Popular baby names in Virginia, 1932

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,582 babies) and James for boys (1,703). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,988 babies born in Virginia in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1932

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: 15 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Nannie: 65 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Maxie: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lelia: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maude: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gracie: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Claudine: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vernell: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Georgie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Garnett: 23 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Linwood: 42 babies, 11× the national rate
Junius: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Haywood: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Garland: 64 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Randolph: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Beverly: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shirley: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Everette: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,582	–	1
2	Betty	1,047	–	2
3	Dorothy	746	–	4
4	Barbara	520	↑3	3
5	Margaret	485	↑1	7
6	Helen	475	↓1	8
7	Virginia	474	↓3	14
8	Frances	399	↑1	19
9	Doris	369	↓1	10
10	Nancy	355	↑5	13
11	Elizabeth	341	↑1	17
12	Jean	313	↑1	15
13	Shirley	310	↑3	9
14	Ruth	308	↓3	11
15	Mildred	307	↓5	26
16	Peggy	304	↑5	40
17	Joyce	300	–	12
18	Evelyn	273	↓4	23
19	Ruby	261	↓1	38
20	Alice	244	↓1	21
21	Lois	241	↓1	20
22	Martha	239	↑2	27
23	Annie	238	–	41
24	Thelma	194	↓2	51
25	Anna	189	↑5	24
26	Louise	186	↓1	36
27	Edith	181	–	69
28	Gladys	181	–	54
29	Ann	176	↓3	34
30	Edna	170	↑1	50
31	Elsie	165	↑1	97
32	Hazel	161	↓3	75
33	Phyllis	157	↑10	30
34	Catherine	156	–	39
35	June	154	new	44
36	Lillian	154	↓3	48
37	Sarah	154	↑1	67
38	Ethel	153	↓3	66
39	Patricia	147	new	6
40	Joan	145	new	5
41	Marie	144	↓1	31
42	Gloria	143	↑5	25
43	Emma	139	new	76
44	Audrey	130	↑4	61
45	Lucille	130	↓8	63
46	Rosa	128	↓10	>100
47	Pauline	124	↓6	59
48	Juanita	121	↓9	58
49	Norma	116	new	22
50	Irene	113	↓4	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,703	–	2
2	William	1,315	–	4
3	Robert	1,150	–	1
4	John	952	–	3
5	Charles	827	–	6
6	George	586	–	8
7	Thomas	445	–	10
8	Richard	371	–	5
9	Joseph	329	–	9
10	Donald	318	↑1	7
11	Edward	308	↓1	11
12	Walter	281	–	21
13	David	251	↑3	12
14	Willie	245	↑8	31
15	Harold	235	–	18
16	Paul	228	↓2	13
17	Billy	223	–	20
18	Raymond	216	↓5	19
19	Henry	210	↓1	23
20	Harry	207	–	32
21	Clarence	198	↓2	40
22	Frank	195	↓1	15
23	Earl	184	↑7	41
24	Jack	182	↓1	17
25	Roy	177	–	38
26	Bobby	175	↑11	30
27	Kenneth	171	↓3	14
28	Samuel	166	↑4	56
29	Ralph	161	↓1	27
30	Howard	159	↑6	36
31	Carl	158	↓4	28
32	Franklin	158	new	66
33	Charlie	156	↑5	90
34	Herbert	147	↓8	44
35	Fred	142	↓2	33
36	Lawrence	142	↑7	35
37	Albert	141	↓6	26
38	Ernest	141	↓3	47
39	Arthur	140	–	25
40	Eugene	130	↓11	22
41	Melvin	128	↓7	51
42	Lewis	121	↓2	92
43	Joe	106	↓2	29
44	Marvin	106	↑3	46
45	Alfred	105	↓3	49
46	Russell	104	new	63
47	Leroy	102	↑1	53
48	Bernard	99	↓3	60
49	Clyde	99	new	82
50	Curtis	97	new	>100

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