State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,314 Virginia births in 1966 across 1,137 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#181 nationally
#85Calvin#159 nationally
#87Earl#160 nationally
#73Melvin#142 nationally
#51Marvin#113 nationally
#87Amanda#148 nationally
#89Vickie#147 nationally
#65Virginia#122 nationally
#34Wanda#84 nationally
#39Barry#87 nationally
#96Harry#144 nationally
#84Reginald#131 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,327US #1
#2Kimberly869US #2
#3Mary776US #3
#4Karen640US #5
#5Angela618US #9
#6Tammy573US #8
#7Cynthia527US #11
#8Pamela527US #15
#9Donna520US #12
#10Patricia492US #7
#11Teresa492US #29
#12Susan491US #6
#13Melissa468US #22
#14Deborah438US #14
#15Elizabeth438US #16
#16Sharon402US #28
#17Jennifer400US #10
#18Michelle389US #4
#19Sandra373US #17
#20Tina350US #23
#21Linda336US #18
#22Rebecca327US #40
#23Brenda302US #25
#24Robin301US #42
#25Amy295US #30
#26Barbara293US #27
#27Laura286US #19
#28Tracy285US #31
#29Rhonda272US #39
#30Stephanie271US #38
#31Sherry262US #53
#32Cheryl244US #34
#33Kelly233US #26
#34Wanda226US #84
#35Wendy220US #41
#36Lori217US #21
#37Jacqueline207US #47
#38Dawn204US #24
#39Carolyn199US #60
#40Sheila197US #51
#41Christine194US #20
#42Andrea193US #52
#43Denise193US #32
#44Nancy193US #33
#45Margaret191US #55
#46Debra190US #35
#47Julie187US #13
#48Theresa184US #46
#49Janet183US #57
#50Catherine170US #54
#51Kathy167US #59
#52Diane154US #45
#53Carol152US #48
#54Dana150US #68
#55Tracey149US #69
#56Kim147US #43
#57Paula146US #50
#58Michele143US #36
#59Connie137US #70
#60Valerie137US #74
#61Anita135US #88
#62Katherine134US #78
#63Leslie130US #71
#64Sarah130US #85
#65Virginia129US #122
#66Cindy126US #56
#67Regina125US #82
#68Joyce122US #100
#69Anne117US #83
#70Bonnie116US #90
#71Debbie114US #73
#72Ann111US #61
#73Kathleen111US #37
#74Beverly108US #109
#75Terri106US #72
#76Diana104US #64
#77Janice104US #80
#78Shirley102US #124
#79Betty101US #121
#80Judy99US #97
#81Sherri99US #92
#82Suzanne99US #62
#83Laurie98US #63
#84Martha95US #106
#85Carla94US #77
#86Kathryn94US #86
#87Amanda93US #148
#88Annette93US #79
#89Vickie93US #147
#90Darlene91US #94
#91Renee89US #66
#92Cathy87US #99
#93Gina87US #58
#94Monica87US #75
#95Penny87US #112
#96Sonya87US #126
#97Melinda84US #102
#98Dorothy80US #136
#99Ellen80US #130
#100Shelia80US #181

Boys

#1James1,666US #3
#2Michael1,635US #1
#3David1,468US #2
#4John1,396US #4
#5Robert1,388US #5
#6William1,201US #6
#7Mark748US #7
#8Timothy725US #11
#9Christopher710US #12
#10Charles700US #20
#11Richard700US #8
#12Jeffrey651US #9
#13Thomas627US #10
#14Kevin571US #17
#15Steven518US #13
#16Brian504US #14
#17Kenneth498US #21
#18Anthony485US #22
#19Joseph477US #15
#20Paul399US #18
#21Gregory385US #23
#22Ronald373US #24
#23Stephen359US #26
#24Donald344US #27
#25Eric344US #25
#26Gary324US #28
#27Rodney324US #35
#28Daniel319US #19
#29George295US #37
#30Scott290US #16
#31Edward288US #30
#32Keith276US #32
#33Tony227US #49
#34Jerry215US #41
#35Larry205US #38
#36Patrick201US #31
#37Douglas199US #33
#38Andrew197US #36
#39Barry197US #87
#40Terry189US #40
#41Jeffery176US #42
#42Matthew172US #34
#43Raymond172US #47
#44Dennis171US #44
#45Roger167US #51
#46Troy162US #48
#47Wayne158US #59
#48Carl151US #56
#49Todd150US #29
#50Ricky147US #64
#51Marvin143US #113
#52Randy141US #45
#53Walter141US #83
#54Craig135US #46
#55Bobby131US #82
#56Bruce126US #53
#57Darryl123US #88
#58Bryan121US #52
#59Jonathan121US #65
#60Curtis120US #75
#61Samuel119US #81
#62Darrell118US #95
#63Tracy117US #98
#64Russell116US #61
#65Frank115US #43
#66Ronnie112US #108
#67Allen110US #97
#68Danny110US #62
#69Billy107US #80
#70Phillip107US #71
#71Randall107US #70
#72Lawrence103US #66
#73Melvin97US #142
#74Sean96US #50
#75Harold94US #99
#76Howard93US #120
#77Steve93US #67
#78Vincent93US #58
#79Roy92US #94
#80Alan90US #57
#81Willie90US #93
#82Shawn89US #54
#83Glenn88US #90
#84Reginald87US #131
#85Calvin84US #159
#86Dwayne84US #133
#87Earl83US #160
#88Jimmy83US #77
#89Johnny83US #73
#90Arthur80US #96
#91Albert77US #100
#92Henry77US #92
#93Peter77US #39
#94Ernest75US #122
#95Gerald74US #60
#96Harry74US #144
#97Micheal74US #115
#98Chris73US #55
#99Eugene73US #116
#100Dale70US #85

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑32Tracy#63
↑26Sean#74
↑22Dana#54
↑21Bryan#58
↑18Craig#54
↑18Harold#75
↑17Andrea#42
↑16Tracey#55

Falling

↓35Penny#95
↓24Glenn#83
↓21Roy#79
↓18Kathy#51
↓18Ann#72
↓16Calvin#85
↓16Henry#92
↓13Darlene#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.