Popular baby names in Virginia, 1947

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,182 babies) and James for boys (2,679). Social Security records list 75,558 babies born in Virginia in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1947

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: 42 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Shelby: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delois: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Beverley: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gracie: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beulah: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Queen: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Mabel: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elsie: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Estelle: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 70 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Aubrey: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carter: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Garland: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Junior: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carlton: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emmett: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Elwood: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carroll: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cleveland: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,182	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,600	↓1	2
3	Barbara	1,185	–	4
4	Patricia	1,105	–	3
5	Brenda	1,042	↑1	21
6	Carolyn	851	↑2	15
7	Betty	817	↓2	17
8	Nancy	817	↑1	7
9	Sandra	780	↓2	5
10	Shirley	615	–	19
11	Joyce	604	–	20
12	Margaret	556	–	16
13	Judy	510	–	14
14	Gloria	463	↑2	27
15	Carol	417	↓1	6
16	Susan	415	↑5	8
17	Sharon	407	↑3	9
18	Elizabeth	401	↑1	25
19	Dorothy	396	↓4	26
20	Donna	368	↑6	10
21	Judith	359	↓4	12
22	Martha	356	–	32
23	Frances	354	–	39
24	Virginia	343	↓6	34
25	Phyllis	334	↓1	37
26	Peggy	329	↓1	42
27	Alice	293	↑5	47
28	Bonnie	292	↑5	35
29	Joan	285	–	30
30	Janice	270	↓2	22
31	Helen	268	↓4	38
32	Doris	252	↓2	58
33	Wanda	245	↑9	66
34	Janet	242	↑2	23
35	Jean	238	↓4	40
36	Rebecca	228	↓2	52
37	Ruth	228	↓2	44
38	Ann	223	–	41
39	Jane	213	↑2	36
40	Patsy	210	↓3	87
41	Diane	197	↓2	18
42	Pamela	195	new	28
43	Evelyn	192	↓3	72
44	Cynthia	190	new	33
45	Beverly	184	↑1	31
46	Jo	170	new	51
47	Charlotte	169	–	68
48	Karen	166	new	13
49	Mildred	163	↓5	>100
50	Jacqueline	162	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,679	–	1
2	William	1,988	–	4
3	Robert	1,825	–	2
4	John	1,656	–	3
5	Charles	1,236	–	9
6	David	1,048	↑2	6
7	Thomas	949	–	8
8	Richard	913	↓2	5
9	Larry	813	↑3	10
10	George	710	↓1	16
11	Ronald	674	↓1	11
12	Donald	632	↓1	13
13	Michael	630	–	7
14	Jerry	542	–	20
15	Joseph	536	–	14
16	Kenneth	505	↑2	15
17	Edward	449	–	19
18	Gary	414	↑1	12
19	Roger	413	↓3	25
20	Paul	338	–	18
21	Walter	305	–	34
22	Wayne	290	↑2	30
23	Harry	267	↑6	54
24	Roy	267	↓1	48
25	Danny	262	↑13	39
26	Raymond	255	↓4	27
27	Stephen	253	↑15	21
28	Dennis	248	↓3	17
29	Samuel	241	↓1	72
30	Frank	237	–	23
31	Henry	236	↑1	46
32	Douglas	230	↓1	31
33	Willie	225	↑2	42
34	Harold	218	↓1	35
35	Ronnie	216	↑1	61
36	Bobby	207	↓10	60
37	Clarence	207	↑2	88
38	Ralph	203	↓4	50
39	Carl	200	↓2	40
40	Daniel	196	–	22
41	Melvin	192	↑9	85
42	Arthur	184	↑5	38
43	Lawrence	183	↑1	32
44	Earl	182	↓3	83
45	Billy	181	↓18	51
46	Howard	178	↑3	62
47	Jimmy	173	↓4	44
48	Johnny	172	↓2	49
49	Ernest	155	↓4	75
50	Albert	151	new	55

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