State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,399 Virginia births in 1968 across 1,093 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Clarence#184 nationally
#69Darryl#140 nationally
#90Stacy#157 nationally
#87Melvin#150 nationally
#69Virginia#131 nationally
#55Wanda#115 nationally
#96Calvin#156 nationally
#74Marvin#129 nationally
#53Barry#107 nationally
#82Howard#133 nationally
#91Cassandra#139 nationally
#85Ernest#130 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,157US #1
#2Kimberly886US #3
#3Angela651US #7
#4Michelle642US #2
#5Melissa635US #5
#6Tammy634US #8
#7Karen587US #9
#8Jennifer563US #4
#9Mary552US #6
#10Pamela481US #20
#11Susan460US #10
#12Amy437US #13
#13Elizabeth426US #17
#14Teresa413US #30
#15Patricia397US #15
#16Donna384US #24
#17Cynthia373US #19
#18Laura368US #11
#19Sharon351US #32
#20Stephanie331US #23
#21Deborah330US #27
#22Tina329US #18
#23Kelly325US #12
#24Robin304US #43
#25Tracy304US #25
#26Rebecca300US #33
#27Sandra299US #26
#28Cheryl251US #37
#29Dawn248US #21
#30Wendy247US #31
#31Christine243US #14
#32Rhonda243US #42
#33Linda238US #28
#34Sherry218US #52
#35Brenda210US #34
#36Barbara204US #36
#37Carol203US #49
#38Michele200US #29
#39Lori193US #22
#40Julie190US #16
#41Nancy178US #39
#42Paula173US #45
#43Catherine169US #56
#44Carolyn168US #61
#45Denise166US #35
#46Tonya166US #60
#47Tracey166US #72
#48Theresa162US #47
#49Christina159US #44
#50Debra151US #38
#51Jacqueline151US #50
#52Katherine143US #75
#53Andrea142US #48
#54Margaret142US #63
#55Wanda141US #115
#56Ann136US #54
#57Sheila135US #59
#58Kathy132US #76
#59Kim132US #57
#60Shannon132US #53
#61Dana131US #70
#62Anne129US #88
#63Regina129US #81
#64Monica126US #68
#65Sarah126US #78
#66Valerie125US #77
#67Melinda121US #90
#68Janet118US #73
#69Virginia118US #131
#70Leslie117US #66
#71Stacey117US #55
#72Heather111US #62
#73Sherri111US #95
#74Kathryn108US #100
#75Crystal107US #118
#76Terri105US #83
#77April103US #96
#78Melanie102US #94
#79Kathleen99US #40
#80Connie98US #87
#81Diane98US #51
#82Anita96US #109
#83Bonnie96US #116
#84Cindy93US #67
#85Carla89US #91
#86Joyce89US #128
#87Sonya89US #117
#88Suzanne89US #69
#89Tamara89US #80
#90Beth87US #74
#91Cassandra87US #139
#92Beverly85US #122
#93Maria84US #41
#94Martha84US #123
#95Amanda81US #132
#96Penny81US #124
#97Victoria81US #82
#98Janice80US #110
#99Julia78US #113
#100Vicki77US #114

Boys

#1Michael1,834US #1
#2James1,664US #4
#3David1,478US #2
#4Robert1,411US #5
#5John1,340US #3
#6William1,202US #6
#7Christopher832US #9
#8Mark785US #7
#9Charles745US #20
#10Richard739US #8
#11Timothy674US #13
#12Brian649US #10
#13Jeffrey630US #11
#14Thomas622US #12
#15Kevin551US #17
#16Kenneth498US #23
#17Steven491US #15
#18Joseph469US #16
#19Anthony427US #21
#20Gregory403US #26
#21Paul388US #19
#22Stephen355US #27
#23Ronald353US #25
#24Donald341US #29
#25Scott338US #14
#26Daniel328US #18
#27Eric317US #22
#28George292US #36
#29Edward281US #31
#30Gary279US #32
#31Douglas271US #33
#32Matthew270US #24
#33Keith264US #35
#34Patrick252US #30
#35Rodney252US #42
#36Larry218US #38
#37Jerry217US #44
#38Andrew208US #34
#39Tony183US #52
#40Todd181US #28
#41Roger178US #55
#42Jonathan173US #53
#43Troy171US #40
#44Jeffery168US #46
#45Terry163US #48
#46Raymond160US #50
#47Samuel148US #66
#48Sean147US #37
#49Bryan139US #51
#50Dennis139US #45
#51Carl136US #59
#52Wayne133US #63
#53Barry131US #107
#54Walter130US #83
#55Russell125US #56
#56Darrell124US #86
#57Ricky124US #70
#58Shawn124US #43
#59Craig122US #41
#60Curtis114US #75
#61Bobby111US #81
#62Randy111US #54
#63Frank109US #49
#64Jason108US #47
#65Bruce106US #61
#66Lawrence104US #67
#67Danny99US #72
#68Roy97US #94
#69Darryl94US #140
#70Gerald94US #62
#71Phillip94US #71
#72Benjamin93US #99
#73Harold92US #108
#74Marvin92US #129
#75Billy90US #76
#76Allen89US #100
#77Vincent89US #73
#78Jimmy88US #77
#79Ronnie88US #115
#80Randall87US #79
#81Tracy86US #111
#82Howard79US #133
#83Glenn76US #92
#84Reginald76US #117
#85Ernest73US #130
#86Johnny73US #69
#87Melvin72US #150
#88Arthur70US #98
#89Peter70US #39
#90Stacy70US #157
#91Philip69US #82
#92Alan68US #74
#93Henry68US #95
#94Ralph68US #127
#95Clarence67US #184
#96Calvin66US #156
#97Albert64US #103
#98Antonio64US #134
#99Darren64US #60
#100Martin64US #68

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑31Jason#64
↑25Benjamin#72
↑19Carol#37
↑18Howard#82
↑16Sean#48
↑15Kim#59
↑14Melinda#67
↑14Shawn#58

Falling

↓28Calvin#96
↓22Leslie#70
↓21Janet#68
↓19Connie#80
↓19Randy#62
↓19Randall#80
↓17Diane#81
↓17Alan#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.