Popular baby names in Virginia, 1925

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,941 babies) and James for boys (1,848). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,059 babies born in Virginia in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1925

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, 16.2× the national rate
Nannie: 119 babies, 10× the national rate
Lelia: 50 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Novella: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Odell: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hallie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Eliza: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hester: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sallie: 65 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gracie: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 53 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Garnett: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Junius: 31 babies, 10× the national rate
Randolph: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Haywood: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Aubrey: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Everette: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Garland: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Preston: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,941	–	1
2	Dorothy	906	–	2
3	Virginia	775	↑1	7
4	Margaret	762	↓1	5
5	Helen	632	–	4
6	Frances	515	↑1	11
7	Ruth	503	↓1	6
8	Elizabeth	502	–	10
9	Mildred	452	–	9
10	Doris	360	↑4	8
11	Evelyn	343	↓1	12
12	Annie	340	↓1	32
13	Louise	338	↓1	27
14	Thelma	332	↑2	35
15	Gladys	324	↑4	33
16	Ruby	319	↓1	30
17	Betty	309	↑7	3
18	Alice	306	↓5	15
19	Edith	288	↓2	42
20	Martha	259	↓2	23
21	Hazel	256	↓1	45
22	Lillian	254	–	25
23	Catherine	253	↑6	29
24	Ethel	229	↓1	43
25	Lucille	227	↑2	41
26	Anna	225	↓5	13
27	Edna	213	↑3	37
28	Elsie	210	↑3	63
29	Marie	207	↓3	16
30	Nancy	201	↑3	60
31	Irene	199	↑1	19
32	Jean	192	↑3	14
33	Sarah	188	↓5	58
34	Lois	186	↑10	18
35	Pauline	178	↓10	38
36	Bessie	170	↓2	87
37	Lucy	168	–	>100
38	Emma	166	–	57
39	Shirley	162	new	17
40	Katherine	155	↓4	61
41	Clara	154	new	55
42	Rosa	151	↓2	>100
43	Florence	150	↓2	24
44	Grace	145	new	44
45	Bernice	144	↓6	46
46	Bertha	137	↓3	74
47	Nellie	133	↓2	98
48	Julia	131	new	65
49	Myrtle	131	–	95
50	June	130	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	1,848	–	4
2	William	1,610	–	3
3	John	1,238	–	2
4	Robert	1,021	–	1
5	Charles	721	–	5
6	George	704	–	6
7	Thomas	489	–	11
8	Joseph	465	–	7
9	Edward	377	–	9
10	Richard	319	↑1	8
11	Walter	311	↓1	16
12	Henry	273	↑1	18
13	Clarence	257	↑5	30
14	Frank	257	↓2	12
15	Harry	256	↓1	23
16	Willie	249	↓1	27
17	Raymond	241	–	15
18	Paul	240	↓2	13
19	Harold	209	↑9	14
20	David	203	↑1	22
21	Howard	200	↑2	26
22	Arthur	197	↑5	20
23	Samuel	196	↓1	46
24	Calvin	195	↓5	47
25	Charlie	181	–	78
26	Earl	181	↑3	31
27	Roy	173	↓7	32
28	Ralph	165	↓2	25
29	Jack	162	↑8	17
30	Albert	158	↑1	21
31	Eugene	152	↑1	24
32	Ernest	151	↓8	37
33	Herbert	148	↓3	42
34	Carl	137	↑1	28
35	Fred	136	↓1	33
36	Lawrence	129	–	36
37	Herman	128	↑6	69
38	Russell	125	↑4	53
39	Lewis	122	↓6	79
40	Kenneth	121	↑1	19
41	Clyde	118	↓3	68
42	Alfred	111	new	43
43	Cecil	107	↑6	87
44	Louis	106	new	29
45	Floyd	104	new	58
46	Melvin	104	↓6	50
47	Andrew	100	↑1	56
48	Jesse	96	new	85
49	Marvin	94	new	51
50	Donald	93	new	10

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