Popular baby names in Virginia, 1933

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,450 babies) and James for boys (1,687). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,949 babies born in Virginia in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1933

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, 22.9× the national rate
Nannie: 60 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lelia: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Virgie: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sallie: 51 babies, 4× the national rate
Maude: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Georgie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nell: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Queen: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Florine: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Garnett: 16 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Junius: 19 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Linwood: 33 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Beverly: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Randolph: 38 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Everette: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Garland: 43 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Silas: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shirley: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,450	–	1
2	Betty	923	–	2
3	Barbara	682	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	609	↓1	4
5	Margaret	490	–	7
6	Virginia	438	↑1	15
7	Helen	422	↓1	8
8	Shirley	382	↑5	9
9	Frances	381	↓1	18
10	Nancy	375	–	11
11	Doris	357	↓2	10
12	Ruth	326	↑2	13
13	Mildred	322	↑2	32
14	Jean	300	↓2	14
15	Joyce	288	↑2	12
16	Peggy	279	–	36
17	Elizabeth	262	↓6	17
18	Evelyn	252	–	30
19	Ruby	229	–	43
20	Lois	217	↑1	19
21	Alice	215	↓1	22
22	Martha	201	–	27
23	Annie	200	–	37
24	Hazel	184	↑8	82
25	Joan	181	↑15	5
26	Thelma	173	↓2	57
27	Gladys	169	↑1	60
28	Patricia	159	↑11	6
29	Phyllis	159	↑4	28
30	Edith	157	↓3	80
31	Louise	156	↓5	39
32	Catherine	154	↑2	44
33	Sarah	150	↑4	58
34	Anna	142	↓9	29
35	Ann	141	↓6	34
36	Lillian	137	–	51
37	Edna	135	↓7	55
38	Elsie	135	↓7	99
39	Marie	131	↑2	33
40	Ethel	129	↓2	71
41	Gloria	126	↑1	31
42	Audrey	117	↑2	59
43	June	112	↓8	45
44	Clara	111	new	67
45	Lucille	110	–	78
46	Norma	109	↑3	23
47	Rosa	109	↓1	>100
48	Christine	108	new	>100
49	Nellie	103	new	>100
50	Juanita	102	↓2	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	1,687	–	2
2	William	1,246	–	4
3	Robert	1,097	–	1
4	John	938	–	3
5	Charles	738	–	6
6	George	519	–	8
7	Thomas	413	–	10
8	Richard	337	–	5
9	Donald	336	↑1	7
10	Edward	321	↑1	11
11	Joseph	303	↓2	9
12	Franklin	269	↑20	33
13	Walter	233	↓1	21
14	Billy	227	↑3	20
15	David	226	↓2	13
16	Harold	218	↓1	18
17	Willie	217	↓3	32
18	Bobby	213	↑8	26
19	Paul	212	↓3	14
20	Raymond	210	↓2	19
21	Clarence	198	–	43
22	Roy	195	↑3	39
23	Henry	194	↓4	24
24	Frank	189	↓2	16
25	Jack	185	↓1	17
26	Kenneth	184	↑1	15
27	Harry	181	↓7	35
28	Earl	160	↓5	41
29	Carl	152	↑2	28
30	Ralph	152	↓1	29
31	Melvin	151	↑10	51
32	Howard	150	↓2	36
33	Eugene	142	↑7	23
34	Charlie	141	↓1	95
35	Fred	134	–	34
36	Samuel	134	↓8	61
37	Ernest	125	↑1	50
38	Arthur	123	↑1	25
39	Lewis	120	↑3	92
40	Herbert	118	↓6	49
41	Joe	110	↑2	27
42	Lawrence	110	↓6	38
43	Albert	104	↓6	30
44	Clyde	89	↑5	87
45	Norman	89	new	37
46	Marvin	87	↓2	44
47	Curtis	86	↑3	>100
48	Floyd	86	new	69
49	Ronald	86	new	12
50	Claude	85	new	>100

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