Virginia · 1934

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1934, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,540
#2	Betty	955
#3	Barbara	735
#4	Dorothy	627
#5	Shirley	565
#6	Margaret	450
#7	Nancy	400
#8	Virginia	385
#9	Doris	359
#10	Helen	358
#11	Frances	343
#12	Peggy	339
#13	Joyce	335
#14	Jean	297
#15	Elizabeth	288
#16	Ruth	287
#17	Mildred	263
#18	Evelyn	236
#19	Annie	226
#20	Alice	215
#21	Ruby	213
#22	Thelma	210
#23	Martha	209
#24	Patricia	195
#25	Lois	193
#26	Gladys	188
#27	Joan	178
#28	Ann	169
#29	Phyllis	163
#30	Louise	158
#31	Edna	151
#32	Catherine	147
#33	Anna	147
#34	Sarah	137
#35	Edith	136
#36	Hazel	133
#37	Norma	126
#38	Elsie	123
#39	Juanita	121
#40	Emma	121
#41	Charlotte	120
#42	Ethel	116
#43	Lillian	116
#44	Gloria	114
#45	Nellie	111
#46	Marie	111
#47	Rosa	109
#48	Carolyn	107
#49	June	105
#50	Audrey	105
#51	Lucy	104
#52	Christine	103
#53	Irene	100
#54	Eleanor	99
#55	Sylvia	98
#56	Clara	98
#57	Anne	97
#58	Patsy	94
#59	Pauline	92
#60	Janet	89
#61	Bernice	88
#62	Lucille	88
#63	Florence	87
#64	Ella	85
#65	Marjorie	84
#66	Eva	83
#67	Alma	82
#68	Geraldine	80
#69	Delores	78
#70	Vivian	78
#71	Ellen	76
#72	Bessie	76
#73	Laura	75
#74	Rose	75
#75	Jo	74
#76	Myrtle	74
#77	Josephine	73
#78	Jane	73
#79	Geneva	73
#80	Lillie	72
#81	Beatrice	71
#82	Mattie	71
#83	Carrie	70
#84	Margie	70
#85	Grace	70
#86	Julia	70
#87	Carol	68
#88	Katherine	68
#89	Marion	67
#90	Bertha	66
#91	Jacqueline	65
#92	Mabel	62
#93	Willie	62
#94	Beulah	61
#95	Rachel	59
#96	Pearl	59
#97	Ida	59
#98	Wilma	59
#99	Rebecca	57
#100	Loretta	57

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	50	22	3
Flossie	26	11	3
Gracie	37	16	4
Lottie	35	15	4
Mabel	62	27	8
Rosa	109	47	15
Estelle	40	17	6
Sallie	37	16	5
Beulah	61	27	9
Lucy	104	45	16
Elnora	20	9	3
Eula	47	20	7

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.