State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,463 Virginia births in 1962 across 1,188 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#90Shelia#173 nationally
#66Melvin#137 nationally
#73Calvin#144 nationally
#99Clarence#163 nationally
#24Wanda#77 nationally
#62Terry#112 nationally
#68Marvin#118 nationally
#51Betty#97 nationally
#55Ronnie#100 nationally
#100Frances#143 nationally
#65Virginia#105 nationally
#93Reginald#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary943US #2
#2Lisa876US #1
#3Karen781US #4
#4Cynthia753US #8
#5Susan751US #3
#6Donna741US #7
#7Teresa718US #18
#8Deborah705US #9
#9Sharon689US #17
#10Pamela666US #13
#11Patricia648US #6
#12Linda625US #5
#13Sandra619US #10
#14Brenda580US #12
#15Robin535US #25
#16Kimberly514US #16
#17Tammy491US #23
#18Elizabeth476US #20
#19Barbara456US #14
#20Debra424US #15
#21Cheryl409US #24
#22Kathy397US #27
#23Angela362US #36
#24Wanda355US #77
#25Sherry329US #48
#26Laura311US #21
#27Jennifer308US #41
#28Nancy303US #19
#29Carolyn301US #46
#30Debbie294US #32
#31Janet293US #35
#32Tina291US #33
#33Lori290US #11
#34Carol277US #28
#35Rebecca273US #47
#36Jacqueline252US #44
#37Rhonda252US #45
#38Denise240US #30
#39Connie239US #51
#40Cindy236US #34
#41Catherine222US #53
#42Sheila222US #52
#43Theresa217US #40
#44Margaret216US #43
#45Joyce214US #74
#46Diane203US #26
#47Janice201US #58
#48Terri197US #54
#49Michelle196US #31
#50Beverly192US #69
#51Betty186US #97
#52Cathy185US #62
#53Kim185US #37
#54Bonnie180US #79
#55Julie171US #22
#56Katherine169US #84
#57Valerie167US #67
#58Regina166US #91
#59Melissa165US #68
#60Tracy163US #55
#61Anita162US #81
#62Terry158US #112
#63Kelly157US #38
#64Sarah156US #98
#65Virginia155US #105
#66Dawn152US #50
#67Martha152US #87
#68Annette151US #75
#69Judy151US #63
#70Shirley149US #96
#71Stephanie147US #70
#72Ann146US #56
#73Gloria145US #90
#74Kathleen145US #29
#75Vickie140US #107
#76Sherri138US #82
#77Christine134US #39
#78Penny132US #92
#79Suzanne128US #65
#80Paula126US #60
#81Anne123US #83
#82Diana123US #57
#83Laurie123US #42
#84Wendy122US #64
#85Darlene118US #88
#86Amy117US #61
#87Leslie116US #80
#88Peggy116US #93
#89Michele114US #59
#90Shelia108US #173
#91Jane107US #73
#92Kathryn107US #89
#93Ruth107US #104
#94Judith106US #86
#95Melanie106US #106
#96Alice105US #133
#97Rita105US #110
#98Ellen102US #109
#99Dana101US #117
#100Frances101US #143

Boys

#1James1,942US #4
#2Michael1,860US #1
#3David1,728US #2
#4John1,675US #3
#5Robert1,543US #5
#6William1,462US #7
#7Mark1,004US #6
#8Charles833US #15
#9Richard824US #8
#10Jeffrey773US #10
#11Thomas764US #9
#12Timothy717US #16
#13Kenneth662US #18
#14Donald536US #23
#15Joseph524US #13
#16Gary497US #22
#17Steven478US #12
#18Kevin467US #14
#19Anthony455US #24
#20Gregory455US #21
#21Ronald439US #25
#22Christopher426US #26
#23George399US #32
#24Paul371US #19
#25Larry341US #31
#26Stephen339US #28
#27Daniel332US #17
#28Scott331US #11
#29Brian328US #20
#30Douglas322US #27
#31Keith307US #36
#32Edward304US #29
#33Tony286US #52
#34Ricky283US #50
#35Jerry270US #38
#36Terry269US #34
#37Roger266US #47
#38Barry265US #61
#39Jeffery264US #45
#40Dennis242US #37
#41Bruce225US #41
#42Randy217US #35
#43Raymond204US #48
#44Eric201US #33
#45Wayne201US #63
#46Curtis191US #73
#47Danny189US #54
#48Walter183US #79
#49Samuel181US #88
#50Glenn175US #55
#51Bobby172US #78
#52Carl169US #58
#53Steve169US #46
#54Russell163US #57
#55Ronnie162US #100
#56Troy161US #67
#57Phillip158US #68
#58Frank156US #42
#59Mike153US #39
#60Andrew152US #49
#61Darryl149US #83
#62Todd145US #30
#63Billy144US #71
#64Patrick140US #40
#65Alan131US #53
#66Melvin131US #137
#67Randall131US #64
#68Marvin130US #118
#69Jeff128US #44
#70Henry127US #92
#71Rodney126US #76
#72Lawrence125US #70
#73Calvin124US #144
#74Jonathan124US #94
#75Vincent120US #66
#76Allen119US #93
#77Gerald119US #65
#78Jimmy119US #75
#79Roy119US #90
#80Harold117US #95
#81Johnny117US #69
#82Willie117US #89
#83Dale109US #62
#84Darrell108US #102
#85Howard107US #114
#86Arthur104US #91
#87Dwayne104US #119
#88Matthew104US #56
#89Chris103US #60
#90Tracy103US #111
#91Micheal102US #104
#92Ralph102US #97
#93Reginald102US #133
#94Harry99US #134
#95Bryan96US #82
#96Craig95US #51
#97Ernest95US #127
#98Eugene92US #112
#99Clarence90US #163
#100Stanley90US #106

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑29Todd#62
↑26Melissa#59
↑25Terri#48
↑21Regina#58
↑19Christine#77
↑17Lori#33
↑17Anita#61
↑17Dawn#66

Falling

↓29Rita#97
↓24Clarence#99
↓18Darlene#85
↓18Roy#79
↓16Stephanie#71
↓16Harold#80
↓15Johnny#81
↓14Gloria#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.