Popular baby names in Virginia, 1948

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,307 babies) and James for boys (2,448). Social Security records list 72,436 babies born in Virginia in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1948

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: 29 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Shelby: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Goldie: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Bettie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beverley: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elsie: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kitty: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Thelma: 117 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mable: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beulah: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 67 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 43 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carter: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Garland: 48 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maynard: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Carlton: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carroll: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Elwood: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Moses: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sterling: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,307	–	1
2	Mary	1,486	–	2
3	Barbara	1,117	–	3
4	Brenda	1,061	↑1	17
5	Patricia	1,041	↓1	4
6	Carolyn	779	–	14
7	Betty	725	–	18
8	Sandra	698	↑1	6
9	Nancy	687	↓1	7
10	Joyce	590	↑1	21
11	Shirley	554	↓1	20
12	Susan	509	↑4	5
13	Judy	501	–	16
14	Margaret	495	↓2	13
15	Carol	404	–	8
16	Sharon	394	↑1	9
17	Dorothy	389	↑2	29
18	Elizabeth	383	–	26
19	Gloria	368	↓5	28
20	Donna	356	–	11
21	Martha	330	↑1	32
22	Peggy	318	↑4	38
23	Frances	314	–	42
24	Phyllis	313	↑1	46
25	Virginia	294	↓1	36
26	Bonnie	290	↑2	34
27	Janice	268	↑3	23
28	Alice	262	↓1	49
29	Judith	257	↓8	15
30	Wanda	256	↑3	57
31	Cynthia	254	↑13	27
32	Janet	253	↑2	24
33	Deborah	247	new	30
34	Helen	244	↓3	40
35	Doris	241	↓3	64
36	Rebecca	237	–	50
37	Pamela	215	↑5	22
38	Joan	212	↓9	37
39	Diane	210	↑2	19
40	Ann	207	↓2	44
41	Ruth	202	↓4	45
42	Beverly	193	↑3	31
43	Evelyn	193	–	74
44	Jean	189	↓9	47
45	Karen	186	↑3	12
46	Jacqueline	184	↑4	58
47	Patsy	180	↓7	98
48	Catherine	179	new	41
49	Jane	172	↓10	39
50	Jo	164	↓4	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,448	–	1
2	William	1,793	–	4
3	Robert	1,724	–	2
4	John	1,608	–	3
5	Charles	1,111	–	9
6	David	1,025	–	5
7	Larry	887	↑2	11
8	Thomas	820	↓1	8
9	Richard	807	↓1	7
10	Michael	731	↑3	6
11	Ronald	676	–	10
12	George	673	↓2	16
13	Donald	613	↓1	14
14	Joseph	524	↑1	13
15	Kenneth	480	↑1	15
16	Jerry	474	↓2	21
17	Gary	438	↑1	12
18	Roger	424	↑1	24
19	Edward	411	↓2	19
20	Paul	326	–	18
21	Walter	296	–	35
22	Dennis	287	↑6	17
23	Stephen	282	↑4	20
24	Raymond	266	↑2	27
25	Wayne	249	↓3	34
26	Harry	244	↓3	57
27	Danny	241	↓2	39
28	Frank	234	↑2	25
29	Ronnie	230	↑6	59
30	Samuel	229	↓1	70
31	Harold	226	↑3	36
32	Henry	220	↓1	45
33	Willie	219	–	40
34	Carl	217	↑5	42
35	Roy	214	↓11	49
36	Bobby	208	–	62
37	Lawrence	206	↑6	31
38	Daniel	205	↑2	22
39	Ralph	204	↓1	51
40	Douglas	199	↓8	33
41	Clarence	191	↓4	87
42	Melvin	182	↓1	81
43	Billy	172	↑2	53
44	Earl	168	–	83
45	Johnny	167	↑3	52
46	Ernest	163	↑3	76
47	Jimmy	163	–	50
48	Howard	161	↓2	63
49	Arthur	157	↓7	44
50	Gerald	156	new	30

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