Popular baby names in Virginia, 1919

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,939 babies) and James for boys (1,722). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,221 babies born in Virginia in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1919

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: 29 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Pattie: 24 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Nannie: 118 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lelia: 50 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gracie: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hallie: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sallie: 86 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Virgie: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kate: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roxie: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Hunter: 20 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Lynwood: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Linwood: 38 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Junius: 24 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Garnett: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Eldridge: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Carson: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Randolph: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Garland: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mason: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,939	–	1
2	Virginia	827	–	7
3	Margaret	779	–	4
4	Dorothy	750	–	3
5	Helen	639	–	2
6	Elizabeth	610	–	8
7	Ruth	542	–	5
8	Frances	535	–	9
9	Mildred	435	–	6
10	Louise	408	–	20
11	Annie	394	–	35
12	Gladys	366	↑1	21
13	Thelma	346	↑6	31
14	Edith	339	↑1	29
15	Evelyn	329	↑1	11
16	Ruby	318	↓4	24
17	Alice	305	↓3	13
18	Martha	300	↑5	25
19	Ethel	291	↓2	28
20	Lillian	282	↑2	17
21	Hazel	276	–	32
22	Lucille	258	↓4	27
23	Edna	248	↓3	22
24	Sarah	246	↑1	46
25	Catherine	230	↑1	23
26	Anna	217	↑1	10
27	Elsie	213	↓3	47
28	Doris	207	↑10	18
29	Marie	197	↓1	12
30	Nellie	190	↑5	69
31	Pauline	180	↑1	36
32	Emma	175	↓2	45
33	Rosa	175	↑17	>100
34	Irene	173	↓5	16
35	Bertha	170	↑5	52
36	Bessie	170	↑5	59
37	Beatrice	167	↓6	41
38	Grace	167	↓1	34
39	Katherine	164	↓5	51
40	Lucy	164	↓7	91
41	Pearl	164	↓2	56
42	Clara	155	–	43
43	Julia	154	↑5	48
44	Bernice	151	new	42
45	Mabel	151	↑4	78
46	Myrtle	151	↓1	67
47	Florence	149	↓11	14
48	Eva	147	↓5	55
49	Nancy	146	new	100
50	Mattie	136	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	1,722	–	3
2	William	1,526	–	2
3	John	1,203	–	1
4	Robert	912	–	4
5	George	713	↑1	6
6	Charles	613	↓1	5
7	Thomas	508	↑1	10
8	Joseph	429	↓1	7
9	Edward	385	–	8
10	Walter	339	–	11
11	Henry	295	↑1	16
12	Richard	266	↑2	12
13	Clarence	260	↑2	25
14	Frank	258	↑2	9
15	Willie	249	↓2	23
16	Harry	237	↓5	20
17	Raymond	217	–	14
18	Charlie	216	↑2	66
19	Samuel	215	–	43
20	Roy	211	↑1	32
21	Paul	203	↓3	15
22	Howard	177	↑4	24
23	Herbert	174	–	40
24	Arthur	172	↑1	19
25	Ernest	165	↓1	36
26	David	163	↑1	27
27	Earl	163	↑1	31
28	Ralph	155	↑1	22
29	Harold	149	↑5	13
30	Herman	142	↑9	61
31	Albert	133	↓9	18
32	Carl	129	↓1	29
33	Fred	128	↓3	30
34	Lawrence	125	↑10	38
35	Lewis	121	–	74
36	Jack	117	↓3	21
37	Russell	116	↑1	50
38	Claude	111	↑9	92
39	Joe	109	↑11	35
40	Eugene	105	↓8	33
41	Louis	101	new	28
42	Jesse	100	↓5	77
43	Elmer	93	↓1	44
44	Floyd	93	↑2	59
45	Clyde	91	↓5	67
46	Andrew	88	↓5	47
47	Leroy	86	new	55
48	Alfred	85	–	42
49	Bernard	85	↓4	45
50	Marvin	85	new	63

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