Virginia ★ 1938

Top names in Virginia, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,385 babies ; James for boys with 1,806. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,385
2	Shirley	1,025
3	Barbara	942
3	Betty	942
5	Nancy	580
6	Dorothy	478
7	Margaret	401
8	Joyce	373
9	Frances	370
10	Patricia	365
11	Peggy	342
12	Virginia	321
13	Doris	317
14	Helen	312
15	Elizabeth	290
16	Jean	270
17	Martha	255
18	Ruth	223
19	Phyllis	218
20	Alice	213
21	Mildred	209
22	Carolyn	206
23	Evelyn	197
24	Annie	180
25	Joan	177
25	Ruby	177
27	Ann	168
28	Lois	162
29	Thelma	158
30	Norma	151
31	Shelby	149
32	Gladys	141
33	Charlotte	138
33	Sylvia	138
35	Anna	137
36	Janice	136
37	Edith	135
37	Gloria	135
39	Janet	133
40	Elsie	130
41	Patsy	129
42	Edna	128
43	Sarah	121
44	Carol	115
44	Wanda	115
46	Ethel	114
47	Catherine	113
48	Marie	112
48	Sandra	112
50	Loretta	111
50	Louise	111
52	Audrey	110
53	Lillian	107
54	Rosa	106
55	Jane	102
56	Anne	101
57	Delores	100
58	Eleanor	99
59	Katherine	98
60	Hazel	96
60	Judith	96
62	Geraldine	94
62	Juanita	94
64	Emma	92
65	Rebecca	89
66	June	86
66	Linda	86
68	Bernice	84
69	Ellen	83
69	Marjorie	83
71	Ella	81
72	Josephine	79
72	Lillie	79
74	Beverly	78
74	Eva	78
74	Laura	78
77	Rose	77
78	Wilma	76
79	Lucy	74
80	Clara	73
80	Julia	73
80	Margie	73
83	Jacqueline	72
84	Alma	71
84	Florence	71
84	Irene	71
84	Jo	71
84	Nellie	71
89	Grace	70
90	Ida	68
91	Pauline	65
92	Myrtle	63
92	Yvonne	63
94	Bessie	61
95	Hattie	60
96	Bertha	58
96	Esther	58
96	Geneva	58
99	Willie	57
100	Pearl	56

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,806
2	William	1,314
3	Robert	1,235
4	John	1,014
5	Charles	803
6	George	501
7	Donald	494
8	Thomas	481
9	Richard	464
10	David	364
11	Joseph	351
12	Edward	330
13	Bobby	281
14	Paul	258
15	Kenneth	249
16	Billy	241
17	Walter	220
18	Harold	219
19	Raymond	212
20	Frank	200
21	Ronald	193
22	Harry	190
23	Henry	172
24	Roy	165
25	Ralph	164
26	Joe	161
27	Clarence	160
28	Howard	158
28	Willie	158
30	Melvin	157
31	Carl	153
32	Jerry	152
33	Earl	146
34	Jack	145
35	Charlie	140
36	Fred	136
37	Samuel	135
38	Ernest	134
39	Eugene	130
40	Arthur	127
41	Larry	123
42	Lawrence	120
43	Herbert	116
44	Lewis	113
45	Albert	105
45	Curtis	105
45	Jimmy	105
48	Franklin	104
49	Marvin	101
50	Clyde	98
51	Wayne	96
52	Russell	93
53	Herman	92
53	Johnny	92
53	Ray	92
56	Leroy	91
57	Douglas	89
58	Gene	88
58	Roger	88
60	Norman	85
61	Alvin	80
62	Gerald	78
63	Bernard	77
63	Floyd	77
65	Andrew	76
66	Alfred	75
66	Daniel	75
68	Lloyd	74
69	Louis	73
70	Leonard	71
71	Allen	70
72	Cecil	69
73	Calvin	67
73	Carroll	67
73	Garland	67
76	Elmer	66
77	Jesse	65
78	Eddie	64
79	Jimmie	63
80	Warren	62
81	Claude	61
82	Gary	60
82	Leon	60
84	Freddie	59
84	Theodore	59
86	Jackie	58
87	Harvey	57
88	Tommy	54
89	Frederick	53
89	Milton	53
91	Luther	52
91	Stanley	52
93	Linwood	51
94	Otis	49
94	Willard	49
96	Benjamin	48
97	Earnest	46
97	Gordon	46
97	Lee	46
97	Randolph	46