Popular baby names in Virginia, 1945

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,517 babies) and James for boys (2,158). Social Security records list 57,721 babies born in Virginia in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1945

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: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Shelby: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Goldie: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Virgie: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beverley: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Doretha: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Queen: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mabel: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gracie: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Elnora: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Beverly: 16 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Linwood: 55 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Garland: 47 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Winfred: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Randolph: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Winston: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Emmett: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sterling: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carlton: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,517	–	1
2	Barbara	1,075	–	3
3	Linda	1,006	–	2
4	Patricia	798	–	4
5	Betty	796	–	11
6	Shirley	679	↑2	14
7	Carolyn	670	↓1	12
8	Nancy	608	↓1	7
9	Brenda	571	↑2	29
10	Sandra	525	–	6
11	Joyce	519	↓2	18
12	Margaret	453	–	15
13	Carol	410	↑1	5
14	Judy	401	↑1	13
15	Dorothy	391	↓2	21
16	Judith	365	–	9
17	Gloria	357	↑5	23
18	Elizabeth	338	↓1	26
19	Virginia	334	–	28
20	Frances	302	↓2	34
21	Doris	263	–	46
22	Helen	263	↑4	31
23	Phyllis	254	–	40
24	Joan	252	↑1	25
25	Martha	250	↓5	30
26	Peggy	238	↓2	45
27	Susan	238	↑4	10
28	Alice	229	↓1	41
29	Ruth	228	↑1	33
30	Janice	215	↑3	24
31	Sharon	215	↑8	8
32	Janet	212	–	20
33	Donna	211	↑8	17
34	Jean	200	↓5	38
35	Ann	188	↓7	39
36	Evelyn	176	↑1	57
37	Bonnie	162	↓2	35
38	Rebecca	156	↑6	85
39	Charlotte	155	↑1	55
40	Lois	153	↓6	48
41	Patsy	153	↑2	84
42	Wanda	152	↑6	58
43	Mildred	148	↓7	93
44	Jane	147	↓6	36
45	Sarah	147	↓3	76
46	Diane	129	new	22
47	Annie	126	–	69
48	Ellen	116	new	61
49	Catherine	115	↓4	50
50	Ruby	114	↓4	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	2,158	–	1
2	William	1,505	–	4
3	Robert	1,457	–	2
4	John	1,446	–	3
5	Charles	967	–	7
6	Thomas	736	↑1	8
7	Richard	733	↓1	5
8	David	674	–	6
9	George	608	–	15
10	Donald	486	–	12
11	Ronald	422	–	10
12	Joseph	413	–	14
13	Larry	411	↑1	11
14	Roger	392	↑1	22
15	Edward	372	↓2	18
16	Jerry	372	↑1	20
17	Michael	337	↑2	9
18	Kenneth	334	↓2	16
19	Paul	264	↓1	17
20	Douglas	253	↑5	29
21	Harry	251	↑10	47
22	Gary	228	↑6	13
23	Raymond	227	↓1	23
24	Roy	224	↓3	40
25	Harold	219	↓2	28
26	Walter	213	↓6	27
27	Willie	211	–	31
28	Bobby	199	↑2	53
29	Frank	195	↓5	21
30	Henry	184	↓4	37
31	Carl	181	↑4	39
32	Wayne	181	↓3	35
33	Ralph	160	↑3	44
34	Arthur	158	↑4	34
35	Clarence	158	↓3	82
36	Billy	155	↑3	42
37	Dennis	155	↑13	19
38	Earl	152	↑3	71
39	Howard	152	↓6	54
40	Ernest	150	↑2	60
41	Samuel	146	↓4	62
42	Johnny	145	↑7	45
43	Gerald	134	new	25
44	Stephen	132	new	26
45	Daniel	128	↑1	24
46	Melvin	128	↓6	78
47	Ronnie	125	new	67
48	Lawrence	124	↓14	30
49	Jimmy	122	↓5	41
50	Fred	120	new	51

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