Popular baby names in Virginia, 1918

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,919 babies) and James for boys (1,703). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,154 babies born in Virginia in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1918

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: 21 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Nannie: 119 babies, 8× the national rate
Vernell: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Lelia: 50 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gracie: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kate: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virgie: 61 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Claudine: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Georgie: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hallie: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Ashby: 19 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Linwood: 51 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Hunter: 18 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Garnett: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Junius: 26 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Randolph: 45 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lacy: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Garland: 52 babies, 6× the national rate
Raleigh: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Aubrey: 55 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,919	–	1
2	Virginia	917	–	7
3	Margaret	740	–	4
4	Dorothy	697	–	3
5	Helen	653	↑1	2
6	Elizabeth	550	↓1	9
7	Ruth	516	–	5
8	Frances	513	–	8
9	Mildred	478	↑1	6
10	Louise	458	↓1	18
11	Annie	407	–	36
12	Ruby	365	↑3	27
13	Gladys	332	↓1	22
14	Alice	308	–	13
15	Edith	308	↑2	30
16	Evelyn	304	–	11
17	Ethel	276	↑2	28
18	Lucille	276	↑4	29
19	Thelma	267	↓6	32
20	Edna	259	↑1	23
21	Hazel	253	↓1	33
22	Lillian	240	↓4	15
23	Martha	238	–	25
24	Elsie	232	↑2	49
25	Sarah	225	↓1	52
26	Catherine	223	↓1	20
27	Anna	219	–	10
28	Marie	211	↑1	12
29	Irene	199	↑2	16
30	Emma	195	↑7	46
31	Beatrice	189	↑10	40
32	Pauline	189	↑2	35
33	Lucy	188	↓5	90
34	Katherine	183	↓1	50
35	Nellie	176	↓3	65
36	Florence	171	↑2	14
37	Grace	167	↑2	31
38	Doris	165	new	19
39	Pearl	157	↑10	56
40	Bertha	155	↑3	51
41	Bessie	155	↓11	61
42	Clara	155	↓7	43
43	Eva	154	↓3	55
44	Ella	153	↑6	84
45	Myrtle	152	↓9	62
46	Josephine	148	new	24
47	Ida	147	↑1	57
48	Julia	146	↓3	48
49	Mabel	146	↓7	74
50	Rosa	146	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	James	1,703	–	3
2	William	1,492	–	2
3	John	1,216	–	1
4	Robert	984	–	4
5	Charles	668	↑1	5
6	George	663	↓1	6
7	Joseph	448	↑1	7
8	Thomas	448	↓1	10
9	Edward	358	–	8
10	Walter	319	–	11
11	Harry	302	↑5	20
12	Henry	300	↑1	16
13	Willie	283	↓1	29
14	Richard	281	↓3	12
15	Clarence	251	–	23
16	Frank	248	↓2	9
17	Raymond	229	↑3	15
18	Paul	225	–	14
19	Samuel	223	↓2	43
20	Charlie	212	↓1	70
21	Roy	205	↑2	32
22	Albert	185	↑3	19
23	Herbert	176	↑5	40
24	Ernest	169	↑3	37
25	Arthur	166	↓4	17
26	Howard	166	–	26
27	David	159	↑2	28
28	Earl	154	↓6	31
29	Ralph	147	↑2	22
30	Fred	133	↓6	33
31	Carl	131	↑2	25
32	Eugene	129	↑5	35
33	Jack	119	↑5	21
34	Harold	116	–	13
35	Lewis	116	↓5	74
36	Woodrow	110	↓1	58
37	Jesse	109	↑4	78
38	Russell	109	↑4	50
39	Herman	107	↑5	65
40	Clyde	104	↓1	67
41	Andrew	103	↑8	46
42	Elmer	103	new	44
43	Melvin	103	↑2	56
44	Lawrence	102	↓12	38
45	Bernard	99	new	47
46	Floyd	97	new	61
47	Claude	96	↓7	95
48	Alfred	90	↓12	42
49	Benjamin	88	↑1	79
50	Joe	88	↓2	34

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