Virginia · 1935

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1935, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,465
#2	Shirley	1,296
#3	Betty	1,028
#4	Barbara	695
#5	Dorothy	568
#6	Margaret	422
#7	Nancy	410
#8	Virginia	399
#9	Helen	361
#10	Doris	361
#11	Frances	348
#12	Joyce	319
#13	Peggy	293
#14	Elizabeth	273
#15	Jean	256
#16	Ruth	239
#17	Evelyn	239
#18	Mildred	230
#19	Alice	229
#20	Annie	225
#21	Ruby	222
#22	Patricia	217
#23	Martha	216
#24	Thelma	200
#25	Phyllis	190
#26	Lois	187
#27	Gladys	160
#28	Joan	158
#29	Ann	156
#30	Elsie	142
#31	Louise	141
#32	Anna	139
#33	Charlotte	137
#34	Sarah	134
#35	Hazel	133
#36	Catherine	131
#37	Norma	124
#38	Edith	118
#39	Edna	116
#40	Lillian	113
#41	Carolyn	111
#42	Emma	111
#43	Marie	110
#44	Gloria	108
#45	Clara	105
#46	Ethel	105
#47	Rosa	104
#48	Anne	103
#49	Ella	99
#50	June	99
#51	Geraldine	98
#52	Juanita	96
#53	Jane	96
#54	Audrey	94
#55	Janet	94
#56	Pauline	94
#57	Sylvia	93
#58	Patsy	91
#59	Loretta	87
#60	Laura	86
#61	Irene	85
#62	Delores	85
#63	Bernice	84
#64	Nellie	83
#65	Bessie	82
#66	Bertha	81
#67	Florence	79
#68	Lucille	78
#69	Eva	78
#70	Lillie	78
#71	Katherine	78
#72	Ellen	77
#73	Pearl	77
#74	Rose	76
#75	Vivian	76
#76	Rebecca	74
#77	Wilma	74
#78	Lucy	72
#79	Marjorie	72
#80	Eleanor	72
#81	Alma	71
#82	Willie	70
#83	Julia	70
#84	Josephine	70
#85	Ida	67
#86	Grace	67
#87	Margie	65
#88	Myrtle	63
#89	Christine	62
#90	Beatrice	61
#91	Carol	60
#92	Wanda	60
#93	Carrie	59
#94	Janice	59
#95	Bettie	58
#96	Jo	57
#97	Esther	56
#98	Beulah	54
#99	Marion	53
#100	Eunice	53

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	47	21	3
Lelia	23	10	2
Gracie	33	14	4
Goldie	27	12	3
Bettie	58	25	8
Elsie	142	62	20
Lottie	26	11	4
Rosa	104	45	15
Pearl	77	34	11
Sallie	38	17	6
Beulah	54	24	8
Virgie	20	9	3

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.