Popular baby names in Virginia, 1944

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,547 babies) and James for boys (2,266). Social Security records list 58,851 babies born in Virginia in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1944

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: 31 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lelia: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gracie: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Goldie: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Shelby: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bettie: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beulah: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lottie: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Queen: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virgie: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Junius: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Garnett: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Linwood: 54 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Beverly: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kyle: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Raleigh: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Garland: 54 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Everette: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Silas: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,547	–	1
2	Barbara	1,027	–	2
3	Linda	888	↑1	3
4	Patricia	812	↑1	4
5	Betty	800	↓2	10
6	Carolyn	692	↑1	11
7	Nancy	666	↑1	7
8	Shirley	660	↓2	15
9	Joyce	592	–	18
10	Sandra	573	↑2	6
11	Brenda	547	↓1	30
12	Margaret	484	↑1	14
13	Dorothy	440	↓2	19
14	Carol	421	↑4	5
15	Judy	398	–	12
16	Judith	392	↑1	9
17	Elizabeth	364	↓1	23
18	Frances	355	↑1	33
19	Virginia	331	↓5	26
20	Martha	306	↑3	29
21	Doris	299	↓1	42
22	Gloria	290	↓1	25
23	Phyllis	273	↑1	40
24	Peggy	264	↓2	45
25	Joan	259	↑3	22
26	Helen	254	↓1	31
27	Alice	222	↓1	38
28	Ann	205	↑6	39
29	Jean	203	↓2	37
30	Ruth	200	–	32
31	Susan	192	↑12	13
32	Janet	191	↓3	21
33	Janice	184	–	28
34	Lois	184	↓2	47
35	Bonnie	180	↑1	34
36	Mildred	178	↓5	81
37	Evelyn	174	↓2	57
38	Jane	174	↑3	41
39	Sharon	171	↑8	8
40	Charlotte	169	↓3	50
41	Donna	156	↑8	17
42	Sarah	149	↓3	67
43	Patsy	145	↓5	72
44	Rebecca	142	↓4	84
45	Catherine	137	↓1	49
46	Ruby	135	–	87
47	Annie	132	↓2	71
48	Wanda	132	↓6	58
49	Anne	126	new	86
50	Juanita	121	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	2,266	–	1
2	William	1,669	–	4
3	Robert	1,523	–	2
4	John	1,322	–	3
5	Charles	1,013	–	7
6	Richard	711	–	5
7	Thomas	687	–	8
8	David	664	↑1	6
9	George	641	↓1	14
10	Donald	452	↑1	11
11	Ronald	406	↓1	10
12	Joseph	399	–	13
13	Edward	384	↑4	18
14	Larry	373	↑2	12
15	Roger	367	↓1	23
16	Kenneth	354	↓1	16
17	Jerry	327	↓4	19
18	Paul	277	–	17
19	Michael	270	↑13	9
20	Walter	255	↓1	26
21	Roy	245	↑1	39
22	Raymond	243	↓1	22
23	Harold	220	↑3	27
24	Frank	208	↓1	21
25	Douglas	204	↓5	34
26	Henry	204	↓1	35
27	Willie	200	↑2	31
28	Gary	199	↑10	15
29	Wayne	198	↑1	37
30	Bobby	197	↓6	50
31	Harry	196	↓4	49
32	Clarence	195	↓4	74
33	Howard	176	↑4	53
34	Lawrence	175	↑6	32
35	Carl	173	↓1	36
36	Ralph	172	↑3	42
37	Samuel	170	↓4	62
38	Arthur	169	↓2	29
39	Billy	169	↓8	38
40	Melvin	160	↑2	67
41	Earl	158	–	65
42	Ernest	153	↓7	59
43	Charlie	148	new	>100
44	Jimmy	144	↓1	41
45	Eugene	141	↑2	48
46	Daniel	135	↑4	25
47	Albert	129	↑2	44
48	Lewis	127	new	>100
49	Johnny	125	↓1	45
50	Dennis	124	new	20

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