Virginia · 1926

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1926, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,844
#2	Dorothy	875
#3	Virginia	768
#4	Margaret	676
#5	Helen	558
#6	Frances	530
#7	Mildred	473
#8	Ruth	435
#9	Elizabeth	406
#10	Doris	362
#11	Annie	350
#12	Evelyn	333
#13	Betty	327
#14	Ruby	312
#15	Gladys	296
#16	Thelma	296
#17	Alice	278
#18	Louise	277
#19	Edith	266
#20	Martha	260
#21	Edna	232
#22	Jean	230
#23	Lillian	229
#24	Hazel	224
#25	Anna	213
#26	Ethel	210
#27	Marie	205
#28	Lois	200
#29	Elsie	198
#30	Catherine	197
#31	Nancy	197
#32	Lucille	194
#33	Sarah	187
#34	Pauline	183
#35	Irene	177
#36	Shirley	164
#37	Audrey	149
#38	Lucy	148
#39	Emma	148
#40	Rosa	145
#41	Florence	142
#42	Bernice	139
#43	Eva	135
#44	Katherine	133
#45	Myrtle	126
#46	June	125
#47	Beatrice	124
#48	Bessie	122
#49	Juanita	122
#50	Alma	121
#51	Gloria	116
#52	Barbara	116
#53	Ann	114
#54	Ida	113
#55	Vivian	113
#56	Julia	112
#57	Nellie	111
#58	Mabel	110
#59	Grace	110
#60	Clara	108
#61	Charlotte	107
#62	Ella	106
#63	Josephine	105
#64	Nannie	105
#65	Mattie	105
#66	Pearl	104
#67	Christine	104
#68	Kathleen	103
#69	Laura	101
#70	Marjorie	100
#71	Bertha	99
#72	Gertrude	99
#73	Beulah	98
#74	Carrie	98
#75	Geraldine	97
#76	Marion	96
#77	Phyllis	96
#78	Anne	95
#79	Hattie	92
#80	Ellen	92
#81	Fannie	88
#82	Marian	87
#83	Willie	87
#84	Eleanor	86
#85	Jane	86
#86	Lillie	85
#87	Minnie	83
#88	Joyce	82
#89	Hilda	80
#90	Geneva	78
#91	Viola	78
#92	Rose	78
#93	Eunice	76
#94	Norma	76
#95	Violet	74
#96	Rebecca	74
#97	Peggy	71
#98	Susie	71
#99	Mamie	70
#100	Ada	69

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	105	40	4
Gracie	54	21	4
Lelia	28	11	2
Queen	22	8	2
Hester	22	8	2
Sallie	52	20	6
Maude	29	11	3
Georgie	20	8	2
Eliza	23	9	3
Virgie	31	12	4
Corine	24	9	3
Rosa	145	56	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.