Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,348
2	Betty	919
3	Shirley	884
4	Barbara	870
5	Nancy	600
6	Patricia	447
7	Dorothy	423
8	Margaret	405
9	Joyce	397
10	Frances	352
11	Virginia	346
12	Peggy	340
13	Doris	315
14	Martha	288
15	Elizabeth	284
16	Helen	278
17	Phyllis	251
18	Alice	240
19	Ruth	239
20	Jean	217
21	Carolyn	214
22	Evelyn	208
23	Mildred	198
24	Ann	176
25	Joan	172
26	Thelma	164
27	Sarah	157
28	Linda	156
29	Annie	155
29	Janice	155
31	Carol	152
31	Gloria	152
33	Ruby	151
34	Charlotte	148
35	Lois	145
35	Norma	145
35	Patsy	145
38	Sandra	141
39	Sylvia	136
40	Janet	130
40	Judith	130
40	Shelby	130
43	Gladys	129
44	Juanita	128
45	Anna	127
46	Edith	122
47	Edna	121
48	Marie	117
49	Catherine	113
49	Jane	113

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,726
2	William	1,323
3	Robert	1,205
4	John	1,014
5	Charles	829
6	Thomas	478
7	George	451
8	Donald	450
8	Richard	450
10	David	418
11	Joseph	344
12	Edward	320
13	Bobby	306
14	Kenneth	259
15	Walter	251
16	Paul	224
17	Raymond	218
18	Ronald	215
19	Billy	209
20	Jerry	205
21	Frank	196
22	Roy	190
23	Harold	185
24	Henry	184
25	Willie	170
26	Harry	169
27	Ralph	168
28	Samuel	167
29	Wayne	160
30	Carl	158
31	Clarence	155
32	Earl	149
33	Joe	143
34	Melvin	134
35	Howard	133
36	Arthur	132
37	Ernest	131
37	Larry	131
39	Lawrence	129
40	Eugene	127
41	Herbert	124
42	Lewis	117
43	Jack	116
44	Fred	111
45	Charlie	106
45	Curtis	106
47	Alfred	104
48	Albert	102
49	Franklin	98
49	Jimmy	98