State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,553 Virginia births in 1954 across 1,122 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Virginia more than they say America.

#85Shelia#190 nationally
#95Mildred#180 nationally
#61Vanessa#142 nationally
#78Patsy#155 nationally
#79Lewis#156 nationally
#100Milton#175 nationally
#87Reginald#158 nationally
#93Randolph#163 nationally
#47Clarence#108 nationally
#71Herbert#128 nationally
#64Calvin#117 nationally
#97Audrey#149 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,658US #3
#2Linda1,398US #2
#3Mary1,367US #1
#4Patricia1,227US #4
#5Brenda878US #18
#6Debra877US #6
#7Barbara871US #7
#8Susan808US #5
#9Sandra717US #13
#10Donna644US #11
#11Sharon639US #16
#12Nancy611US #9
#13Cynthia607US #10
#14Pamela570US #12
#15Carolyn553US #27
#16Karen540US #8
#17Betty436US #36
#18Elizabeth435US #20
#19Joyce429US #28
#20Janet400US #19
#21Kathy395US #23
#22Shirley378US #33
#23Wanda377US #58
#24Margaret350US #21
#25Teresa343US #34
#26Diane339US #17
#27Carol332US #15
#28Judy327US #29
#29Rebecca323US #26
#30Janice281US #25
#31Gloria276US #42
#32Bonnie274US #52
#33Catherine266US #32
#34Peggy261US #48
#35Virginia255US #61
#36Robin251US #41
#37Beverly249US #31
#38Joan241US #40
#39Martha240US #46
#40Phyllis228US #75
#41Connie214US #39
#42Dorothy214US #55
#43Sheila212US #60
#44Ann202US #44
#45Judith201US #30
#46Katherine201US #64
#47Kathleen199US #14
#48Cathy197US #59
#49Jo196US #53
#50Denise195US #24
#51Vickie194US #69
#52Frances193US #83
#53Rita185US #67
#54Helen184US #72
#55Theresa182US #47
#56Cheryl181US #22
#57Jacqueline181US #68
#58Doris176US #93
#59Marilyn174US #35
#60Rose174US #54
#61Vanessa174US #142
#62Kathryn167US #51
#63Rhonda167US #71
#64Gail166US #37
#65Ruth166US #66
#66Jean162US #56
#67Alice160US #81
#68Jane157US #49
#69Sherry145US #62
#70Paula144US #38
#71Anne143US #80
#72Gwendolyn141US #122
#73Laura141US #45
#74Sylvia134US #101
#75Diana131US #57
#76Vicki130US #50
#77Sarah129US #103
#78Patsy123US #155
#79Evelyn121US #109
#80Charlotte120US #113
#81Darlene120US #76
#82Terry118US #88
#83Valerie116US #87
#84Anita115US #96
#85Shelia115US #190
#86Ellen111US #77
#87Angela110US #118
#88Yvonne109US #117
#89Christine108US #43
#90Julia102US #127
#91Constance101US #111
#92Lisa99US #73
#93Lynn99US #63
#94Marsha99US #86
#95Mildred97US #180
#96Victoria94US #85
#97Audrey92US #149
#98Lois91US #110
#99Loretta91US #125
#100Jennifer88US #108

Boys

#1James2,344US #3
#2William1,832US #6
#3Michael1,789US #1
#4Robert1,763US #2
#5John1,671US #4
#6David1,653US #5
#7Charles1,085US #10
#8Richard1,067US #7
#9Thomas950US #8
#10Larry840US #19
#11Gary779US #9
#12Donald698US #14
#13Ronald663US #15
#14Joseph600US #13
#15Steven593US #11
#16George579US #24
#17Kenneth560US #17
#18Jerry458US #31
#19Stephen451US #20
#20Edward446US #22
#21Dennis431US #21
#22Paul409US #16
#23Mark402US #12
#24Roger349US #34
#25Daniel337US #18
#26Jeffrey280US #23
#27Walter278US #49
#28Douglas277US #29
#29Danny269US #42
#30Terry263US #27
#31Wayne260US #41
#32Gregory255US #25
#33Timothy251US #26
#34Ricky247US #46
#35Carl242US #47
#36Raymond242US #35
#37Bruce238US #30
#38Anthony228US #32
#39Ronnie226US #78
#40Samuel214US #71
#41Frank211US #36
#42Lawrence207US #39
#43Bobby205US #72
#44Barry195US #68
#45Arthur194US #52
#46Keith192US #45
#47Clarence188US #108
#48Randy180US #33
#49Roy180US #56
#50Melvin175US #92
#51Ralph175US #61
#52Harold173US #60
#53Gerald165US #44
#54Johnny165US #54
#55Curtis161US #84
#56Henry161US #59
#57Glenn160US #63
#58Howard160US #80
#59Earl159US #98
#60Harry159US #86
#61Russell153US #69
#62Kevin152US #28
#63Willie151US #53
#64Calvin150US #117
#65Stanley150US #58
#66Billy143US #65
#67Phillip142US #75
#68Rodney138US #66
#69Allen132US #82
#70Marvin132US #97
#71Herbert129US #128
#72Ernest128US #87
#73Tony128US #105
#74Jimmy127US #74
#75Steve127US #76
#76Albert125US #73
#77Jack119US #57
#78Patrick115US #38
#79Lewis114US #156
#80Andrew111US #70
#81Frederick111US #83
#82Christopher109US #64
#83Warren109US #126
#84Alvin108US #135
#85Alan107US #43
#86Eugene106US #77
#87Reginald106US #158
#88Bernard104US #123
#89Benjamin103US #132
#90Eddie103US #91
#91Philip99US #62
#92Scott98US #40
#93Randolph95US #163
#94Dale92US #50
#95Randall92US #55
#96Jesse89US #119
#97Jeffery87US #90
#98Jerome87US #114
#99Lloyd87US #142
#100Milton87US #175

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑39Robin#36
↑25Rhonda#63
↑24Randy#48
↑20Ricky#34
↑19Barry#44
↑18Jeffrey#26
↑17Kevin#62
↑17Christopher#82

Falling

↓22Christine#89
↓22Ernest#72
↓21Eugene#86
↓15Jacqueline#57
↓15Sarah#77
↓15Charlotte#80
↓14Alice#67
↓13Frances#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.