State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,655 Virginia births in 1957 across 1,178 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#93Shelia#180 nationally
#86Vanessa#159 nationally
#67Clarence#135 nationally
#80Alvin#144 nationally
#89Herbert#151 nationally
#54Melvin#113 nationally
#60Doris#119 nationally
#94Warren#147 nationally
#63Calvin#114 nationally
#98Audrey#149 nationally
#66Sarah#116 nationally
#93Reginald#142 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,194US #6
#2Mary1,194US #1
#3Patricia1,054US #8
#4Linda989US #3
#5Cynthia916US #7
#6Debra895US #4
#7Brenda852US #13
#8Susan849US #2
#9Sharon815US #14
#10Karen810US #5
#11Donna739US #10
#12Barbara680US #9
#13Pamela588US #12
#14Kathy579US #20
#15Sandra563US #15
#16Teresa556US #24
#17Nancy541US #11
#18Carolyn468US #33
#19Elizabeth424US #22
#20Wanda384US #59
#21Cheryl382US #16
#22Carol379US #18
#23Janet361US #23
#24Robin361US #30
#25Joyce354US #40
#26Debbie341US #27
#27Betty332US #50
#28Diane312US #17
#29Margaret302US #29
#30Rebecca297US #34
#31Janice293US #32
#32Cathy284US #39
#33Judy272US #38
#34Theresa262US #36
#35Shirley261US #46
#36Catherine254US #37
#37Connie251US #47
#38Gloria246US #66
#39Vickie238US #70
#40Sheila236US #58
#41Cindy234US #19
#42Bonnie226US #64
#43Sherry224US #55
#44Lisa223US #26
#45Darlene216US #57
#46Martha216US #63
#47Denise215US #25
#48Virginia213US #75
#49Beverly211US #48
#50Phyllis209US #90
#51Laura206US #31
#52Peggy206US #62
#53Rhonda191US #52
#54Ann182US #44
#55Anita181US #81
#56Katherine170US #72
#57Dorothy169US #74
#58Kathleen165US #21
#59Rita163US #78
#60Doris161US #119
#61Angela160US #89
#62Gail159US #54
#63Kathryn153US #65
#64Alice150US #106
#65Vicki149US #51
#66Sarah148US #116
#67Ruth145US #84
#68Diana144US #43
#69Helen144US #95
#70Kimberly143US #42
#71Valerie138US #76
#72Frances136US #113
#73Terry136US #92
#74Jane135US #56
#75Judith135US #53
#76Julie135US #28
#77Kim135US #35
#78Joan133US #60
#79Leslie133US #77
#80Ellen132US #85
#81Rose132US #69
#82Jo131US #83
#83Anne130US #86
#84Paula128US #49
#85Jennifer125US #87
#86Vanessa124US #159
#87Regina121US #123
#88Jacqueline120US #91
#89Terri115US #68
#90Gwendolyn112US #132
#91Sylvia111US #109
#92Jean109US #67
#93Shelia105US #180
#94Tina105US #80
#95Christine104US #41
#96Evelyn100US #125
#97Victoria99US #88
#98Audrey97US #149
#99Charlotte92US #133
#100Annette90US #97

Boys

#1James2,114US #2
#2Michael1,926US #1
#3William1,707US #6
#4Robert1,702US #4
#5David1,647US #3
#6John1,536US #5
#7Richard1,002US #8
#8Charles997US #11
#9Thomas833US #9
#10Mark786US #7
#11Larry712US #22
#12Gary626US #13
#13Donald623US #15
#14Kenneth622US #14
#15Ronald594US #17
#16Steven550US #10
#17Joseph545US #12
#18George539US #29
#19Timothy485US #19
#20Stephen407US #24
#21Dennis400US #28
#22Edward400US #25
#23Jeffrey377US #21
#24Gregory365US #23
#25Paul343US #18
#26Jerry342US #35
#27Daniel338US #16
#28Douglas328US #30
#29Anthony318US #27
#30Terry297US #33
#31Ricky294US #40
#32Roger283US #42
#33Ronnie270US #73
#34Kevin264US #20
#35Keith262US #36
#36Wayne250US #47
#37Barry245US #72
#38Danny245US #45
#39Bruce234US #34
#40Raymond233US #39
#41Walter230US #58
#42Carl229US #49
#43Randy223US #31
#44Samuel219US #82
#45Jeffery202US #52
#46Bobby193US #78
#47Lawrence192US #46
#48Curtis191US #80
#49Tony191US #71
#50Frank186US #38
#51Steve181US #44
#52Billy174US #64
#53Roy174US #65
#54Melvin172US #113
#55Russell162US #54
#56Henry157US #75
#57Brian156US #26
#58Harold155US #74
#59Howard155US #89
#60Phillip153US #79
#61Ralph153US #76
#62Johnny150US #61
#63Calvin149US #114
#64Marvin146US #112
#65Eric145US #60
#66Glenn145US #62
#67Clarence142US #135
#68Jimmy142US #77
#69Christopher141US #43
#70Rodney137US #70
#71Alan135US #48
#72Arthur134US #66
#73Willie134US #63
#74Gerald133US #51
#75Dale129US #50
#76Stanley129US #81
#77Earl128US #122
#78Harry128US #100
#79Ernest125US #101
#80Alvin122US #144
#81Andrew122US #56
#82Scott121US #32
#83Randall120US #59
#84Albert114US #84
#85Micheal112US #85
#86Darrell111US #90
#87Jack109US #67
#88Eddie107US #95
#89Herbert106US #151
#90Peter106US #37
#91Allen103US #91
#92Ray103US #111
#93Reginald103US #142
#94Warren103US #147
#95Benjamin98US #138
#96Mike98US #53
#97Philip98US #68
#98Eugene97US #92
#99Joe95US #57
#100Patrick95US #41

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑38Jeffery#45
↑36Cindy#41
↑23Jimmy#68
↑19Diana#68
↑18Lisa#44
↑17Steve#51
↑15Vicki#65
↑14Alice#64

Falling

↓33Jacqueline#88
↓24Jo#82
↓21Patrick#100
↓19Allen#91
↓18Frances#72
↓17Jean#92
↓15Evelyn#96
↓15Ralph#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.