Popular baby names in Virginia, 1910

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1910 were Mary for girls (848 babies) and James for boys (461). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,862 babies born in Virginia in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nannie: 66 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bettie: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Virgie: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lelia: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hallie: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gracie: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Rebecca: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virginia: 270 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elnora: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Susie: 71 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 21 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Percy: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emmett: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Charlie: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luther: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lewis: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Norman: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cecil: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Allen: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	848	1
2	Virginia	270	29
3	Elizabeth	254	7
4	Ruth	218	5
5	Margaret	209	3
6	Helen	185	2
7	Annie	181	19
8	Ethel	172	13
9	Louise	168	20
10	Frances	160	11
11	Gladys	152	15
12	Lillian	131	14
13	Dorothy	130	4
14	Alice	129	10
15	Martha	124	28
16	Bessie	118	37
17	Elsie	115	44
18	Ruby	114	27
19	Mildred	108	8
20	Thelma	108	25
21	Marie	106	9
22	Bertha	99	33
23	Edna	99	18
24	Evelyn	99	17
25	Lucille	97	31
26	Grace	96	23
27	Lucy	94	75
28	Anna	93	6
29	Nellie	92	51
30	Viola	90	48
31	Emma	89	34
32	Carrie	85	70
33	Hazel	83	24
34	Sarah	83	40
35	Irene	82	21
36	Mabel	81	46
37	Eva	79	45
38	Lillie	77	54
39	Rosa	77	83
40	Hattie	76	73
41	Gertrude	74	26
42	Myrtle	74	43
43	Beatrice	72	36
44	Edith	72	35
45	Florence	72	12
46	Ida	72	47
47	Mamie	72	86
48	Minnie	71	50
49	Pearl	71	39
50	Susie	71	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	461	2
2	William	381	3
3	John	342	1
4	Robert	228	4
5	George	198	5
6	Charles	159	7
7	Thomas	129	12
8	Edward	109	9
9	Joseph	108	6
10	Willie	105	11
11	Henry	95	10
12	Frank	75	8
13	Charlie	72	34
14	Walter	72	13
15	Clarence	68	20
16	Richard	64	21
17	Harry	60	16
18	Raymond	58	19
19	Roy	55	29
20	Albert	54	14
21	Samuel	51	32
22	Paul	49	15
23	Arthur	48	17
24	Howard	47	27
25	Ernest	41	31
26	Fred	37	22
27	Herman	35	52
28	David	34	30
29	Jack	33	23
30	Ralph	33	28
31	Lewis	31	65
32	Norman	30	63
33	Herbert	29	41
34	Theodore	29	54
35	Russell	28	58
36	Cecil	26	77
37	Leonard	25	46
38	Alfred	24	38
39	Eddie	24	59
40	Jessie	24	72
41	Benjamin	23	70
42	Carl	23	26
43	Floyd	23	55
44	Luther	23	87
45	Claude	22	78
46	Daniel	22	53
47	Louis	22	24
48	Earl	21	33
49	Eugene	21	39
50	Lawrence	21	35

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