Popular baby names in Virginia, 1943

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,628 babies) and James for boys (2,356). Social Security records list 60,881 babies born in Virginia in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1943

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: 34 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Shelby: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delois: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kitty: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gracie: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mable: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Goldie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Beverley: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Estelle: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bettie: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 57 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Garland: 63 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carter: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Everette: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Buford: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jasper: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carlton: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reginald: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,628	–	1
2	Barbara	1,098	–	2
3	Betty	913	–	10
4	Linda	806	↑2	4
5	Patricia	768	–	3
6	Shirley	749	↓2	12
7	Carolyn	736	–	11
8	Nancy	665	–	9
9	Joyce	633	–	16
10	Brenda	510	↑3	35
11	Dorothy	486	↓1	19
12	Sandra	486	–	6
13	Margaret	485	↓2	14
14	Virginia	408	↑1	25
15	Judy	385	↑9	13
16	Elizabeth	366	↑1	23
17	Judith	360	↑5	7
18	Carol	353	↑2	5
19	Frances	339	↓5	31
20	Doris	329	↓1	40
21	Gloria	315	↑4	30
22	Peggy	313	↓6	41
23	Martha	305	↓5	29
24	Phyllis	305	↓3	39
25	Helen	299	↓2	28
26	Alice	251	↑1	38
27	Jean	236	↑1	36
28	Joan	222	↑1	21
29	Janet	216	↑8	20
30	Ruth	206	↓4	33
31	Mildred	203	↑2	76
32	Lois	202	↑2	43
33	Janice	189	↑7	26
34	Ann	187	↓4	37
35	Evelyn	183	↓4	53
36	Bonnie	177	↑6	34
37	Charlotte	173	↑2	47
38	Patsy	166	↓3	61
39	Sarah	166	↑2	71
40	Rebecca	162	↓4	87
41	Jane	157	↑3	44
42	Wanda	157	↑6	56
43	Susan	155	new	18
44	Catherine	153	↑5	48
45	Annie	151	↓13	69
46	Ruby	150	↓8	82
47	Sharon	149	new	8
48	Norma	138	↓5	58
49	Donna	137	new	17
50	Edith	136	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,356	–	1
2	William	1,780	–	4
3	Robert	1,570	–	2
4	John	1,410	–	3
5	Charles	1,048	–	7
6	Richard	709	↑1	5
7	Thomas	692	↓1	8
8	George	621	–	14
9	David	606	–	6
10	Ronald	455	↑6	9
11	Donald	426	↓1	11
12	Joseph	422	↓1	13
13	Jerry	420	–	17
14	Roger	391	↑14	24
15	Kenneth	379	–	15
16	Larry	362	↑1	12
17	Edward	358	↓3	18
18	Paul	299	↑1	19
19	Walter	294	↓1	26
20	Douglas	292	↓8	28
21	Raymond	252	↑2	22
22	Roy	250	–	38
23	Frank	242	↑4	21
24	Bobby	227	↓4	46
25	Henry	219	↓4	31
26	Harold	218	↓2	27
27	Harry	205	↑2	50
28	Clarence	203	↓3	68
29	Willie	203	↑3	36
30	Wayne	200	↑4	41
31	Billy	198	↓5	37
32	Michael	196	↑8	10
33	Samuel	192	↓3	62
34	Carl	186	↑5	33
35	Ernest	172	↑6	61
36	Arthur	169	–	30
37	Howard	168	–	48
38	Gary	167	↑8	16
39	Ralph	164	↓6	40
40	Lawrence	160	↓2	32
41	Earl	154	↓10	60
42	Melvin	148	↓7	63
43	Jimmy	146	new	42
44	Fred	144	↓2	45
45	Gerald	144	↓1	23
46	Ronnie	131	new	71
47	Eugene	130	new	47
48	Johnny	128	new	52
49	Albert	126	↓6	43
50	Daniel	124	↓3	25

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