State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,997 Virginia births in 1960 across 1,154 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#99Carltonoutside the national top 200
#68Clarence#157 nationally
#92Shelia#177 nationally
#78Vanessa#155 nationally
#90Alvin#166 nationally
#54Calvin#129 nationally
#97Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#59Marvin#119 nationally
#69Frances#127 nationally
#73Melvin#125 nationally
#95Reginald#144 nationally
#96Earl#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,095US #1
#2Donna980US #5
#3Deborah796US #10
#4Patricia779US #7
#5Susan770US #2
#6Linda751US #3
#7Cynthia742US #9
#8Karen716US #4
#9Brenda706US #13
#10Sandra655US #11
#11Teresa645US #19
#12Sharon640US #16
#13Pamela611US #14
#14Lisa604US #6
#15Barbara566US #12
#16Debra546US #8
#17Elizabeth496US #18
#18Kathy473US #21
#19Robin453US #33
#20Tammy412US #31
#21Cheryl407US #17
#22Debbie393US #24
#23Nancy366US #15
#24Wanda343US #66
#25Kimberly341US #26
#26Carolyn339US #43
#27Janet333US #32
#28Rebecca316US #38
#29Carol299US #23
#30Sherry277US #54
#31Angela276US #50
#32Joyce274US #58
#33Margaret256US #36
#34Cindy248US #30
#35Laura244US #25
#36Diane243US #22
#37Theresa243US #35
#38Connie237US #47
#39Rhonda237US #44
#40Betty231US #68
#41Denise231US #29
#42Tina226US #45
#43Cathy223US #46
#44Judy217US #48
#45Janice210US #41
#46Beverly207US #60
#47Bonnie200US #71
#48Martha200US #83
#49Sheila200US #56
#50Catherine199US #42
#51Shirley196US #70
#52Annette188US #62
#53Gloria180US #79
#54Kim180US #34
#55Darlene179US #75
#56Katherine179US #81
#57Terri176US #49
#58Valerie173US #65
#59Anita170US #87
#60Terry168US #101
#61Ann167US #51
#62Jennifer167US #61
#63Virginia159US #102
#64Vickie147US #100
#65Julie143US #28
#66Phyllis143US #108
#67Peggy142US #69
#68Dorothy140US #95
#69Frances140US #127
#70Lori139US #20
#71Rita134US #96
#72Anne133US #88
#73Michelle132US #39
#74Sarah132US #116
#75Jacqueline129US #85
#76Kathleen128US #27
#77Diana122US #53
#78Vanessa122US #155
#79Ellen121US #94
#80Ruth119US #97
#81Regina118US #105
#82Kathryn116US #82
#83Stephanie116US #91
#84Alice113US #119
#85Helen113US #117
#86Vicki110US #73
#87Wendy108US #63
#88Jane105US #67
#89Julia105US #122
#90Paula105US #55
#91Joan104US #80
#92Shelia103US #177
#93Suzanne103US #78
#94Kelly102US #52
#95Christine101US #40
#96Dawn100US #57
#97Gwendolyn100US #163
#98Judith99US #74
#99Amy98US #77
#100Rose98US #98

Boys

#1James1,885US #3
#2David1,735US #1
#3Michael1,697US #2
#4Robert1,539US #5
#5William1,504US #7
#6John1,475US #4
#7Mark950US #6
#8Charles847US #13
#9Richard842US #8
#10Thomas801US #9
#11Timothy747US #11
#12Kenneth703US #16
#13Jeffrey571US #14
#14Steven553US #10
#15Donald522US #19
#16Joseph497US #12
#17Gary469US #22
#18Ronald469US #21
#19Larry439US #28
#20Anthony412US #25
#21Gregory404US #24
#22George393US #33
#23Paul382US #18
#24Edward374US #26
#25Ricky373US #38
#26Kevin355US #15
#27Stephen335US #27
#28Jerry328US #37
#29Douglas310US #30
#30Daniel308US #17
#31Dennis308US #31
#32Terry299US #34
#33Christopher275US #29
#34Keith272US #35
#35Danny257US #48
#36Brian254US #20
#37Tony242US #52
#38Barry239US #72
#39Roger236US #47
#40Randy220US #32
#41Raymond218US #46
#42Jeffery209US #55
#43Wayne205US #58
#44Steve201US #43
#45Bruce197US #39
#46Carl187US #53
#47Frank187US #40
#48Ronnie185US #87
#49Bobby183US #73
#50Scott182US #23
#51Walter170US #70
#52Samuel168US #91
#53Johnny156US #65
#54Calvin155US #129
#55Eric154US #44
#56Roy153US #80
#57Curtis150US #79
#58Phillip148US #66
#59Marvin141US #119
#60Rodney141US #68
#61Russell141US #56
#62Billy138US #67
#63Lawrence138US #64
#64Andrew137US #51
#65Dale136US #54
#66Alan135US #50
#67Mike135US #36
#68Clarence134US #157
#69Harold133US #92
#70Glenn125US #74
#71Randall125US #59
#72Jimmy123US #69
#73Melvin122US #125
#74Howard119US #108
#75Patrick117US #45
#76Darrell116US #104
#77Craig115US #41
#78Henry115US #84
#79Ralph112US #89
#80Willie112US #81
#81Dwayne110US #123
#82Allen109US #99
#83Arthur107US #82
#84Joe105US #57
#85Jeff104US #49
#86Ernest101US #120
#87Harry101US #124
#88Peter101US #42
#89Stanley101US #100
#90Alvin100US #166
#91Gerald100US #62
#92Bryan98US #88
#93Jack98US #85
#94Micheal98US #105
#95Reginald94US #144
#96Earl93US #139
#97Eddie91US #102
#98Ray90US #121
#99Carlton88
#100Albert87US #93

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑27Michelle#73
↑22Sherry#30
↑22Terri#57
↑19Alan#66
↑16Joe#84
↑15Frank#47
↑14Tina#42
↑14Danny#35

Falling

↓19Gerald#91
↓17Darlene#55
↓16Rose#100
↓15Shirley#51
↓14Virginia#63
↓14Paula#90
↓14Henry#78
↓14Earl#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.