Popular baby names in Virginia, 1926

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1926 were Mary for girls (1,844 babies) and James for boys (1,745). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,190 babies born in Virginia in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1926

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: 18 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Nannie: 105 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kate: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gracie: 54 babies, 5× the national rate
Lelia: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Queen: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hallie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hester: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sallie: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maude: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lynwood: 18 babies, 21× the national rate
Linwood: 51 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Hunter: 17 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Garnett: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Junius: 26 babies, 10× the national rate
Kyle: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Aubrey: 66 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mckinley: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Beverly: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Garland: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	1,844	–	1
2	Dorothy	875	–	2
3	Virginia	768	–	8
4	Margaret	676	–	5
5	Helen	558	–	4
6	Frances	530	–	10
7	Mildred	473	↑2	9
8	Ruth	435	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	406	↓1	11
10	Doris	362	–	7
11	Annie	350	↑1	34
12	Evelyn	333	↓1	13
13	Betty	327	↑4	3
14	Ruby	312	↑2	30
15	Gladys	296	–	35
16	Thelma	296	↓2	36
17	Alice	278	↑1	17
18	Louise	277	↓5	27
19	Edith	266	–	42
20	Martha	260	–	24
21	Edna	232	↑6	38
22	Jean	230	↑10	12
23	Lillian	229	↓1	28
24	Hazel	224	↓3	48
25	Anna	213	↑1	15
26	Ethel	210	↓2	41
27	Marie	205	↑2	18
28	Lois	200	↑6	19
29	Elsie	198	↓1	69
30	Catherine	197	↓7	31
31	Nancy	197	↓1	57
32	Lucille	194	↓7	43
33	Sarah	187	–	63
34	Pauline	183	↑1	39
35	Irene	177	↓4	21
36	Shirley	164	↑3	14
37	Audrey	149	new	60
38	Emma	148	–	59
39	Lucy	148	↓2	>100
40	Rosa	145	↑2	>100
41	Florence	142	↑2	26
42	Bernice	139	↑3	45
43	Eva	135	new	79
44	Katherine	133	↓4	72
45	Myrtle	126	↑4	>100
46	June	125	↑4	40
47	Beatrice	124	new	58
48	Bessie	122	↓12	89
49	Juanita	122	new	52
50	Alma	121	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	1,745	–	3
2	William	1,472	–	4
3	John	1,122	–	2
4	Robert	999	–	1
5	Charles	684	–	5
6	George	641	–	6
7	Thomas	465	–	11
8	Joseph	382	–	8
9	Edward	357	–	10
10	Richard	298	–	7
11	Walter	268	–	17
12	Harry	262	↑3	25
13	Clarence	250	–	29
14	Raymond	246	↑3	15
15	Frank	243	↓1	12
16	Henry	241	↓4	19
17	Willie	230	↓1	28
18	Jack	191	↑11	16
19	Roy	191	↑8	34
20	Harold	189	↓1	14
21	Paul	184	↓3	13
22	Ralph	183	↑6	24
23	David	181	↓3	22
24	Howard	178	↓3	27
25	Charlie	177	–	81
26	Samuel	176	↓3	48
27	Arthur	168	↓5	20
28	Earl	168	↓2	32
29	Carl	160	↑5	26
30	Ernest	153	↑2	37
31	Eugene	150	–	23
32	Calvin	147	↓8	65
33	Albert	142	↓3	21
34	Fred	138	↑1	31
35	Herbert	133	↓2	44
36	Kenneth	124	↑4	18
37	Cecil	118	↑6	86
38	Lewis	118	↑1	82
39	Herman	114	↓2	69
40	Lawrence	113	↓4	36
41	Alfred	112	↑1	45
42	Clyde	112	↓1	67
43	Bernard	102	new	49
44	Marvin	101	↑5	50
45	Donald	99	↑5	9
46	Curtis	98	new	>100
47	Melvin	98	↓1	47
48	Daniel	96	new	46
49	Floyd	95	↓4	53
50	Russell	93	↓12	52

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