State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,770 Virginia births in 1959 across 1,173 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#98Lewis#192 nationally
#88Shelia#170 nationally
#70Clarence#147 nationally
#65Vanessa#139 nationally
#97Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#92Alvin#153 nationally
#84Reginald#144 nationally
#66Calvin#125 nationally
#82Doris#138 nationally
#68Marvin#123 nationally
#69Frances#124 nationally
#82Earl#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,080US #1
#2Donna1,037US #5
#3Deborah943US #9
#4Patricia867US #6
#5Linda848US #3
#6Cynthia846US #8
#7Susan808US #2
#8Karen774US #4
#9Teresa697US #24
#10Brenda674US #16
#11Debra653US #7
#12Sharon648US #17
#13Pamela634US #12
#14Sandra622US #13
#15Barbara617US #11
#16Kathy559US #15
#17Elizabeth455US #21
#18Robin450US #32
#19Cheryl429US #18
#20Debbie418US #20
#21Nancy401US #14
#22Tammy399US #31
#23Lisa396US #10
#24Wanda388US #65
#25Carolyn379US #42
#26Janet356US #28
#27Carol332US #22
#28Rebecca310US #38
#29Betty299US #59
#30Cindy299US #25
#31Diane286US #19
#32Joyce280US #50
#33Cathy254US #39
#34Kimberly245US #33
#35Margaret233US #36
#36Shirley231US #61
#37Janice227US #37
#38Darlene225US #66
#39Sheila223US #52
#40Catherine222US #40
#41Judy222US #41
#42Angela218US #68
#43Theresa218US #34
#44Connie215US #48
#45Rhonda215US #45
#46Laura211US #30
#47Bonnie200US #71
#48Denise200US #29
#49Virginia197US #93
#50Beverly194US #55
#51Martha193US #72
#52Sherry187US #58
#53Terry185US #95
#54Vickie181US #90
#55Valerie177US #60
#56Tina174US #53
#57Katherine171US #79
#58Julie169US #26
#59Annette167US #64
#60Ann166US #44
#61Peggy166US #57
#62Gloria160US #81
#63Phyllis160US #103
#64Kim157US #35
#65Vanessa156US #139
#66Anne153US #82
#67Anita149US #87
#68Kathleen149US #23
#69Frances146US #124
#70Jennifer145US #78
#71Sarah141US #119
#72Rita140US #98
#73Dorothy138US #94
#74Alice135US #112
#75Diana135US #49
#76Paula132US #51
#77Jane131US #67
#78Gail130US #75
#79Terri130US #46
#80Helen127US #108
#81Jacqueline127US #111
#82Doris125US #138
#83Kathryn123US #69
#84Rose120US #88
#85Ruth119US #97
#86Ellen117US #91
#87Regina117US #117
#88Shelia112US #170
#89Judith109US #70
#90Joan108US #76
#91Leslie106US #84
#92Sylvia105US #120
#93Stephanie104US #101
#94Christine103US #43
#95Jo101US #115
#96Vicki100US #73
#97Gwendolyn96US #159
#98Jean95US #77
#99Dawn94US #54
#100Michelle93US #47

Boys

#1James2,061US #3
#2David1,730US #2
#3Michael1,637US #1
#4Robert1,526US #5
#5John1,493US #4
#6William1,476US #7
#7Charles924US #11
#8Richard907US #8
#9Mark891US #6
#10Thomas812US #9
#11Timothy708US #12
#12Kenneth649US #15
#13Larry576US #25
#14Ronald559US #21
#15Steven544US #10
#16Joseph529US #13
#17Donald517US #19
#18Ricky490US #34
#19Gary482US #20
#20Jeffrey478US #16
#21George428US #32
#22Paul391US #17
#23Gregory388US #23
#24Anthony384US #26
#25Dennis358US #29
#26Edward346US #27
#27Jerry337US #36
#28Stephen333US #28
#29Kevin329US #14
#30Daniel322US #18
#31Douglas311US #30
#32Terry290US #33
#33Wayne269US #51
#34Keith265US #39
#35Christopher259US #35
#36Brian257US #22
#37Roger249US #47
#38Raymond225US #45
#39Tony222US #53
#40Bruce218US #38
#41Randy218US #31
#42Barry211US #73
#43Steve206US #41
#44Bobby204US #71
#45Carl201US #54
#46Ronnie200US #77
#47Walter196US #66
#48Curtis193US #75
#49Danny192US #48
#50Eric189US #46
#51Scott185US #24
#52Samuel173US #86
#53Jeffery163US #55
#54Johnny163US #64
#55Lawrence162US #62
#56Roy158US #81
#57Phillip154US #74
#58Dale153US #49
#59Billy151US #65
#60Harold151US #87
#61Russell149US #56
#62Frank147US #42
#63Darrell143US #90
#64Henry143US #83
#65Rodney143US #67
#66Calvin142US #125
#67Ralph141US #84
#68Marvin139US #123
#69Mike139US #37
#70Clarence135US #147
#71Andrew134US #58
#72Gerald134US #61
#73Melvin130US #122
#74Willie126US #78
#75Glenn124US #80
#76Jeff124US #52
#77Randall124US #59
#78Patrick123US #43
#79Jimmy122US #69
#80Rickey118US #117
#81Allen115US #97
#82Earl114US #135
#83Arthur112US #76
#84Reginald111US #144
#85Alan110US #50
#86Howard108US #104
#87Ernest107US #118
#88Harry105US #120
#89Eddie104US #101
#90Craig100US #44
#91Frederick100US #114
#92Alvin99US #153
#93Stanley97US #98
#94Tommy97US #108
#95Fred96US #112
#96Peter95US #40
#97Albert93US #92
#98Lewis91US #192
#99Micheal89US #96
#100Joe88US #57

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑23Eric#50
↑21Tammy#22
↑20Darrell#63
↑19Annette#59
↑18Paula#76
↑17Kimberly#34
↑17Angela#42
↑16Tina#56

Falling

↓26Peggy#61
↓22Jo#95
↓22Vicki#96
↓17Howard#86
↓14Julie#58
↓14Ronnie#46
↓13Joan#90
↓13Sylvia#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.