State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,470 Virginia births in 1965 across 1,131 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#69Calvin#153 nationally
#100Shelia#182 nationally
#85Clarence#166 nationally
#82Crystal#146 nationally
#96Earl#156 nationally
#57Virginia#115 nationally
#75Dwayne#126 nationally
#89Vickie#138 nationally
#89Melvin#138 nationally
#34Wanda#81 nationally
#60Ronnie#107 nationally
#81Reginald#128 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,570US #1
#2Karen869US #3
#3Mary822US #2
#4Kimberly783US #4
#5Angela657US #10
#6Donna613US #7
#7Patricia598US #6
#8Teresa595US #24
#9Susan582US #5
#10Cynthia560US #9
#11Pamela548US #12
#12Tammy529US #11
#13Sharon523US #22
#14Deborah469US #13
#15Elizabeth450US #16
#16Linda413US #8
#17Sandra405US #15
#18Robin396US #33
#19Jennifer378US #20
#20Barbara353US #25
#21Brenda350US #23
#22Melissa324US #38
#23Laura323US #17
#24Tina302US #29
#25Rebecca291US #41
#26Cheryl289US #31
#27Sherry283US #56
#28Rhonda278US #37
#29Tracy263US #36
#30Michelle244US #18
#31Stephanie236US #44
#32Amy233US #35
#33Kathy233US #54
#34Wanda228US #81
#35Carolyn226US #58
#36Debra226US #27
#37Sheila224US #50
#38Nancy217US #32
#39Jacqueline216US #47
#40Janet212US #55
#41Dawn210US #26
#42Wendy210US #39
#43Theresa209US #45
#44Denise202US #28
#45Kelly198US #30
#46Carol193US #42
#47Lori187US #19
#48Valerie185US #67
#49Julie183US #14
#50Christine182US #21
#51Margaret175US #52
#52Kim172US #43
#53Catherine162US #57
#54Ann154US #59
#55Paula152US #49
#56Connie149US #61
#57Virginia147US #115
#58Diane145US #40
#59Andrea139US #63
#60Penny139US #97
#61Debbie138US #62
#62Kathleen137US #34
#63Anne135US #77
#64Katherine135US #79
#65Joyce134US #90
#66Sarah133US #92
#67Leslie126US #75
#68Betty125US #103
#69Bonnie124US #89
#70Michele122US #48
#71Tracey122US #85
#72Anita121US #94
#73Martha121US #99
#74Regina121US #82
#75Cindy120US #53
#76Dana118US #78
#77Darlene117US #83
#78Terri115US #69
#79Janice113US #73
#80Judy113US #86
#81Shirley112US #111
#82Crystal111US #146
#83Carla110US #76
#84Beverly109US #101
#85Monica107US #72
#86Diana106US #64
#87Annette104US #71
#88Melinda104US #100
#89Vickie103US #138
#90Kathryn99US #87
#91Renee97US #68
#92Maria96US #46
#93Sherri93US #91
#94Cathy92US #88
#95Suzanne92US #65
#96Laurie91US #60
#97Dorothy89US #130
#98Peggy88US #124
#99Alice87US #145
#100Shelia87US #182

Boys

#1James1,787US #4
#2Michael1,622US #1
#3David1,487US #3
#4Robert1,486US #5
#5John1,451US #2
#6William1,311US #6
#7Richard792US #8
#8Timothy766US #12
#9Charles760US #20
#10Mark754US #7
#11Jeffrey714US #10
#12Thomas707US #9
#13Kenneth613US #21
#14Kevin579US #13
#15Christopher570US #18
#16Joseph515US #11
#17Steven471US #14
#18Anthony457US #22
#19Brian437US #19
#20Donald436US #26
#21Gregory434US #23
#22Paul418US #16
#23Ronald408US #24
#24Gary361US #27
#25Rodney360US #33
#26Daniel342US #17
#27Stephen342US #28
#28George338US #34
#29Edward321US #29
#30Eric304US #25
#31Scott297US #15
#32Keith273US #35
#33Douglas253US #32
#34Larry251US #38
#35Jerry226US #41
#36Tony212US #48
#37Ricky208US #57
#38Roger202US #49
#39Terry195US #40
#40Patrick189US #31
#41Barry183US #86
#42Jeffery175US #47
#43Dennis172US #44
#44Darryl171US #68
#45Randy167US #42
#46Carl166US #54
#47Wayne162US #65
#48Andrew161US #37
#49Matthew160US #36
#50Raymond157US #45
#51Walter151US #82
#52Frank149US #43
#53Curtis146US #75
#54Troy146US #53
#55Danny136US #56
#56Samuel135US #84
#57Bobby134US #80
#58Roy134US #95
#59Glenn132US #85
#60Ronnie131US #107
#61Todd131US #30
#62Billy130US #77
#63Bruce130US #50
#64Marvin124US #109
#65Phillip124US #70
#66Darrell121US #91
#67Vincent117US #61
#68Randall116US #73
#69Calvin112US #153
#70Jonathan109US #74
#71Lawrence109US #66
#72Craig108US #46
#73Willie108US #93
#74Allen107US #92
#75Dwayne107US #126
#76Henry107US #94
#77Russell106US #58
#78Alan103US #59
#79Bryan101US #63
#80Steve101US #55
#81Reginald96US #128
#82Howard94US #122
#83Jimmy91US #81
#84Peter91US #39
#85Clarence90US #166
#86Gerald90US #64
#87Philip90US #87
#88Darren89US #52
#89Melvin88US #138
#90Chris87US #60
#91Ernest87US #124
#92Benjamin83US #133
#93Harold83US #99
#94Johnny83US #76
#95Tracy83US #110
#96Earl81US #156
#97Mike79US #51
#98Ralph79US #103
#99Harry76US #146
#100Sean75US #79

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑33Rodney#25
↑29Ann#54
↑29Andrea#59
↑23Tracey#71
↑19Leslie#67
↑17Michele#70
↑17Carla#83
↑16Amy#32

Falling

↓31Cathy#94
↓26Cindy#75
↓26Johnny#94
↓26Ralph#98
↓21Terri#78
↓21Todd#61
↓19Beverly#84
↓16Dana#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.