Virginia · 1927

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,788
#2	Dorothy	859
#3	Virginia	663
#4	Margaret	634
#5	Helen	564
#6	Frances	486
#7	Ruth	444
#8	Betty	437
#9	Mildred	419
#10	Elizabeth	414
#11	Doris	378
#12	Evelyn	370
#13	Annie	334
#14	Thelma	315
#15	Ruby	312
#16	Alice	304
#17	Louise	294
#18	Gladys	270
#19	Jean	268
#20	Edith	237
#21	Martha	235
#22	Anna	224
#23	Sarah	222
#24	Edna	208
#25	Hazel	201
#26	Lillian	196
#27	Marie	187
#28	Shirley	184
#29	Nancy	183
#30	Lois	181
#31	Catherine	177
#32	Lucille	175
#33	Elsie	174
#34	Ethel	174
#35	Pauline	173
#36	Barbara	166
#37	Irene	158
#38	Emma	156
#39	Rosa	151
#40	Juanita	135
#41	Katherine	133
#42	Ann	132
#43	Bernice	132
#44	Audrey	128
#45	Clara	127
#46	Lucy	126
#47	Nellie	126
#48	Bessie	126
#49	Christine	126
#50	Grace	125
#51	Anne	124
#52	Josephine	124
#53	Eva	121
#54	Bertha	119
#55	Alma	118
#56	Vivian	116
#57	Charlotte	115
#58	Beulah	114
#59	Lillie	113
#60	Florence	112
#61	Myrtle	112
#62	Marjorie	111
#63	Marion	111
#64	Beatrice	110
#65	Laura	109
#66	June	109
#67	Phyllis	109
#68	Carrie	109
#69	Gloria	108
#70	Ida	104
#71	Joyce	104
#72	Mabel	103
#73	Ella	102
#74	Ellen	101
#75	Kathleen	100
#76	Pearl	100
#77	Jane	97
#78	Julia	95
#79	Mattie	91
#80	Eleanor	88
#81	Viola	87
#82	Marian	85
#83	Norma	84
#84	Willie	83
#85	Hattie	83
#86	Nannie	81
#87	Peggy	80
#88	Gertrude	78
#89	Geneva	78
#90	Margie	76
#91	Georgia	74
#92	Minnie	74
#93	Eunice	72
#94	Geraldine	71
#95	Fannie	70
#96	Rose	70
#97	Naomi	70
#98	Rachel	68
#99	Rebecca	67
#100	Lena	67

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	81	31	4
Kate	21	8	1
Lelia	30	12	2
Virgie	55	21	4
Georgie	26	10	2
Gracie	48	18	4
Cornelia	33	13	3
Maude	28	11	3
Flossie	33	13	4
Sallie	50	19	5
Corine	23	9	3
Rosa	151	58	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.