Popular baby names in Virginia, 1934

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,540 babies) and James for boys (1,641). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,821 babies born in Virginia in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1934

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: 50 babies, 8× the national rate
Flossie: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lelia: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maude: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Gracie: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eliza: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ophelia: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lottie: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corine: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mabel: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Garnett: 15 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Linwood: 52 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Junius: 21 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kyle: 20 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Beverly: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Garland: 59 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Randolph: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carlton: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Buford: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,540	–	1
2	Betty	955	–	2
3	Barbara	735	–	3
4	Dorothy	627	–	5
5	Shirley	565	↑3	4
6	Margaret	450	↓1	8
7	Nancy	400	↑3	10
8	Virginia	385	↓2	15
9	Doris	359	↑2	11
10	Helen	358	↓3	9
11	Frances	343	↓2	19
12	Peggy	339	↑4	36
13	Joyce	335	↑2	12
14	Jean	297	–	16
15	Elizabeth	288	↑2	18
16	Ruth	287	↓4	13
17	Mildred	263	↓4	35
18	Evelyn	236	–	29
19	Annie	226	↑4	38
20	Alice	215	↑1	25
21	Ruby	213	↓2	39
22	Thelma	210	↑4	65
23	Martha	209	↓1	27
24	Patricia	195	↑4	6
25	Lois	193	↓5	20
26	Gladys	188	↑1	66
27	Joan	178	↓2	7
28	Ann	169	↑7	32
29	Phyllis	163	–	28
30	Louise	158	↑1	40
31	Edna	151	↑6	55
32	Anna	147	↑2	31
33	Catherine	147	↓1	42
34	Sarah	137	↓1	67
35	Edith	136	↓5	81
36	Hazel	133	↓12	87
37	Norma	126	↑9	24
38	Elsie	123	–	>100
39	Emma	121	new	85
40	Juanita	121	↑10	64
41	Charlotte	120	new	72
42	Ethel	116	↓2	78
43	Lillian	116	↓7	52
44	Gloria	114	↓3	30
45	Marie	111	↓6	34
46	Nellie	111	↑3	>100
47	Rosa	109	–	>100
48	Carolyn	107	new	33
49	Audrey	105	↓7	69
50	June	105	↓7	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	1,641	–	2
2	William	1,255	–	4
3	Robert	1,129	–	1
4	John	996	–	3
5	Charles	865	–	7
6	George	515	–	8
7	Thomas	464	–	9
8	Richard	380	–	5
9	Donald	365	–	6
10	Edward	287	–	13
11	Joseph	275	–	10
12	Billy	262	↑2	20
13	David	246	↑2	12
14	Bobby	244	↑4	23
15	Harold	237	↑1	18
16	Walter	237	↓3	21
17	Raymond	227	↑3	19
18	Frank	200	↑6	16
19	Paul	199	–	14
20	Henry	192	↑3	27
21	Kenneth	192	↑5	15
22	Earl	191	↑6	41
23	Roy	191	↓1	35
24	Franklin	184	↓12	46
25	Harry	181	↑2	36
26	Clarence	180	↓5	45
27	Jack	178	↓2	17
28	Willie	177	↓11	30
29	Carl	152	–	28
30	Howard	143	↑2	37
31	Samuel	140	↑5	66
32	Fred	136	↑3	33
33	Ralph	135	↓3	31
34	Melvin	133	↓3	55
35	Eugene	122	↓2	24
36	Herbert	121	↑4	57
37	Ronald	121	↑12	11
38	Arthur	117	–	29
39	Joe	116	↑2	26
40	Ernest	114	↓3	51
41	Albert	110	↑2	32
42	Lewis	110	↓3	94
43	Lawrence	109	↓1	34
44	Charlie	108	↓10	100
45	Clyde	108	↓1	84
46	Marvin	107	–	44
47	Curtis	105	–	>100
48	Floyd	99	–	73
49	Herman	94	new	97
50	Douglas	93	new	72

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