Popular baby names in Virginia, 1941

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,500 babies) and James for boys (1,894). Social Security records list 51,803 babies born in Virginia in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1941

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: 36 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Pattie: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Lelia: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shelby: 86 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delois: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Queen: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Goldie: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gracie: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lottie: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosa: 122 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Waverly: 17 babies, 29× the national rate
Linwood: 55 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Kyle: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Garland: 52 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Randolph: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Emmett: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Elwood: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maynard: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Buford: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dallas: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,500	–	1
2	Barbara	949	–	2
3	Betty	831	–	7
4	Shirley	731	–	10
5	Nancy	620	–	8
6	Patricia	620	–	3
7	Joyce	503	–	13
8	Dorothy	475	↑1	14
9	Margaret	471	↓1	12
10	Carolyn	433	↑10	11
11	Frances	376	↓1	31
12	Linda	371	↑5	5
13	Peggy	349	↓1	39
14	Elizabeth	341	↑1	21
15	Sandra	340	↑6	9
16	Virginia	333	↓5	23
17	Helen	285	↓4	24
18	Martha	281	↑4	25
19	Brenda	280	↑13	41
20	Alice	276	↓4	34
21	Gloria	274	↑4	26
22	Doris	265	↓8	38
23	Carol	262	↑7	4
24	Judith	256	–	6
25	Phyllis	234	↓7	35
26	Jean	225	↓7	32
27	Joan	222	↑4	17
28	Judy	222	↑13	16
29	Ruth	219	↓6	28
30	Ann	200	↑3	37
31	Mildred	195	↓5	64
32	Patsy	188	↑5	52
33	Evelyn	186	↓6	50
34	Charlotte	180	↑2	55
35	Ruby	174	↑5	69
36	Janice	171	↓7	22
37	Lois	164	↓3	43
38	Sarah	158	↑5	60
39	Norma	146	↓4	47
40	Annie	144	↓12	59
41	Rebecca	135	↑8	86
42	Janet	134	↑3	18
43	Sylvia	130	↑5	65
44	Catherine	129	↓2	51
45	Thelma	128	↓7	>100
46	Bonnie	127	new	33
47	Edith	126	new	>100
48	Wanda	124	↑2	53
49	Jane	123	new	46
50	Rosa	122	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,894	–	1
2	William	1,449	–	4
3	Robert	1,340	–	2
4	John	1,087	–	3
5	Charles	887	–	6
6	George	573	↑2	13
7	Thomas	563	–	8
8	Richard	549	↓2	5
9	David	461	–	7
10	Donald	438	–	10
11	Joseph	406	–	12
12	Edward	333	–	17
13	Ronald	313	↑2	9
14	Jerry	300	↑3	14
15	Kenneth	297	↓2	15
16	Bobby	285	↓2	35
17	Paul	246	↑3	18
18	Raymond	228	–	22
19	Larry	227	↑5	11
20	Roy	218	↑1	39
21	Billy	212	↓2	27
22	Frank	209	↑1	21
23	Willie	203	↑8	36
24	Walter	202	↓8	26
25	Clarence	186	↑4	62
26	Wayne	186	↓1	37
27	Henry	185	↓1	28
28	Roger	185	↑7	25
29	Carl	181	↑7	29
30	Harold	180	↓8	24
31	Harry	171	↓4	48
32	Samuel	168	↑2	65
33	Melvin	165	–	56
34	Earl	158	↓4	58
35	Howard	157	↓7	47
36	Ralph	154	↓4	38
37	Eugene	150	↑1	42
38	Lawrence	141	↑1	34
39	Douglas	133	↑4	53
40	Ernest	133	–	61
41	Joe	130	–	30
42	Charlie	129	↑4	>100
43	Fred	128	↓6	43
44	Albert	126	↑4	40
45	Arthur	124	–	33
46	Franklin	124	↓4	98
47	Jimmy	119	–	45
48	Jack	118	↑1	32
49	Herbert	117	↓5	76
50	Johnny	116	new	55

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