Top baby names in Virginia, 1920
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,046 |
| 2 | Virginia | 849 |
| 3 | Margaret | 825 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 792 |
| 5 | Helen | 636 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 602 |
| 7 | Ruth | 586 |
| 8 | Frances | 528 |
| 9 | Mildred | 495 |
| 10 | Louise | 486 |
| 11 | Annie | 415 |
| 12 | Ruby | 381 |
| 13 | Evelyn | 376 |
| 14 | Gladys | 375 |
| 15 | Edith | 357 |
| 16 | Thelma | 310 |
| 17 | Ethel | 307 |
| 18 | Hazel | 292 |
| 19 | Alice | 291 |
| 20 | Lillian | 288 |
| 21 | Edna | 280 |
| 22 | Martha | 269 |
| 23 | Lucille | 265 |
| 24 | Marie | 241 |
| 25 | Catherine | 233 |
| 26 | Sarah | 227 |
| 27 | Anna | 223 |
| 28 | Doris | 219 |
| 29 | Elsie | 200 |
| 29 | Pauline | 200 |
| 31 | Irene | 190 |
| 32 | Emma | 184 |
| 32 | Myrtle | 184 |
| 34 | Katherine | 181 |
| 35 | Bessie | 170 |
| 35 | Lucy | 170 |
| 37 | Nellie | 169 |
| 38 | Florence | 167 |
| 39 | Rosa | 166 |
| 40 | Grace | 160 |
| 41 | Beatrice | 159 |
| 41 | Bernice | 159 |
| 41 | Laura | 159 |
| 44 | Ella | 155 |
| 45 | Viola | 152 |
| 46 | Bertha | 151 |
| 47 | Clara | 148 |
| 48 | Eva | 146 |
| 48 | Nancy | 146 |
| 48 | Pearl | 146 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 1,888 |
| 2 | William | 1,680 |
| 3 | John | 1,315 |
| 4 | Robert | 976 |
| 5 | George | 747 |
| 6 | Charles | 724 |
| 7 | Thomas | 522 |
| 8 | Joseph | 455 |
| 9 | Edward | 403 |
| 10 | Richard | 339 |
| 11 | Henry | 321 |
| 12 | Walter | 308 |
| 13 | Willie | 302 |
| 14 | Clarence | 282 |
| 15 | Frank | 281 |
| 16 | Harry | 270 |
| 17 | Samuel | 250 |
| 18 | Raymond | 228 |
| 19 | Arthur | 213 |
| 20 | Roy | 209 |
| 21 | Charlie | 204 |
| 22 | Paul | 198 |
| 23 | Ernest | 195 |
| 24 | Warren | 191 |
| 25 | Howard | 190 |
| 26 | Ralph | 188 |
| 27 | Herbert | 173 |
| 28 | Albert | 172 |
| 29 | Earl | 165 |
| 29 | Harold | 165 |
| 31 | David | 163 |
| 32 | Carl | 161 |
| 33 | Lewis | 143 |
| 34 | Fred | 138 |
| 35 | Eugene | 129 |
| 36 | Herman | 127 |
| 36 | Jack | 127 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 126 |
| 39 | Leonard | 116 |
| 40 | Bernard | 104 |
| 41 | Melvin | 102 |
| 42 | Cecil | 99 |
| 43 | Elmer | 98 |
| 43 | Floyd | 98 |
| 43 | Russell | 98 |
| 46 | Claude | 97 |
| 46 | Jesse | 97 |
| 46 | Louis | 97 |
| 49 | Joe | 95 |
| 50 | Clyde | 94 |