Popular baby names in Virginia, 1916

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1916 were Mary for girls (1,652 babies) and James for boys (1,401). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,723 babies born in Virginia in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1916

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

Girls

Gay: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Pattie: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Nannie: 96 babies, 7× the national rate
Lelia: 43 babies, 7× the national rate
Virgie: 54 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Georgie: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roxie: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gracie: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hester: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Janie: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Junious: 20 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Kyle: 22 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Linwood: 39 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Randolph: 50 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Junius: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Garland: 52 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lacy: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Major: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Moses: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	1,652	–	1
2	Virginia	804	–	10
3	Margaret	637	–	4
4	Helen	571	↑2	2
5	Elizabeth	556	↓1	8
6	Dorothy	545	↓1	3
7	Ruth	512	–	5
8	Frances	424	↑2	9
9	Louise	399	↓1	18
10	Mildred	350	↑1	6
11	Annie	331	↓2	36
12	Ruby	314	↑2	23
13	Evelyn	295	–	11
14	Edith	293	↑2	28
15	Thelma	284	↑2	29
16	Alice	281	↓4	13
17	Gladys	269	↓2	22
18	Hazel	263	↑2	31
19	Ethel	256	↓1	25
20	Edna	255	↑2	19
21	Martha	238	↑2	24
22	Lucille	224	↓3	30
23	Lillian	221	↓2	16
24	Elsie	215	–	48
25	Nellie	206	↑3	61
26	Sarah	204	–	52
27	Bessie	199	↓2	56
28	Pauline	187	↑13	33
29	Anna	186	↑2	7
30	Grace	185	↑5	26
31	Lucy	174	↑2	84
32	Marie	174	↓3	12
33	Katherine	173	↑7	51
34	Catherine	172	↓4	20
35	Mabel	171	↓1	65
36	Irene	170	↑2	17
37	Beatrice	159	↓1	38
38	Emma	159	↓6	41
39	Doris	151	new	32
40	Florence	151	↓13	14
41	Clara	148	↓4	39
42	Bertha	142	–	49
43	Ella	140	–	81
44	Myrtle	136	↑3	58
45	Pearl	136	↓6	57
46	Gertrude	132	↓2	35
47	Rosa	131	↑3	>100
48	Mattie	130	new	93
49	Alma	128	new	70
50	Julia	128	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	1,401	–	3
2	William	1,314	–	2
3	John	1,024	–	1
4	Robert	752	–	4
5	George	602	↑1	7
6	Charles	567	↓1	6
7	Thomas	400	–	10
8	Joseph	340	–	5
9	Edward	307	–	8
10	Walter	293	↑1	11
11	Henry	273	↓1	14
12	Harry	243	↑4	19
13	Frank	238	↓1	9
14	Willie	233	↓1	30
15	Richard	232	↓1	15
16	Clarence	206	↓1	24
17	Raymond	206	–	16
18	Paul	198	↑3	12
19	Samuel	182	↓1	41
20	Charlie	181	–	68
21	Roy	168	↓2	33
22	Arthur	165	↑3	18
23	Howard	147	↑1	25
24	Ernest	140	↓2	36
25	Albert	131	↑2	17
26	David	130	↓3	28
27	Ralph	130	↑1	21
28	Earl	125	↑3	32
29	Carl	114	↑1	23
30	Claude	111	↑5	93
31	Woodrow	107	↑7	64
32	Fred	106	↑1	29
33	Lewis	105	↓4	71
34	Harold	102	↓2	13
35	Herbert	102	↓9	40
36	Russell	102	↑6	51
37	Herman	100	↓3	56
38	Lawrence	97	↑2	38
39	Elmer	91	new	45
40	Louis	86	new	22
41	Jesse	85	–	77
42	Cecil	82	new	80
43	Clyde	81	–	62
44	Eugene	79	↑4	39
45	Melvin	79	↑5	57
46	Joe	78	↓9	35
47	Leonard	78	new	42
48	Norman	77	new	48
49	Floyd	75	↓3	60
50	Alfred	74	↓6	43

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