Popular baby names in Virginia, 1929

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,600 babies) and James for boys (1,682). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,526 babies born in Virginia in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1929

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

Girls

Trula: 15 babies, 15× the national rate
Nannie: 80 babies, 10× the national rate
Gracie: 55 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hallie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lelia: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Virgie: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Georgie: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Sallie: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maude: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eliza: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ryland: 15 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Waverly: 19 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Hunter: 23 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Garnett: 19 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Linwood: 48 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Junius: 23 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Garland: 66 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Randolph: 34 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Beverly: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 51 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,600	–	1
2	Dorothy	801	–	3
3	Betty	619	↑3	2
4	Margaret	544	↑1	5
5	Virginia	529	↓2	11
6	Helen	495	↓2	4
7	Frances	431	–	16
8	Mildred	392	↑1	18
9	Doris	383	↑2	6
10	Ruth	354	↓2	8
11	Elizabeth	344	↓1	15
12	Jean	306	↑3	12
13	Annie	281	–	37
14	Evelyn	276	↓2	19
15	Ruby	259	↑1	36
16	Gladys	248	↑2	44
17	Thelma	245	↓3	41
18	Alice	243	↓1	21
19	Edith	240	↑6	59
20	Nancy	237	↑1	32
21	Louise	235	↓2	31
22	Shirley	216	↑9	9
23	Barbara	213	↑3	7
24	Martha	212	↓4	27
25	Hazel	201	↓3	64
26	Anna	200	↓2	20
27	Lois	199	↓4	17
28	Joyce	190	↑14	23
29	Elsie	177	↑10	78
30	Lillian	175	↓1	40
31	Edna	168	↓4	51
32	Catherine	164	↓2	34
33	Ethel	157	↓5	56
34	Sarah	152	–	68
35	Marie	150	↓3	22
36	Emma	149	↓3	69
37	Ann	143	↑7	46
38	Lucille	141	↓2	57
39	Pauline	141	↓2	50
40	Peggy	140	new	70
41	Bernice	134	↓3	55
42	Lucy	130	↑6	>100
43	Clara	129	↑7	65
44	Irene	129	↓9	29
45	Nellie	127	↓2	>100
46	Audrey	126	↓6	58
47	Anne	123	new	91
48	Juanita	122	↓7	60
49	June	116	–	48
50	Phyllis	115	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	1,682	–	2
2	William	1,450	–	4
3	John	1,047	–	3
4	Robert	962	–	1
5	Charles	762	–	5
6	George	597	–	8
7	Thomas	406	–	11
8	Richard	379	–	6
9	Joseph	352	↑1	9
10	Herbert	351	↑1	25
11	Edward	346	↓2	10
12	Walter	249	–	19
13	Henry	239	–	21
14	David	238	↑6	17
15	Clarence	225	↑4	37
16	Donald	221	↑14	7
17	Harry	221	↓3	27
18	Willie	218	↓2	29
19	Frank	204	↓4	12
20	Harold	199	↑3	16
21	Earl	198	↑7	36
22	Raymond	198	↓1	15
23	Paul	190	↓6	13
24	Charlie	173	↑2	87
25	Roy	171	↓7	35
26	Jack	167	↓4	14
27	Ralph	166	↓3	26
28	Samuel	166	↑1	53
29	Eugene	163	↓2	20
30	Howard	161	↑2	31
31	Carl	160	↑2	28
32	Arthur	152	↓1	22
33	Fred	150	↓8	34
34	Ernest	141	↑2	43
35	Billy	139	↑8	23
36	Albert	135	↓2	24
37	Melvin	132	↓2	49
38	Kenneth	128	↓1	18
39	Alfred	117	↓1	41
40	Lewis	112	–	84
41	Curtis	110	↑1	99
42	Clyde	109	↓1	74
43	Lawrence	109	↓4	38
44	Ray	104	new	57
45	Bernard	99	new	52
46	Joe	98	↑2	30
47	Cecil	95	new	>100
48	Herman	94	↓1	75
49	Floyd	93	↓4	58
50	Marvin	86	↓1	46

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