Popular baby names in Virginia, 1921

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1921 were Mary for girls (2,059 babies) and James for boys (1,902). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,324 babies born in Virginia in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1921

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

Girls

Pattie: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Nannie: 123 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lelia: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ocie: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gracie: 64 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Georgie: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Claudine: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lettie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Virgie: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Hallie: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Waverly: 16 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Junius: 36 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Linwood: 49 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Garnett: 21 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Randolph: 53 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Haywood: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Beverly: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Garland: 69 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Raleigh: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lacy: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	2,059	–	1
2	Virginia	988	–	6
3	Dorothy	868	↑1	2
4	Margaret	843	↓1	4
5	Helen	697	–	3
6	Ruth	603	↑1	5
7	Elizabeth	581	↓1	10
8	Frances	545	–	9
9	Mildred	529	–	7
10	Louise	444	–	22
11	Annie	434	–	36
12	Evelyn	398	↑1	12
13	Ruby	360	↓1	26
14	Gladys	341	–	24
15	Alice	338	↑4	15
16	Thelma	328	–	30
17	Ethel	312	–	32
18	Edith	305	↓3	33
19	Lillian	303	↑1	19
20	Lucille	302	↑3	31
21	Martha	297	↑1	21
22	Doris	276	↑6	13
23	Hazel	271	↓5	34
24	Edna	260	↓3	27
25	Sarah	247	↑1	54
26	Catherine	246	↓1	23
27	Marie	231	↓3	14
28	Anna	217	↓1	11
29	Irene	217	↑2	18
30	Pauline	215	–	37
31	Elsie	212	↓2	55
32	Lucy	190	↑4	93
33	Beatrice	188	↑8	41
34	Katherine	184	–	49
35	Florence	179	↑3	17
36	Bessie	175	↓1	75
37	Clara	174	↑10	45
38	Emma	173	↓6	52
39	Grace	163	↑1	35
40	Bernice	162	↑2	39
41	Bertha	162	↑5	59
42	Marjorie	161	new	16
43	Mabel	159	new	85
44	Rosa	159	↓5	>100
45	Pearl	157	↑5	65
46	Julia	155	new	58
47	Lillie	151	new	94
48	Nancy	151	↑1	87
49	Nellie	150	↓12	80
50	Eva	149	↓2	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	1,902	–	4
2	William	1,698	–	3
3	John	1,332	–	1
4	Robert	1,040	–	2
5	Charles	818	↑1	5
6	George	750	↓1	6
7	Thomas	515	–	11
8	Joseph	472	–	7
9	Edward	421	–	8
10	Richard	341	–	10
11	Walter	333	↑1	15
12	Henry	320	↓1	17
13	Willie	294	–	34
14	Warren	278	↑10	24
15	Harry	275	↑1	21
16	Clarence	271	↓2	28
17	Frank	269	↓2	9
18	Paul	233	↑4	14
19	Raymond	231	↓1	16
20	Samuel	231	↓3	44
21	Ralph	215	↑5	23
22	Howard	213	↑3	27
23	Roy	208	↓3	32
24	Arthur	207	↓5	19
25	David	195	↑6	25
26	Earl	190	↑3	31
27	Harold	177	↑3	12
28	Albert	170	–	20
29	Ernest	170	↓6	38
30	Herbert	168	↓3	42
31	Charlie	167	↓10	76
32	Fred	167	↑2	33
33	Lewis	165	–	71
34	Jack	155	↑3	18
35	Carl	151	↓3	30
36	Alfred	140	new	43
37	Russell	136	↑8	52
38	Lawrence	128	–	37
39	Claude	123	↑7	96
40	Melvin	122	↑1	53
41	Eugene	118	↓6	26
42	Andrew	115	new	51
43	Herman	110	↓7	64
44	Cecil	109	↓2	79
45	Jesse	109	↑2	77
46	Bernard	107	↓6	45
47	Joe	106	↑2	36
48	Leonard	102	↓9	39
49	Clyde	99	↑1	69
50	Elmer	98	↓7	48

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