Virginia · 1942

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,620
#2	Barbara	1,160
#3	Betty	943
#4	Shirley	794
#5	Patricia	722
#6	Linda	644
#7	Carolyn	638
#8	Nancy	609
#9	Joyce	600
#10	Dorothy	481
#11	Margaret	473
#12	Sandra	451
#13	Brenda	407
#14	Frances	404
#15	Virginia	404
#16	Peggy	333
#17	Elizabeth	332
#18	Martha	322
#19	Doris	315
#20	Carol	307
#21	Phyllis	303
#22	Judith	300
#23	Helen	294
#24	Judy	288
#25	Gloria	283
#26	Ruth	249
#27	Alice	229
#28	Jean	228
#29	Joan	214
#30	Ann	208
#31	Evelyn	194
#32	Annie	186
#33	Mildred	182
#34	Patsy	177
#35	Lois	177
#36	Rebecca	174
#37	Janet	170
#38	Ruby	169
#39	Charlotte	168
#40	Janice	165
#41	Sarah	162
#42	Bonnie	153
#43	Norma	152
#44	Jane	141
#45	Juanita	140
#46	Gladys	137
#47	Wanda	137
#48	Edith	137
#49	Catherine	132
#50	Louise	131
#51	Sylvia	131
#52	Thelma	127
#53	Anna	119
#54	Anne	117
#55	Delores	117
#56	Edna	116
#57	Marie	113
#58	Donna	110
#59	Carole	108
#60	Rosa	107
#61	Susan	104
#62	Hazel	99
#63	Lillian	96
#64	Ellen	95
#65	Geraldine	94
#66	Eleanor	93
#67	Emma	93
#68	Audrey	92
#69	Rose	92
#70	Ethel	87
#71	Beverly	86
#72	Loretta	85
#73	Lucy	83
#74	Julia	83
#75	Sharon	82
#76	Vivian	81
#77	Katherine	81
#78	Elsie	78
#79	Jo	77
#80	Clara	77
#81	Christine	76
#82	Rachel	75
#83	Florence	75
#84	Josephine	73
#85	Laura	73
#86	Wilma	73
#87	Diane	72
#88	Ella	72
#89	Bertha	72
#90	Sue	72
#91	Shelby	71
#92	Margie	71
#93	Bernice	70
#94	Irene	68
#95	Lillie	68
#96	Jeanette	67
#97	Lucille	67
#98	Pauline	66
#99	Alma	66
#100	Jacqueline	65

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	29	10	1
Shelby	71	24	4
Gracie	34	12	3
Beulah	39	13	4
Bettie	50	17	5
Rosa	107	37	12
Lottie	20	7	2
Gladys	137	47	16
Lucy	83	28	10
Hilda	48	16	6
Blanche	29	10	4
Mable	33	11	4

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.