#9 Mildred 452
#10 Doris 360
#11 Evelyn 343
#12 Annie 340
#13 Louise 338
#14 Thelma 332
#15 Gladys 324
#16 Ruby 319
#17 Betty 309
#18 Alice 306
#19 Edith 288
#20 Martha 259
#21 Hazel 256
#22 Lillian 254
#23 Catherine 253
#24 Ethel 229
#25 Lucille 227
#26 Anna 225
#27 Edna 213
#28 Elsie 210
#29 Marie 207
#30 Nancy 201
#31 Irene 199
#32 Jean 192
#33 Sarah 188
#34 Lois 186
#35 Pauline 178
#36 Bessie 170
#37 Lucy 168
#38 Emma 166
#39 Shirley 162
#40 Katherine 155
#41 Clara 154
#42 Rosa 151
#43 Florence 150
#44 Grace 145
#45 Bernice 144
#46 Bertha 137
#47 Nellie 133
#48 Julia 131
#49 Myrtle 131
#50 June 130
#51 Juanita 129
#52 Alma 128
#53 Lillie 128
#54 Marjorie 126
#55 Ann 125
#56 Kathleen 125
#57 Eva 121
#58 Beatrice 120
#59 Marion 119
#60 Nannie 119
#61 Mabel 118
#62 Gloria 115
#63 Josephine 114
#64 Ellen 113
#65 Ida 112
#66 Jane 112
#67 Agnes 108
#68 Viola 107
#69 Vivian 107
#70 Fannie 106
#71 Willie 106
#72 Audrey 105
#73 Mattie 104
#74 Pearl 103
#75 Barbara 103
#76 Anne 103
#77 Beulah 101
#78 Phyllis 100
#79 Christine 100
#80 Charlotte 97
#81 Geneva 96
#82 Gertrude 95
#83 Minnie 94
#84 Eleanor 94
#85 Rachel 93
#86 Geraldine 93
#87 Ella 92
#88 Hattie 91
#89 Laura 90
#90 Eunice 87
#91 Carrie 86
#92 Esther 84
#93 Rose 83
#94 Margie 82
#95 Rebecca 79
#96 Blanche 78
#97 Maggie 78
#98 Susie 76
#99 Jessie 74
#100 Violet 74

Uniquely popular in Virginia

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

NameBirthsPer 10k in statePer 10k nationwide
Alease 21 8 0
Nannie 119 43 4
Lelia 50 18 2
Novella 21 8 1
Eliza 29 10 3
Hester 28 10 3
Sallie 65 23 6
Gracie 45 16 5
Virgie 34 12 4
Cornelia 27 10 3
Rosa 151 54 18
Rebecca 79 28 10

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.