Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	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

Recorded as boys

Rank	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