Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Barbara	949
3	Betty	831
4	Shirley	731
5	Nancy	620
5	Patricia	620
7	Joyce	503
8	Dorothy	475
9	Margaret	471
10	Carolyn	433
11	Frances	376
12	Linda	371
13	Peggy	349
14	Elizabeth	341
15	Sandra	340
16	Virginia	333
17	Helen	285
18	Martha	281
19	Brenda	280
20	Alice	276
21	Gloria	274
22	Doris	265
23	Carol	262
24	Judith	256
25	Phyllis	234
26	Jean	225
27	Joan	222
27	Judy	222
29	Ruth	219
30	Ann	200
31	Mildred	195
32	Patsy	188
33	Evelyn	186
34	Charlotte	180
35	Ruby	174
36	Janice	171
37	Lois	164
38	Sarah	158
39	Norma	146
40	Annie	144
41	Rebecca	135
42	Janet	134
43	Sylvia	130
44	Catherine	129
45	Thelma	128
46	Bonnie	127
47	Edith	126
48	Wanda	124
49	Jane	123
50	Rosa	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,894
2	William	1,449
3	Robert	1,340
4	John	1,087
5	Charles	887
6	George	573
7	Thomas	563
8	Richard	549
9	David	461
10	Donald	438
11	Joseph	406
12	Edward	333
13	Ronald	313
14	Jerry	300
15	Kenneth	297
16	Bobby	285
17	Paul	246
18	Raymond	228
19	Larry	227
20	Roy	218
21	Billy	212
22	Frank	209
23	Willie	203
24	Walter	202
25	Clarence	186
25	Wayne	186
27	Henry	185
27	Roger	185
29	Carl	181
30	Harold	180
31	Harry	171
32	Samuel	168
33	Melvin	165
34	Earl	158
35	Howard	157
36	Ralph	154
37	Eugene	150
38	Lawrence	141
39	Douglas	133
39	Ernest	133
41	Joe	130
42	Charlie	129
43	Fred	128
44	Albert	126
45	Arthur	124
45	Franklin	124
47	Jimmy	119
48	Jack	118
49	Herbert	117
50	Johnny	116