State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,919 Virginia births in 1963 across 1,176 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#100Shelia#185 nationally
#98Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#93Clarence#163 nationally
#72Calvin#140 nationally
#65Marvin#120 nationally
#49Virginia#103 nationally
#92Frances#146 nationally
#100Earl#154 nationally
#72Terry#123 nationally
#56Betty#104 nationally
#29Wanda#76 nationally
#91Harry#137 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,107US #1
#2Mary907US #2
#3Karen784US #4
#4Teresa740US #18
#5Susan739US #3
#6Donna696US #6
#7Patricia659US #7
#8Cynthia639US #10
#9Pamela632US #14
#10Sharon626US #19
#11Tammy618US #12
#12Deborah588US #13
#13Sandra578US #9
#14Linda570US #5
#15Kimberly561US #11
#16Brenda506US #15
#17Robin497US #25
#18Elizabeth472US #20
#19Angela466US #30
#20Barbara425US #17
#21Debra388US #21
#22Cheryl368US #24
#23Rebecca324US #44
#24Sherry317US #49
#25Nancy316US #23
#26Laura312US #16
#27Kathy307US #34
#28Tina297US #35
#29Wanda292US #76
#30Lori279US #8
#31Debbie269US #41
#32Jennifer263US #36
#33Carolyn260US #56
#34Sheila256US #50
#35Janet253US #40
#36Rhonda251US #45
#37Carol247US #33
#38Michelle238US #26
#39Theresa229US #38
#40Jacqueline223US #51
#41Tracy222US #48
#42Denise219US #27
#43Melissa218US #61
#44Cindy216US #37
#45Margaret215US #46
#46Catherine211US #53
#47Connie205US #55
#48Paula202US #42
#49Virginia194US #103
#50Diane187US #31
#51Janice187US #63
#52Julie180US #22
#53Anita178US #77
#54Kelly173US #32
#55Bonnie171US #83
#56Betty170US #104
#57Kim169US #39
#58Joyce167US #84
#59Cathy165US #67
#60Katherine165US #87
#61Judy161US #70
#62Ann160US #57
#63Sarah160US #94
#64Annette158US #71
#65Valerie158US #69
#66Stephanie157US #64
#67Wendy157US #60
#68Penny154US #86
#69Christine153US #29
#70Amy152US #54
#71Sherri148US #78
#72Terry147US #123
#73Terri146US #58
#74Beverly144US #81
#75Martha140US #90
#76Darlene138US #85
#77Shirley136US #99
#78Anne135US #80
#79Vickie135US #120
#80Gloria133US #96
#81Kathleen130US #28
#82Regina128US #92
#83Laurie126US #47
#84Dana125US #88
#85Leslie124US #72
#86Diana123US #62
#87Dawn119US #52
#88Jane119US #75
#89Michele119US #59
#90Phyllis118US #131
#91Rita118US #115
#92Frances111US #146
#93Alice110US #138
#94Kathryn110US #93
#95Carla107US #82
#96Dorothy106US #116
#97Andrea105US #89
#98Gwendolyn98US #171
#99Suzanne97US #65
#100Shelia96US #185

Boys

#1James1,867US #4
#2Michael1,785US #1
#3David1,745US #3
#4John1,653US #2
#5Robert1,648US #5
#6William1,413US #7
#7Charles904US #16
#8Mark895US #6
#9Richard852US #8
#10Kenneth742US #18
#11Timothy713US #15
#12Thomas697US #9
#13Jeffrey691US #10
#14Kevin612US #11
#15Joseph533US #13
#16Donald520US #25
#17Steven489US #14
#18Ronald486US #23
#19Gary480US #24
#20Gregory480US #21
#21Anthony471US #22
#22Paul429US #17
#23Brian388US #20
#24Christopher384US #26
#25George382US #34
#26Keith376US #33
#27Edward353US #27
#28Daniel347US #19
#29Scott342US #12
#30Stephen317US #29
#31Douglas310US #28
#32Larry298US #36
#33Terry297US #32
#34Jerry267US #38
#35Barry263US #67
#36Ricky255US #47
#37Tony255US #52
#38Eric243US #31
#39Dennis225US #39
#40Bruce223US #43
#41Jeffery222US #46
#42Carl206US #54
#43Raymond197US #45
#44Wayne195US #63
#45Bobby190US #75
#46Andrew188US #42
#47Randy183US #37
#48Darryl172US #80
#49Roger170US #53
#50Todd169US #30
#51Curtis167US #72
#52Russell167US #57
#53Patrick166US #35
#54Samuel166US #87
#55Walter164US #77
#56Danny160US #55
#57Randall153US #65
#58Troy151US #66
#59Allen148US #90
#60Ronnie148US #101
#61Steve148US #49
#62Lawrence147US #68
#63Billy146US #74
#64Frank145US #41
#65Marvin145US #120
#66Darrell144US #95
#67Roy144US #89
#68Phillip142US #70
#69Glenn140US #64
#70Ralph140US #99
#71Matthew138US #50
#72Calvin137US #140
#73Jonathan128US #88
#74Rodney128US #76
#75Vincent125US #61
#76Alan124US #56
#77Ernest121US #122
#78Mike121US #44
#79Gerald120US #60
#80Johnny120US #71
#81Henry118US #94
#82Harold117US #96
#83Dwayne116US #115
#84Jimmy114US #78
#85Jeff113US #48
#86Bryan109US #73
#87Craig106US #51
#88Melvin102US #133
#89Albert100US #100
#90Dale100US #69
#91Harry99US #137
#92Reginald98US #132
#93Clarence97US #163
#94Howard95US #114
#95Micheal94US #106
#96Chris93US #59
#97Willie92US #93
#98Arthur91US #91
#99Philip87US #83
#100Earl86US #154

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑32Paula#48
↑22Ralph#70
↑20Ernest#77
↑19Tracy#41
↑18Darrell#66
↑17Wendy#67
↑17Allen#59
↑17Matthew#71

Falling

↓25Terri#73
↓24Beverly#74
↓24Regina#82
↓22Melvin#88
↓21Dawn#87
↓20Suzanne#99
↓19Glenn#69
↓19Mike#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.