Virginia · 1928

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,698
#2	Dorothy	818
#3	Virginia	617
#4	Helen	569
#5	Margaret	563
#6	Betty	516
#7	Frances	473
#8	Ruth	437
#9	Mildred	407
#10	Elizabeth	380
#11	Doris	369
#12	Evelyn	319
#13	Annie	310
#14	Thelma	308
#15	Jean	291
#16	Ruby	279
#17	Alice	278
#18	Gladys	273
#19	Louise	244
#20	Martha	242
#21	Nancy	235
#22	Hazel	226
#23	Lois	218
#24	Anna	215
#25	Edith	213
#26	Barbara	208
#27	Edna	208
#28	Ethel	201
#29	Lillian	200
#30	Catherine	199
#31	Shirley	191
#32	Marie	187
#33	Emma	158
#34	Sarah	157
#35	Irene	155
#36	Pauline	152
#37	Lucille	152
#38	Elsie	151
#39	Bernice	151
#40	Audrey	145
#41	Juanita	144
#42	Joyce	143
#43	Nellie	129
#44	Ann	128
#45	Bertha	125
#46	Rosa	124
#47	Lucy	122
#48	Katherine	122
#49	June	121
#50	Lillie	120
#51	Peggy	120
#52	Clara	120
#53	Florence	120
#54	Phyllis	119
#55	Bessie	116
#56	Myrtle	107
#57	Christine	106
#58	Eva	105
#59	Ella	103
#60	Marion	102
#61	Anne	101
#62	Marjorie	100
#63	Geraldine	100
#64	Grace	99
#65	Beatrice	99
#66	Carrie	98
#67	Charlotte	98
#68	Gloria	98
#69	Laura	97
#70	Geneva	96
#71	Ida	94
#72	Jane	92
#73	Ellen	92
#74	Rose	90
#75	Mattie	90
#76	Vivian	90
#77	Alma	89
#78	Kathleen	89
#79	Willie	87
#80	Mabel	87
#81	Norma	87
#82	Josephine	87
#83	Julia	86
#84	Viola	85
#85	Minnie	82
#86	Eleanor	82
#87	Beulah	80
#88	Gertrude	78
#89	Lena	78
#90	Marian	77
#91	Rebecca	75
#92	Fannie	75
#93	Pearl	74
#94	Hilda	72
#95	Hattie	71
#96	Margie	71
#97	Agnes	71
#98	Nannie	70
#99	Eunice	69
#100	Esther	66

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	23	9	0
Lelia	47	19	2
Nannie	70	28	4
Queen	34	14	2
Gracie	49	20	4
Virgie	42	17	4
Sallie	46	18	6
Rebecca	75	30	10
Cornelia	20	8	3
Rosa	124	50	17
Goldie	39	16	6
Carrie	98	39	14

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.