Popular baby names in Virginia, 1924

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1924 were Mary for girls (2,075 babies) and James for boys (1,917). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,114 babies born in Virginia in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1924

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: 27 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Nannie: 114 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lelia: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Gracie: 56 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kate: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Georgie: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Virgie: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vernell: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maude: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Adell: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Waverly: 20 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Linwood: 60 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Junius: 41 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Hunter: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Randolph: 53 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lacy: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Garland: 56 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Raleigh: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 52 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Major: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	2,075	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,003	–	2
3	Margaret	800	–	5
4	Virginia	797	–	7
5	Helen	650	–	3
6	Ruth	549	↑1	6
7	Frances	531	↑1	10
8	Elizabeth	516	↓2	11
9	Mildred	472	–	8
10	Evelyn	392	↑2	12
11	Annie	382	–	32
12	Louise	371	↓2	24
13	Alice	350	↑1	15
14	Doris	346	↑3	9
15	Ruby	343	↓2	26
16	Thelma	325	–	33
17	Edith	311	↑1	36
18	Martha	304	↑1	21
19	Gladys	290	↓4	30
20	Hazel	274	–	42
21	Anna	268	↑5	13
22	Lillian	260	↓1	23
23	Ethel	252	↑5	39
24	Betty	241	↑9	4
25	Pauline	234	↓1	38
26	Marie	233	↓3	14
27	Lucille	225	↓2	37
28	Sarah	220	↑1	54
29	Catherine	219	↑2	27
30	Edna	218	↓8	31
31	Elsie	216	↓1	61
32	Irene	210	↓5	18
33	Nancy	207	↑4	69
34	Bessie	187	↑11	86
35	Jean	187	↑5	16
36	Katherine	172	–	59
37	Lucy	171	↑10	98
38	Emma	168	↓3	57
39	Bernice	162	–	47
40	Rosa	162	↑4	>100
41	Florence	161	↓7	20
42	Audrey	154	↑8	84
43	Bertha	154	↑3	65
44	Lois	153	↓12	22
45	Nellie	150	↓2	92
46	Eva	147	new	66
47	Beatrice	145	new	50
48	Juanita	145	–	48
49	Myrtle	141	new	89
50	Mabel	140	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	1,917	–	4
2	William	1,539	–	3
3	John	1,249	–	2
4	Robert	1,103	–	1
5	Charles	793	–	5
6	George	731	–	6
7	Thomas	516	–	11
8	Joseph	443	–	7
9	Edward	379	–	9
10	Walter	352	–	16
11	Richard	338	–	8
12	Frank	320	↑2	12
13	Henry	305	↓1	18
14	Harry	269	↑1	22
15	Willie	267	↑1	30
16	Paul	252	↑3	14
17	Raymond	251	–	15
18	Clarence	242	↓5	29
19	Calvin	232	↑20	44
20	Roy	226	–	31
21	David	214	–	24
22	Samuel	210	↓4	45
23	Howard	202	↓1	26
24	Ernest	196	↑5	37
25	Charlie	191	↑1	80
26	Ralph	191	↓2	23
27	Arthur	186	↑1	20
28	Harold	185	↓5	13
29	Earl	177	↓4	33
30	Herbert	159	↑3	41
31	Albert	153	↓4	21
32	Eugene	145	–	25
33	Lewis	144	↓2	77
34	Fred	139	↑4	32
35	Carl	136	↓5	27
36	Lawrence	136	↓1	36
37	Jack	132	↓1	17
38	Clyde	126	↑5	69
39	Claude	123	new	>100
40	Melvin	122	↑6	48
41	Kenneth	121	↑3	19
42	Russell	110	↑3	52
43	Herman	106	↓6	70
44	Joe	100	↓2	35
45	Luther	98	new	>100
46	Bernard	95	↓6	46
47	Lloyd	95	new	61
48	Andrew	93	↑2	56
49	Cecil	92	new	85
50	Ray	91	new	60

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