State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,288 Virginia births in 1969 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.

#84Melvin#162 nationally
#61Virginia#138 nationally
#100Earl#172 nationally
#73Dwayne#144 nationally
#81Howard#142 nationally
#66Wanda#126 nationally
#63Crystal#118 nationally
#86Beverly#141 nationally
#85Marvin#139 nationally
#97Joyce#148 nationally
#73Anita#120 nationally
#95Penny#142 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,053US #1
#2Kimberly925US #4
#3Jennifer712US #3
#4Melissa666US #5
#5Angela664US #7
#6Michelle658US #2
#7Tammy606US #9
#8Mary508US #8
#9Karen500US #13
#10Amy498US #6
#11Pamela444US #24
#12Elizabeth434US #16
#13Susan401US #11
#14Stephanie375US #19
#15Cynthia372US #23
#16Laura372US #10
#17Sharon352US #36
#18Tracy352US #17
#19Donna349US #26
#20Teresa349US #32
#21Patricia345US #18
#22Kelly329US #15
#23Deborah304US #27
#24Sandra279US #25
#25Tina278US #22
#26Wendy278US #29
#27Rebecca271US #28
#28Shannon269US #31
#29Robin261US #46
#30Lori256US #20
#31Christine248US #14
#32Dawn233US #21
#33Sherry226US #55
#34Julie225US #12
#35Rhonda221US #44
#36Barbara217US #39
#37Linda214US #33
#38Tracey212US #65
#39Cheryl210US #41
#40Heather193US #34
#41Christina188US #37
#42Catherine182US #58
#43Katherine179US #70
#44Michele178US #30
#45Tonya177US #54
#46Brenda175US #38
#47Carolyn171US #71
#48Dana171US #60
#49Denise171US #35
#50Leslie164US #64
#51Margaret163US #73
#52Ann161US #57
#53Nancy149US #45
#54Andrea147US #48
#55Paula147US #50
#56Anne146US #101
#57Sarah146US #72
#58Theresa145US #49
#59Carol131US #56
#60Janet130US #84
#61Virginia130US #138
#62Monica129US #59
#63Crystal122US #118
#64Kathy122US #77
#65Melanie122US #92
#66Wanda122US #126
#67Jacqueline114US #62
#68Stacey114US #52
#69Valerie112US #85
#70Regina111US #86
#71Melinda110US #89
#72Debra109US #43
#73Anita106US #120
#74Diane106US #61
#75Kathleen105US #42
#76Nicole101US #47
#77Kathryn98US #104
#78Stacy98US #53
#79Carla95US #90
#80Sheila95US #68
#81Terri94US #93
#82Tanya93US #91
#83Victoria93US #83
#84Jill92US #51
#85Julia89US #100
#86Beverly88US #141
#87Sonya87US #123
#88Cindy86US #74
#89Kim86US #66
#90Bonnie85US #128
#91Sherri85US #106
#92Amanda84US #122
#93Suzanne84US #75
#94April82US #97
#95Penny82US #142
#96Rachel81US #69
#97Joyce80US #148
#98Tamara80US #78
#99Maria79US #40
#100Deanna78US #88

Boys

#1Michael1,892US #1
#2James1,550US #3
#3David1,480US #2
#4Robert1,446US #5
#5John1,349US #4
#6William1,253US #6
#7Christopher951US #7
#8Charles731US #19
#9Mark727US #8
#10Richard677US #10
#11Brian672US #9
#12Jeffrey663US #11
#13Timothy602US #17
#14Thomas600US #13
#15Kevin546US #16
#16Joseph532US #15
#17Steven483US #14
#18Kenneth454US #23
#19Anthony437US #20
#20Gregory412US #26
#21Stephen402US #27
#22Eric399US #21
#23Scott392US #12
#24Ronald344US #29
#25Paul341US #22
#26Donald325US #30
#27Daniel301US #18
#28Edward274US #32
#29Matthew270US #24
#30Gary265US #35
#31George259US #38
#32Jason257US #25
#33Patrick247US #31
#34Keith232US #36
#35Douglas228US #34
#36Larry227US #40
#37Andrew226US #33
#38Rodney214US #49
#39Todd203US #28
#40Jerry199US #45
#41Troy181US #42
#42Raymond180US #50
#43Jonathan174US #46
#44Dennis154US #44
#45Sean154US #37
#46Tony151US #54
#47Roger149US #59
#48Jeffery143US #48
#49Bryan141US #51
#50Samuel138US #64
#51Corey134US #58
#52Craig133US #39
#53Carl130US #62
#54Shawn129US #41
#55Wayne129US #75
#56Bobby128US #82
#57Russell127US #57
#58Barry121US #99
#59Darrell120US #93
#60Terry120US #52
#61Phillip108US #74
#62Bradley105US #53
#63Randy103US #55
#64Gerald102US #65
#65Walter102US #84
#66Frank101US #47
#67Danny100US #73
#68Curtis97US #81
#69Lawrence91US #71
#70Benjamin90US #91
#71Randall90US #85
#72Aaron89US #61
#73Dwayne87US #144
#74Johnny87US #67
#75Peter87US #43
#76Glenn86US #88
#77Vincent86US #70
#78Ricky85US #90
#79Bruce84US #72
#80Darren83US #60
#81Howard83US #142
#82Ronnie80US #127
#83Henry79US #100
#84Melvin79US #162
#85Marvin77US #139
#86Roy77US #105
#87Frederick76US #116
#88Philip76US #86
#89Antonio75US #124
#90Arthur75US #97
#91Harold75US #117
#92Reginald75US #125
#93Jimmy74US #79
#94Willie74US #101
#95Billy73US #77
#96Ernest73US #130
#97Alan72US #76
#98Tracy72US #141
#99Marc68US #63
#100Earl67US #172

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑32Shannon#28
↑32Heather#40
↑32Jason#32
↑20Leslie#50
↑19Darren#80
↑14Victoria#83
↑14Julia#85
↑14Peter#75

Falling

↓30Kim#89
↓23Sheila#80
↓22Carol#59
↓22Debra#72
↓21Ricky#78
↓20Billy#95
↓18Sherri#91
↓18Roy#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.