Popular baby names in Virginia, 1935

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,465 babies) and James for boys (1,736). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,772 babies born in Virginia in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1935

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: 47 babies, 8× the national rate
Lelia: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Vernell: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maude: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gracie: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Goldie: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Flossie: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bettie: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Corrine: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elsie: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Hunter: 15 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Linwood: 45 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Garnett: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Garland: 60 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Raleigh: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Beverly: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Randolph: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Everette: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Buford: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alphonso: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,465	–	1
2	Shirley	1,296	↑3	2
3	Betty	1,028	↓1	4
4	Barbara	695	↓1	3
5	Dorothy	568	↓1	6
6	Margaret	422	–	8
7	Nancy	410	–	9
8	Virginia	399	–	16
9	Doris	361	–	13
10	Helen	361	–	10
11	Frances	348	–	19
12	Joyce	319	↑1	12
13	Peggy	293	↓1	36
14	Elizabeth	273	↑1	17
15	Jean	256	↓1	18
16	Evelyn	239	↑2	31
17	Ruth	239	↓1	15
18	Mildred	230	↓1	35
19	Alice	229	↑1	25
20	Annie	225	↓1	38
21	Ruby	222	–	41
22	Patricia	217	↑2	5
23	Martha	216	–	24
24	Thelma	200	↓2	76
25	Phyllis	190	↑4	27
26	Lois	187	↓1	21
27	Gladys	160	↓1	78
28	Joan	158	↓1	7
29	Ann	156	↓1	30
30	Elsie	142	↑8	>100
31	Louise	141	↓1	45
32	Anna	139	–	34
33	Charlotte	137	↑8	65
34	Sarah	134	–	61
35	Hazel	133	↑1	92
36	Catherine	131	↓3	42
37	Norma	124	–	29
38	Edith	118	↓3	87
39	Edna	116	↓8	67
40	Lillian	113	↑3	66
41	Carolyn	111	↑7	28
42	Emma	111	↓3	89
43	Marie	110	↑2	33
44	Gloria	108	–	32
45	Clara	105	new	81
46	Ethel	105	↓4	82
47	Rosa	104	–	>100
48	Anne	103	new	84
49	Ella	99	new	>100
50	June	99	–	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	1,736	–	2
2	William	1,197	–	4
3	Robert	1,164	–	1
4	John	909	–	3
5	Charles	806	–	6
6	George	510	–	8
7	Thomas	433	–	9
8	Richard	392	–	5
9	Donald	381	–	7
10	Joseph	323	↑1	10
11	Bobby	295	↑3	24
12	Edward	276	↓2	13
13	Billy	242	↓1	19
14	Walter	242	↑2	23
15	David	240	↓2	11
16	Paul	223	↑3	14
17	Henry	206	↑3	27
18	Frank	191	–	16
19	Clarence	189	↑7	48
20	Harold	187	↓5	20
21	Raymond	182	↓4	17
22	Willie	179	↑6	30
23	Kenneth	173	↓2	15
24	Harry	172	↑1	37
25	Jack	166	↑2	18
26	Roy	166	↓3	40
27	Joe	160	↑12	25
28	Eugene	157	↑7	26
29	Earl	156	↓7	46
30	Samuel	151	↑1	62
31	Ralph	148	↑2	32
32	Melvin	138	↑2	57
33	Howard	136	↓3	39
34	Ernest	134	↑6	55
35	Charlie	133	↑9	100
36	Ronald	132	↑1	12
37	Herbert	129	↓1	58
38	Carl	126	↓9	28
39	Lawrence	122	↑4	35
40	Arthur	121	↓2	29
41	Albert	119	–	31
42	Lewis	113	–	98
43	Franklin	112	↓19	71
44	Jimmy	107	new	47
45	Norman	107	new	38
46	Marvin	105	–	45
47	Clyde	103	↓2	82
48	Fred	99	↓16	34
49	Bernard	98	new	67
50	Douglas	94	–	75

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