Popular baby names in Virginia, 1911

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1911 were Mary for girls (747 babies) and James for boys (506). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,432 babies born in Virginia in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1911

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: 65 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lelia: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Virgie: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Gracie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Corine: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sallie: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virginia: 291 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elnora: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Susie: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Percy: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clifton: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Charlie: 83 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Curtis: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rufus: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luther: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lewis: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
James: 506 babies, 2× the national rate
Claude: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	747	–	1
2	Virginia	291	–	26
3	Elizabeth	255	–	7
4	Margaret	252	↑1	3
5	Dorothy	197	↑8	4
6	Louise	184	↑3	19
7	Helen	182	↓1	2
8	Ruth	176	↓4	5
9	Gladys	160	↑2	18
10	Annie	156	↓3	24
11	Lillian	136	↑1	13
12	Thelma	136	↑8	27
13	Ethel	134	↓5	15
14	Alice	133	–	11
15	Frances	130	↓5	10
16	Ruby	128	↑2	22
17	Mildred	117	↑2	8
18	Martha	116	↓3	28
19	Hazel	114	↑14	25
20	Edna	113	↑3	17
21	Bessie	110	↓5	40
22	Elsie	108	↓5	41
23	Sarah	102	↑11	42
24	Anna	100	↑4	6
25	Nellie	99	↑4	54
26	Evelyn	96	↓2	16
27	Lucille	96	↓2	32
28	Catherine	95	new	20
29	Pearl	95	↑20	48
30	Bertha	94	↓8	36
31	Marie	94	↓10	9
32	Emma	92	↓1	35
33	Mabel	92	↑3	43
34	Eva	91	↑3	46
35	Grace	91	↓9	23
36	Lucy	89	↓9	77
37	Clara	87	new	33
38	Beatrice	83	↑5	37
39	Rosa	82	–	92
40	Minnie	80	↑8	52
41	Viola	77	↓11	47
42	Florence	76	↑3	12
43	Lillie	76	↓5	60
44	Edith	75	–	31
45	Carrie	72	↓13	78
46	Hattie	70	↓6	86
47	Myrtle	69	↓5	50
48	Susie	69	↑2	>100
49	Fannie	67	new	88
50	Katherine	67	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	James	506	–	3
2	William	494	–	2
3	John	370	–	1
4	Robert	226	–	5
5	George	209	–	4
6	Charles	183	–	7
7	Joseph	113	↑2	6
8	Thomas	104	↓1	10
9	Willie	102	↑1	14
10	Henry	96	↑1	11
11	Edward	94	↓3	9
12	Walter	92	↑2	12
13	Richard	86	↑3	20
14	Charlie	83	↓1	45
15	Frank	82	↓3	8
16	Clarence	77	↓1	23
17	Harry	69	–	13
18	Raymond	65	–	19
19	Samuel	62	↑2	30
20	Fred	59	↑6	22
21	Arthur	55	↑2	18
22	Howard	55	↑2	28
23	Roy	54	↓4	31
24	Ralph	50	↑6	24
25	Ernest	49	–	32
26	David	47	↑2	27
27	Albert	42	↓7	15
28	Paul	42	↓6	17
29	Herman	39	↓2	49
30	Herbert	38	↑3	41
31	Earl	36	↑17	34
32	Floyd	35	↑11	57
33	Joe	35	new	29
34	Lewis	35	↓3	66
35	Carl	33	↑7	26
36	Russell	32	↓1	55
37	Eugene	29	↑12	43
38	Lawrence	28	↑12	37
39	Jack	27	↓10	25
40	Benjamin	26	↑1	64
41	Andrew	25	new	42
42	Bernard	25	new	54
43	Harold	25	new	16
44	Claude	24	↑1	87
45	Curtis	23	new	>100
46	Jesse	23	new	72
47	Louis	23	–	21
48	Alfred	22	↓10	39
49	Edgar	22	new	83
50	Lee	22	new	67

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