State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,460 Virginia births in 1961 across 1,168 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#75Clarence#155 nationally
#77Vanessa#153 nationally
#95Gwendolyn#165 nationally
#63Melvin#128 nationally
#99Doris#160 nationally
#86Reginald#144 nationally
#70Marvin#120 nationally
#77Calvin#127 nationally
#90Earl#139 nationally
#22Wanda#70 nationally
#83Harry#131 nationally
#56Virginia#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary987US #1
#2Lisa840US #2
#3Donna810US #7
#4Karen785US #5
#5Deborah750US #10
#6Cynthia714US #8
#7Teresa712US #18
#8Linda706US #4
#9Brenda705US #11
#10Susan695US #3
#11Patricia675US #6
#12Sharon670US #17
#13Sandra628US #9
#14Pamela618US #15
#15Robin508US #27
#16Barbara500US #12
#17Elizabeth479US #19
#18Kathy448US #25
#19Debra439US #13
#20Tammy424US #28
#21Kimberly394US #22
#22Wanda372US #70
#23Cheryl367US #20
#24Angela358US #38
#25Debbie354US #31
#26Janet338US #32
#27Carolyn335US #42
#28Nancy329US #16
#29Carol315US #24
#30Rebecca305US #44
#31Laura290US #21
#32Jacqueline275US #37
#33Sherry271US #53
#34Connie262US #50
#35Theresa254US #35
#36Denise253US #30
#37Margaret245US #40
#38Tina241US #41
#39Rhonda234US #46
#40Cindy232US #33
#41Jennifer227US #47
#42Diane223US #26
#43Betty221US #87
#44Catherine221US #48
#45Joyce216US #62
#46Janice215US #52
#47Sheila213US #59
#48Cathy200US #55
#49Valerie192US #67
#50Lori191US #14
#51Beverly181US #66
#52Kim181US #36
#53Michelle174US #34
#54Bonnie172US #75
#55Stephanie171US #78
#56Virginia169US #103
#57Julie168US #23
#58Martha168US #81
#59Gloria162US #82
#60Shirley162US #85
#61Ann160US #54
#62Katherine160US #86
#63Terry160US #108
#64Judy159US #58
#65Vickie158US #107
#66Kathleen157US #29
#67Darlene152US #80
#68Rita151US #105
#69Annette150US #73
#70Paula145US #60
#71Kelly144US #45
#72Tracy144US #64
#73Terri143US #51
#74Phyllis142US #120
#75Dorothy138US #99
#76Sarah138US #113
#77Vanessa136US #153
#78Anita135US #91
#79Regina130US #98
#80Ruth128US #96
#81Wendy128US #61
#82Laurie126US #43
#83Dawn125US #49
#84Suzanne123US #68
#85Melissa118US #95
#86Jane117US #72
#87Leslie117US #84
#88Penny117US #101
#89Anne116US #90
#90Diana116US #56
#91Peggy115US #88
#92Alice114US #126
#93Kathryn109US #93
#94Frances107US #134
#95Gwendolyn106US #165
#96Christine105US #39
#97Vicki104US #76
#98Beth103US #65
#99Doris102US #160
#100Dana101US #128

Boys

#1James1,961US #4
#2David1,892US #2
#3Michael1,814US #1
#4John1,551US #3
#5Robert1,527US #5
#6William1,484US #7
#7Mark896US #6
#8Charles871US #13
#9Richard788US #8
#10Jeffrey769US #11
#11Thomas755US #9
#12Timothy668US #15
#13Kenneth660US #16
#14Joseph529US #12
#15Steven521US #10
#16Gary514US #21
#17Donald484US #22
#18Ronald449US #24
#19Kevin448US #14
#20Anthony445US #25
#21George443US #31
#22Gregory439US #23
#23Larry412US #30
#24Christopher401US #26
#25Paul375US #18
#26Ricky358US #44
#27Edward351US #29
#28Daniel334US #17
#29Stephen315US #27
#30Jerry309US #37
#31Brian304US #20
#32Terry302US #32
#33Keith295US #35
#34Douglas292US #28
#35Dennis284US #34
#36Barry249US #66
#37Tony245US #53
#38Roger236US #47
#39Danny222US #54
#40Scott220US #19
#41Jeffery218US #50
#42Bobby211US #76
#43Eric204US #38
#44Wayne199US #61
#45Curtis196US #75
#46Randy196US #33
#47Raymond195US #48
#48Bruce193US #40
#49Steve185US #45
#50Walter184US #74
#51Darryl178US #80
#52Frank175US #41
#53Andrew171US #52
#54Ronnie166US #91
#55Mike165US #36
#56Alan163US #51
#57Phillip162US #69
#58Billy161US #68
#59Carl161US #56
#60Samuel156US #89
#61Roy150US #83
#62Glenn147US #64
#63Melvin146US #128
#64Harold139US #94
#65Patrick139US #39
#66Johnny138US #70
#67Allen134US #96
#68Jeff134US #49
#69Russell134US #55
#70Marvin133US #120
#71Rodney133US #72
#72Lawrence129US #67
#73Gerald127US #62
#74Dale123US #58
#75Clarence120US #155
#76Jimmy120US #71
#77Calvin119US #127
#78Randall119US #63
#79Darrell118US #101
#80Henry116US #92
#81Willie115US #86
#82Arthur114US #85
#83Harry114US #131
#84Micheal114US #103
#85Ralph114US #95
#86Reginald111US #144
#87Craig109US #43
#88Ernest109US #123
#89Jack109US #90
#90Earl107US #139
#91Todd107US #46
#92Stanley105US #106
#93Victor104US #99
#94Dwayne101US #111
#95Bryan99US #82
#96Chris99US #57
#97Philip99US #79
#98Eddie98US #102
#99Howard97US #109
#100Peter96US #42

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑43Jacqueline#32
↑28Stephanie#55
↑23Kelly#71
↑21Jennifer#41
↑20Lori#50
↑20Michelle#53
↑20Paula#70
↑18Gerald#73

Falling

↓25Frances#94
↓25Howard#99
↓24Peggy#91
↓23Calvin#77
↓20Judy#64
↓19Anita#78
↓17Annette#69
↓17Anne#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.