Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,628
2	Barbara	1,098
3	Betty	913
4	Linda	806
5	Patricia	768
6	Shirley	749
7	Carolyn	736
8	Nancy	665
9	Joyce	633
10	Brenda	510
11	Dorothy	486
11	Sandra	486
13	Margaret	485
14	Virginia	408
15	Judy	385
16	Elizabeth	366
17	Judith	360
18	Carol	353
19	Frances	339
20	Doris	329
21	Gloria	315
22	Peggy	313
23	Martha	305
23	Phyllis	305
25	Helen	299
26	Alice	251
27	Jean	236
28	Joan	222
29	Janet	216
30	Ruth	206
31	Mildred	203
32	Lois	202
33	Janice	189
34	Ann	187
35	Evelyn	183
36	Bonnie	177
37	Charlotte	173
38	Patsy	166
38	Sarah	166
40	Rebecca	162
41	Jane	157
41	Wanda	157
43	Susan	155
44	Catherine	153
45	Annie	151
46	Ruby	150
47	Sharon	149
48	Norma	138
49	Donna	137
50	Edith	136

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,356
2	William	1,780
3	Robert	1,570
4	John	1,410
5	Charles	1,048
6	Richard	709
7	Thomas	692
8	George	621
9	David	606
10	Ronald	455
11	Donald	426
12	Joseph	422
13	Jerry	420
14	Roger	391
15	Kenneth	379
16	Larry	362
17	Edward	358
18	Paul	299
19	Walter	294
20	Douglas	292
21	Raymond	252
22	Roy	250
23	Frank	242
24	Bobby	227
25	Henry	219
26	Harold	218
27	Harry	205
28	Clarence	203
28	Willie	203
30	Wayne	200
31	Billy	198
32	Michael	196
33	Samuel	192
34	Carl	186
35	Ernest	172
36	Arthur	169
37	Howard	168
38	Gary	167
39	Ralph	164
40	Lawrence	160
41	Earl	154
42	Melvin	148
43	Jimmy	146
44	Fred	144
44	Gerald	144
46	Ronnie	131
47	Eugene	130
48	Johnny	128
49	Albert	126
50	Daniel	124