Popular baby names in Virginia, 1915

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,576 babies) and James for boys (1,323). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,038 babies born in Virginia in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1915

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

Girls

Alease: 17 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Nannie: 118 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lelia: 49 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maxie: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Georgie: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Vergie: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ocie: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gracie: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alpha: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hallie: 24 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 53 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Hunter: 17 babies, 16× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Graham: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Junius: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 55 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Garland: 45 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Beverly: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Stuart: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Randolph: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,576	–	1
2	Virginia	753	–	12
3	Margaret	565	–	4
4	Elizabeth	531	–	8
5	Dorothy	517	↑1	3
6	Helen	470	↓1	2
7	Ruth	440	–	5
8	Louise	400	–	18
9	Annie	370	–	36
10	Frances	367	–	9
11	Mildred	352	–	6
12	Alice	290	–	13
13	Evelyn	282	↑4	10
14	Ruby	271	↑1	24
15	Gladys	267	↓2	21
16	Edith	260	↑5	31
17	Thelma	236	↑1	30
18	Ethel	235	↓4	23
19	Lucille	234	↑12	29
20	Hazel	227	↓1	26
21	Lillian	227	↑1	15
22	Edna	226	↓6	20
23	Martha	189	↓3	25
24	Elsie	187	↑2	41
25	Bessie	184	↓2	57
26	Sarah	184	↓2	51
27	Florence	180	new	14
28	Nellie	177	↓1	63
29	Marie	176	↑1	11
30	Catherine	175	↓2	19
31	Anna	169	↓6	7
32	Emma	169	↓3	40
33	Lucy	163	↓1	79
34	Mabel	163	↑4	62
35	Grace	160	↓1	27
36	Beatrice	155	–	37
37	Clara	155	↑6	38
38	Irene	152	↑3	17
39	Pearl	151	↑1	56
40	Katherine	149	↑8	49
41	Pauline	146	↓2	32
42	Bertha	145	↓7	46
43	Ella	143	new	75
44	Gertrude	138	new	35
45	Laura	135	↑5	61
46	Eva	134	↓9	55
47	Myrtle	133	↓14	58
48	Julia	132	↓1	44
49	Carrie	129	new	>100
50	Rosa	123	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	1,323	–	3
2	William	1,210	–	2
3	John	984	–	1
4	Robert	749	–	4
5	Charles	570	↑1	7
6	George	552	↓1	6
7	Thomas	386	↑1	10
8	Joseph	340	↓1	5
9	Edward	312	–	8
10	Henry	304	–	14
11	Walter	289	↑1	11
12	Frank	265	↑1	9
13	Willie	216	↓2	30
14	Richard	209	↑1	15
15	Clarence	208	↑1	24
16	Harry	206	↓2	19
17	Raymond	184	↑2	16
18	Samuel	176	↑2	39
19	Roy	173	↓1	32
20	Charlie	163	↑1	75
21	Paul	159	↓4	13
22	Ernest	156	↑5	35
23	David	150	↑2	31
24	Howard	150	↓1	25
25	Arthur	141	↓3	18
26	Herbert	134	↑7	40
27	Albert	129	↓3	17
28	Ralph	122	↓2	21
29	Lewis	120	↑1	70
30	Carl	119	↑2	22
31	Earl	112	↑6	33
32	Harold	110	↑7	12
33	Fred	109	↓4	26
34	Herman	100	–	56
35	Claude	96	↓4	96
36	Andrew	93	↑5	46
37	Joe	92	↑3	38
38	Woodrow	91	↓3	83
39	Willard	90	new	58
40	Lawrence	89	↓12	37
41	Jesse	88	↑3	77
42	Russell	88	↓4	51
43	Clyde	86	↓1	63
44	Alfred	85	↓8	42
45	Jack	81	↓2	27
46	Floyd	79	↓1	59
47	Bernard	78	new	48
48	Eugene	77	↓2	41
49	Marvin	74	new	72
50	Melvin	73	↓1	60

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