Popular baby names in Virginia, 1930

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,658 babies) and James for boys (1,670). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,228 babies born in Virginia in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1930

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

Girls

Nannie: 79 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Hallie: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pattie: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gracie: 48 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Claudine: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Georgie: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Queen: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Amanda: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maude: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Lelia: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Berkley: 16 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Junius: 22 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Linwood: 47 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Beverly: 25 babies, 12× the national rate
Kyle: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Randolph: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Garland: 64 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mckinley: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Shirley: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Aubrey: 47 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,658	–	1
2	Dorothy	786	–	3
3	Betty	774	–	2
4	Virginia	575	↑1	12
5	Margaret	526	↓1	5
6	Helen	463	–	4
7	Frances	406	–	16
8	Doris	394	↑1	9
9	Ruth	358	↑1	10
10	Jean	332	↑2	14
11	Elizabeth	322	–	15
12	Nancy	322	↑8	24
13	Mildred	319	↓5	21
14	Barbara	304	↑9	6
15	Evelyn	287	↓1	19
16	Ruby	286	↓1	36
17	Annie	260	↓4	40
18	Shirley	248	↑4	11
19	Thelma	248	↓2	45
20	Martha	237	↑4	27
21	Louise	231	–	31
22	Alice	224	↓4	20
23	Joyce	220	↑5	18
24	Gladys	211	↓8	48
25	Hazel	189	–	71
26	Lois	176	↑1	17
27	Catherine	175	↑5	35
28	Ann	171	↑9	41
29	Marie	169	↑6	26
30	Sarah	169	↑4	70
31	Edith	168	↓12	61
32	Anna	163	↓6	23
33	Elsie	163	↓4	88
34	Peggy	160	↑6	67
35	Edna	156	↓4	51
36	Ethel	155	↓3	65
37	Juanita	145	↑11	57
38	Phyllis	145	↑12	28
39	Lillian	144	↓9	44
40	Pauline	136	↓1	52
41	Audrey	133	↑5	63
42	Anne	131	↑5	83
43	Bernice	129	↓2	58
44	Emma	129	↓8	73
45	June	124	↑4	47
46	Lucille	124	↓8	59
47	Rosa	122	new	>100
48	Marjorie	116	new	32
49	Charlotte	115	new	75
50	Katherine	114	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	1,670	–	2
2	William	1,484	–	4
3	Robert	1,074	↑1	1
4	John	1,003	↓1	3
5	Charles	759	–	6
6	George	608	–	8
7	Thomas	438	–	11
8	Richard	395	–	5
9	Joseph	372	–	9
10	Edward	340	↑1	10
11	Walter	276	↑1	19
12	Clarence	243	↑3	39
13	Henry	241	–	22
14	Frank	240	↑5	13
15	David	222	↓1	15
16	Harry	222	↑1	28
17	Raymond	221	↑5	16
18	Herbert	214	↓8	35
19	Paul	211	↑4	12
20	Donald	204	↓4	7
21	Jack	204	↑5	14
22	Willie	201	↓4	29
23	Roy	194	↑2	33
24	Harold	186	↓4	18
25	Billy	185	↑10	20
26	Ralph	181	↑1	25
27	Earl	176	↓6	38
28	Howard	157	↑2	31
29	Samuel	156	↓1	55
30	Ernest	152	↑4	43
31	Carl	148	–	26
32	Kenneth	148	↑6	17
33	Fred	147	–	32
34	Eugene	142	↓5	21
35	Charlie	140	↓11	91
36	Alfred	129	↑3	46
37	Arthur	128	↓5	23
38	Lawrence	127	↑5	36
39	Melvin	125	↓2	50
40	Lewis	121	–	87
41	Marvin	114	↑9	48
42	Albert	112	↓6	24
43	Joe	110	↑3	27
44	Clyde	107	↓2	76
45	Bernard	105	–	52
46	Herman	97	↑2	78
47	Andrew	96	new	62
48	Bobby	94	new	41
49	Russell	93	new	60
50	Leonard	88	new	45

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