Popular baby names in Virginia, 1914

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,265 babies) and James for boys (1,109). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,217 babies born in Virginia in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1914

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

Girls

Lelia: 50 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Nannie: 98 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ocie: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cassie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Virgie: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hallie: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gracie: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Florine: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sallie: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eliza: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 46 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Garnett: 26 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Junius: 22 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Randolph: 31 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Garland: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Stuart: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Silas: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Reginald: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Preston: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Moses: 22 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,265	–	1
2	Virginia	520	–	14
3	Margaret	417	↑1	4
4	Elizabeth	414	↓1	8
5	Helen	405	–	2
6	Dorothy	377	–	3
7	Ruth	329	–	5
8	Louise	318	–	17
9	Annie	272	–	33
10	Frances	265	↑2	9
11	Mildred	257	↑3	7
12	Alice	241	↑6	12
13	Gladys	227	↓3	20
14	Ethel	223	↓1	21
15	Ruby	219	↓4	24
16	Edna	214	↑5	19
17	Evelyn	212	↓1	11
18	Thelma	200	↓1	26
19	Hazel	196	↑1	29
20	Martha	183	↓5	27
21	Edith	178	↑4	31
22	Lillian	178	↓3	16
23	Bessie	174	↑5	55
24	Sarah	174	–	47
25	Anna	169	↓2	6
26	Elsie	155	↓4	46
27	Nellie	153	↑2	61
28	Catherine	151	↑11	18
29	Emma	147	↓2	39
30	Marie	147	↑1	10
31	Lucille	144	↓5	30
32	Lucy	144	↑1	73
33	Myrtle	143	↑1	60
34	Grace	141	↑1	25
35	Bertha	133	↑7	41
36	Beatrice	130	↑1	38
37	Eva	128	↑9	52
38	Mabel	124	↓8	58
39	Pauline	124	↓7	34
40	Pearl	123	–	56
41	Irene	121	↓3	22
42	Viola	115	↑2	57
43	Clara	114	↓2	37
44	Hattie	114	new	97
45	Mattie	110	new	78
46	Fannie	109	new	99
47	Julia	105	↓2	42
48	Katherine	105	↑1	48
49	Minnie	104	new	67
50	Laura	103	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	1,109	–	3
2	William	1,012	–	2
3	John	886	–	1
4	Robert	578	–	4
5	George	454	↑1	6
6	Charles	445	↓1	7
7	Joseph	313	↑1	5
8	Thomas	290	↓1	11
9	Edward	264	–	8
10	Henry	219	↑3	12
11	Willie	205	–	25
12	Walter	196	↓2	10
13	Frank	179	↑2	9
14	Harry	174	↑2	19
15	Richard	173	↓3	17
16	Clarence	153	↓2	22
17	Paul	146	↑6	13
18	Roy	131	↑6	32
19	Raymond	128	↑1	16
20	Samuel	127	↓2	36
21	Charlie	120	↓2	65
22	Arthur	117	↓1	18
23	Howard	111	↑2	26
24	Albert	103	↑3	15
25	David	101	↑5	29
26	Ralph	96	↑5	21
27	Ernest	88	↓5	38
28	Lawrence	86	↑6	35
29	Fred	84	↑8	28
30	Lewis	84	↑17	72
31	Claude	82	↓2	93
32	Carl	81	↑1	24
33	Herbert	80	↓7	42
34	Herman	78	↑1	51
35	Woodrow	76	↓18	71
36	Alfred	73	↑4	41
37	Earl	73	↓9	33
38	Russell	72	↓6	49
39	Harold	71	↓1	14
40	Joe	71	↑10	34
41	Andrew	70	–	44
42	Clyde	70	new	63
43	Jack	66	↓1	27
44	Jesse	66	↓1	82
45	Floyd	65	–	58
46	Eugene	61	↓10	43
47	Benjamin	59	↓1	70
48	Louis	57	↓9	20
49	Melvin	55	↓5	59
50	Oscar	53	new	77

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