Virginia ★ 1940

Top names in Virginia, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,428 babies ; James for boys with 1,792. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,428
2	Barbara	948
3	Betty	880
4	Shirley	757
5	Nancy	557
6	Patricia	502
7	Joyce	460
8	Margaret	433
9	Dorothy	429
10	Frances	371
11	Virginia	370
12	Peggy	343
13	Helen	315
14	Doris	305
15	Elizabeth	304
16	Alice	269
17	Linda	266
18	Phyllis	263
19	Jean	257
20	Carolyn	247
20	Sandra	247
22	Martha	244
23	Ruth	235
24	Judith	232
25	Gloria	228
26	Mildred	198
27	Evelyn	193
28	Annie	180
29	Janice	178
30	Carol	175
31	Joan	173
32	Brenda	167
33	Ann	165
34	Lois	164
35	Norma	152
36	Charlotte	149
37	Patsy	146
38	Thelma	144
39	Anna	141
40	Ruby	140
41	Judy	136
42	Catherine	133
43	Sarah	132
44	Rosa	129
45	Janet	125
46	Gladys	123
47	Juanita	122
47	Sylvia	122
49	Rebecca	117
49	Wanda	117
51	Jane	114
52	Edith	112
53	Edna	108
53	Louise	108
55	Delores	107
56	Loretta	106
57	Lillian	105
58	Ethel	104
59	Bonnie	101
59	Hazel	101
61	Shelby	99
62	Emma	98
62	Rose	98
64	Eleanor	97
64	Geraldine	97
66	Audrey	96
67	Elsie	91
67	Vivian	91
69	Julia	88
70	Marie	87
71	Ella	86
72	Jo	84
73	Anne	83
74	June	81
75	Jacqueline	78
76	Pauline	77
77	Laura	76
78	Ellen	75
79	Christine	74
79	Eva	74
81	Jeanette	73
81	Lillie	73
81	Lucy	73
84	Clara	69
84	Katherine	69
86	Margie	68
87	Bernice	67
87	Wilma	67
89	Beatrice	66
89	Bessie	66
89	Marion	66
92	Irene	65
92	Marjorie	65
94	Lucille	63
95	Joann	62
96	Nellie	61
97	Josephine	60
98	Myrtle	57
98	Sue	57
98	Susan	57

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,792
2	William	1,393
3	Robert	1,186
4	John	1,079
5	Charles	873
6	Richard	554
7	Thomas	553
8	George	547
9	David	431
10	Donald	370
11	Joseph	355
12	Edward	287
13	Kenneth	274
14	Bobby	268
15	Ronald	248
15	Walter	248
17	Jerry	247
18	Raymond	227
19	Billy	221
20	Paul	212
21	Roy	207
22	Harold	204
23	Frank	187
23	Larry	187
25	Wayne	181
26	Henry	176
27	Harry	174
28	Howard	171
29	Clarence	170
30	Earl	167
31	Willie	165
32	Ralph	160
33	Melvin	154
34	Samuel	148
35	Roger	144
36	Carl	142
37	Fred	141
38	Eugene	133
39	Lawrence	132
40	Ernest	131
40	Joe	131
42	Franklin	127
43	Douglas	126
43	Herbert	126
45	Arthur	120
46	Charlie	119
46	Jimmy	119
48	Albert	114
49	Jack	112
50	Gerald	111
51	Marvin	109
52	Johnny	106
52	Lewis	106
54	Curtis	102
55	Russell	100
56	Herman	95
56	Norman	95
58	Clyde	94
58	Gene	94
60	Cecil	93
61	Allen	86
61	Bernard	86
63	Alfred	85
64	Jesse	84
65	Leonard	83
66	Daniel	80
67	Gary	79
68	Leroy	78
69	Ray	75
69	Tommy	75
71	Louis	74
71	Vernon	74
73	Claude	73
74	Leon	72
75	Jackie	70
76	Calvin	69
77	Michael	68
78	Phillip	67
79	Frederick	66
80	Dennis	64
80	Eddie	64
80	Floyd	64
83	Freddie	63
84	Stanley	61
85	Benjamin	59
85	Wallace	59
87	Garland	58
87	Glenn	58
87	Harvey	58
87	Lloyd	58
91	Carroll	56
91	Luther	56
93	Ronnie	55
94	Nelson	54
95	Randolph	53
96	Elmer	52
96	Lee	52
96	Warren	52
99	Alvin	51
99	Jimmie	51