State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,317 Virginia births in 1958 across 1,160 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#88Clyde#183 nationally
#92Shelia#180 nationally
#65Vanessa#148 nationally
#96Lewis#177 nationally
#81Alvin#154 nationally
#67Clarence#138 nationally
#54Calvin#123 nationally
#62Melvin#122 nationally
#75Earl#130 nationally
#76Doris#131 nationally
#66Sarah#117 nationally
#100Warren#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,073US #1
#2Deborah1,001US #7
#3Patricia952US #5
#4Linda946US #3
#5Susan849US #2
#6Karen796US #4
#7Cynthia783US #8
#8Debra780US #6
#9Donna732US #10
#10Brenda720US #16
#11Sharon669US #17
#12Kathy643US #14
#13Barbara635US #9
#14Pamela588US #11
#15Teresa572US #26
#16Sandra561US #15
#17Cheryl548US #13
#18Elizabeth453US #22
#19Nancy438US #12
#20Carolyn431US #37
#21Debbie413US #24
#22Robin409US #32
#23Carol366US #20
#24Wanda352US #66
#25Rebecca343US #41
#26Joyce332US #46
#27Janet306US #28
#28Diane301US #18
#29Lisa301US #19
#30Betty296US #54
#31Judy291US #36
#32Margaret289US #31
#33Shirley288US #52
#34Cathy278US #34
#35Peggy271US #42
#36Cindy255US #25
#37Theresa241US #33
#38Catherine238US #38
#39Darlene238US #49
#40Denise235US #27
#41Sheila235US #59
#42Vickie229US #75
#43Tammy215US #44
#44Julie212US #23
#45Martha212US #69
#46Janice210US #35
#47Rhonda207US #48
#48Virginia204US #85
#49Connie202US #50
#50Beverly198US #55
#51Kimberly197US #39
#52Valerie195US #64
#53Phyllis192US #94
#54Bonnie191US #63
#55Katherine190US #74
#56Sherry189US #67
#57Laura184US #29
#58Anita182US #82
#59Angela178US #83
#60Ann173US #47
#61Terry173US #89
#62Kim165US #40
#63Kathleen164US #21
#64Dorothy158US #86
#65Vanessa158US #148
#66Sarah149US #117
#67Jennifer148US #81
#68Rita148US #88
#69Gloria147US #77
#70Alice144US #115
#71Terri140US #51
#72Tina137US #71
#73Jo136US #91
#74Vicki136US #57
#75Diana135US #45
#76Doris135US #131
#77Joan134US #68
#78Annette133US #76
#79Sylvia133US #114
#80Jacqueline131US #99
#81Anne130US #87
#82Ruth129US #90
#83Christine127US #43
#84Frances127US #118
#85Helen127US #100
#86Jane125US #61
#87Kathryn125US #58
#88Regina124US #120
#89Gail122US #72
#90Jean121US #73
#91Judith118US #62
#92Shelia115US #180
#93Stephanie112US #113
#94Paula111US #53
#95Evelyn110US #134
#96Julia110US #119
#97Ellen108US #93
#98Leslie101US #79
#99Rose100US #78
#100Charlene93US #138

Boys

#1James2,064US #3
#2Michael1,923US #1
#3David1,769US #2
#4William1,647US #6
#5Robert1,607US #4
#6John1,419US #5
#7Charles962US #11
#8Richard915US #8
#9Thomas815US #9
#10Mark793US #7
#11Kenneth660US #14
#12Larry625US #22
#13Donald621US #18
#14Ronald576US #19
#15Timothy571US #13
#16Gary539US #17
#17Steven523US #10
#18George518US #31
#19Ricky512US #34
#20Joseph509US #12
#21Jeffrey422US #21
#22Gregory397US #23
#23Paul388US #15
#24Dennis375US #29
#25Jerry352US #35
#26Stephen351US #26
#27Terry350US #33
#28Anthony349US #27
#29Edward344US #28
#30Daniel317US #16
#31Douglas286US #30
#32Ronnie279US #66
#33Kevin272US #20
#34Keith257US #37
#35Wayne253US #48
#36Randy230US #32
#37Bruce224US #36
#38Danny221US #45
#39Roger220US #47
#40Raymond218US #43
#41Bobby217US #69
#42Christopher211US #39
#43Carl207US #51
#44Tony204US #57
#45Walter202US #63
#46Barry200US #79
#47Brian199US #24
#48Samuel185US #85
#49Frank184US #38
#50Billy179US #64
#51Scott176US #25
#52Steve176US #44
#53Curtis174US #82
#54Calvin166US #123
#55Harold166US #84
#56Jeffery165US #59
#57Lawrence162US #52
#58Johnny157US #61
#59Roy157US #75
#60Ralph147US #78
#61Dale144US #46
#62Melvin144US #122
#63Glenn143US #76
#64Phillip143US #81
#65Russell142US #54
#66Andrew139US #55
#67Clarence138US #138
#68Willie138US #70
#69Howard137US #95
#70Jimmy134US #73
#71Mike131US #40
#72Henry128US #83
#73Eric127US #50
#74Allen126US #92
#75Earl126US #130
#76Gerald126US #58
#77Alan124US #49
#78Harry124US #111
#79Rodney120US #65
#80Patrick118US #42
#81Alvin117US #154
#82Marvin117US #119
#83Darrell112US #90
#84Jack107US #80
#85Albert106US #89
#86Ernest106US #113
#87Stanley106US #88
#88Clyde103US #183
#89Eddie102US #100
#90Randall102US #62
#91Arthur101US #72
#92Eugene97US #103
#93Micheal97US #91
#94Reginald97US #142
#95Rickey97US #106
#96Lewis96US #177
#97Peter95US #41
#98Norman93US #125
#99Joe90US #56
#100Warren90US #149

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑32Julie#44
↑31Scott#51
↑27Christopher#42
↑25Mike#71
↑22Tina#72
↑22Annette#78
↑21Vanessa#65
↑20Patrick#80

Falling

↓31Gloria#69
↓27Gail#89
↓24Kathryn#87
↓19Leslie#98
↓19Arthur#91
↓18Rose#99
↓18Marvin#82
↓17Ellen#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.