Popular baby names in Virginia, 1949

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,202 babies) and James for boys (2,321). Social Security records list 72,562 babies born in Virginia in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1949

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: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Lelia: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shelby: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Gracie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverley: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lottie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elsie: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Thelma: 108 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Betsy: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Hazel: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 68 babies, 12× the national rate
Lynwood: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Garland: 54 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carter: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Elwood: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Emmett: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Junior: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alphonso: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carlton: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,202	–	1
2	Mary	1,601	–	2
3	Brenda	1,188	↑1	13
4	Barbara	1,058	↓1	4
5	Patricia	1,030	–	3
6	Carolyn	754	–	17
7	Sandra	745	↑1	6
8	Betty	656	↓1	22
9	Shirley	597	↑2	18
10	Nancy	593	↓1	7
11	Susan	521	↑1	5
12	Joyce	510	↓2	26
13	Margaret	507	↑1	14
14	Sharon	470	↑2	10
15	Judy	445	↓2	20
16	Elizabeth	398	↑2	25
17	Donna	384	↑3	12
18	Deborah	351	↑15	15
19	Carol	347	↓4	8
20	Gloria	337	↓1	29
21	Peggy	320	↑1	38
22	Virginia	311	↑3	39
23	Martha	304	↓2	34
24	Dorothy	302	↓7	32
25	Judith	298	↑4	16
26	Bonnie	293	–	35
27	Wanda	289	↑3	56
28	Frances	285	↓5	49
29	Phyllis	277	↓5	50
30	Cynthia	272	↑1	27
31	Doris	256	↑4	69
32	Karen	256	↑13	11
33	Rebecca	255	↑3	40
34	Janet	249	↓2	23
35	Janice	248	↓8	24
36	Pamela	238	↑1	21
37	Diane	237	↑2	19
38	Helen	224	↓4	46
39	Alice	214	↓11	53
40	Joan	214	↓2	36
41	Ann	203	↓1	44
42	Beverly	200	–	31
43	Ruth	184	↓2	47
44	Catherine	182	↑4	37
45	Sarah	181	new	84
46	Patsy	177	↑1	>100
47	Evelyn	176	↓4	80
48	Jean	171	↓4	45
49	Connie	161	new	43
50	Jane	159	↓1	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,321	–	1
2	William	1,838	–	4
3	Robert	1,722	–	2
4	John	1,531	–	3
5	Charles	1,161	–	9
6	David	1,080	–	6
7	Larry	909	–	10
8	Thomas	899	–	8
9	Michael	825	↑1	5
10	Richard	801	↓1	7
11	Donald	633	↑2	13
12	Ronald	622	↓1	11
13	George	613	↓1	18
14	Joseph	537	–	14
15	Jerry	492	↑1	23
16	Kenneth	465	↓1	15
17	Gary	457	–	12
18	Edward	441	↑1	21
19	Roger	410	↓1	25
20	Paul	344	–	17
21	Stephen	342	↑2	19
22	Dennis	265	–	16
23	Wayne	256	↑2	35
24	Raymond	254	–	30
25	Walter	248	↓4	37
26	Harold	237	↑5	42
27	Danny	234	–	40
28	Ronnie	224	↑1	65
29	Roy	224	↑6	51
30	Steven	216	new	20
31	Henry	215	↑1	46
32	Frank	207	↓4	27
33	Carl	204	↑1	43
34	Douglas	204	↑6	29
35	Harry	204	↓9	59
36	Daniel	201	↑2	22
37	Lawrence	201	–	32
38	Ralph	201	↑1	50
39	Samuel	200	↓9	62
40	Willie	195	↓7	41
41	Bobby	189	↓5	67
42	Howard	185	↑6	63
43	Gerald	175	↑7	33
44	Clarence	171	↓3	94
45	Melvin	169	↓3	82
46	Billy	166	↓3	57
47	Arthur	160	↑2	44
48	Ernest	155	↓2	76
49	Earl	154	↓5	91
50	Terry	153	new	28

← Virginia 1948 Virginia: all years · US 1949 Virginia 1950 →