State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,633 Virginia births in 1970 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.

#78Calvin#166 nationally
#99Kimberley#185 nationally
#70Marvin#153 nationally
#67Virginia#146 nationally
#65Dwayne#141 nationally
#97Melvin#171 nationally
#81Ernest#143 nationally
#90Beverly#150 nationally
#58Barry#117 nationally
#76Wanda#132 nationally
#60Anne#112 nationally
#84Ronnie#133 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly953US #3
#2Jennifer943US #1
#3Lisa898US #2
#4Angela769US #6
#5Michelle696US #4
#6Melissa652US #7
#7Tammy634US #8
#8Amy583US #5
#9Mary537US #9
#10Karen488US #12
#11Elizabeth446US #18
#12Stephanie424US #17
#13Susan419US #15
#14Tracy409US #10
#15Pamela397US #26
#16Laura363US #13
#17Teresa352US #34
#18Shannon328US #22
#19Sharon328US #37
#20Wendy327US #28
#21Heather324US #19
#22Dawn320US #16
#23Patricia320US #24
#24Cynthia319US #25
#25Tina303US #21
#26Donna290US #32
#27Rebecca282US #29
#28Julie273US #11
#29Sandra270US #27
#30Kelly267US #20
#31Deborah244US #33
#32Christine232US #14
#33Robin231US #51
#34Tonya230US #49
#35Lori228US #23
#36Rhonda223US #46
#37Catherine212US #59
#38Sherry203US #60
#39Linda199US #38
#40Katherine195US #67
#41Barbara192US #41
#42Tracey189US #55
#43Cheryl181US #44
#44Nicole171US #30
#45Brenda166US #40
#46Christina166US #35
#47Leslie165US #64
#48Denise159US #36
#49Michele155US #31
#50Dana152US #54
#51Monica151US #56
#52Tara148US #69
#53Crystal145US #101
#54Debra144US #47
#55Andrea141US #43
#56Stacey141US #48
#57Sarah140US #65
#58April136US #82
#59Kathy134US #77
#60Anne133US #112
#61Sabrina133US #107
#62Victoria132US #85
#63Stacy130US #42
#64Theresa129US #53
#65Nancy128US #50
#66Ann125US #62
#67Virginia123US #146
#68Carolyn122US #84
#69Margaret122US #80
#70Sheila122US #75
#71Carol121US #71
#72Kathryn121US #104
#73Jacqueline120US #66
#74Paula120US #57
#75Melinda117US #93
#76Wanda117US #132
#77Regina114US #86
#78Melanie108US #91
#79Kathleen107US #45
#80Janet103US #96
#81Cindy101US #72
#82Carla100US #94
#83Tanya99US #76
#84Terri98US #113
#85Rachel97US #58
#86Amanda96US #108
#87Diane94US #70
#88Valerie93US #97
#89Tamara91US #79
#90Beverly89US #150
#91Carrie89US #73
#92Julia89US #121
#93Christy88US #105
#94Jill88US #52
#95Laurie87US #88
#96Sherri86US #122
#97Anita81US #127
#98Holly79US #74
#99Kimberley78US #185
#100Beth77US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,840US #1
#2James1,666US #2
#3David1,377US #3
#4Robert1,377US #5
#5William1,330US #7
#6John1,298US #4
#7Christopher1,153US #6
#8Mark736US #9
#9Charles731US #21
#10Brian696US #8
#11Richard683US #10
#12Kevin663US #14
#13Jeffrey658US #11
#14Thomas638US #17
#15Timothy574US #20
#16Joseph539US #16
#17Steven495US #15
#18Anthony473US #22
#19Eric467US #18
#20Kenneth456US #25
#21Gregory445US #26
#22Stephen402US #27
#23Matthew399US #24
#24Scott393US #12
#25Paul369US #23
#26Jason348US #13
#27Daniel343US #19
#28Ronald324US #29
#29Edward306US #31
#30Donald303US #30
#31Gary283US #35
#32George273US #40
#33Douglas246US #36
#34Jonathan236US #42
#35Keith227US #38
#36Larry225US #43
#37Shawn217US #34
#38Patrick213US #33
#39Andrew203US #32
#40Rodney189US #55
#41Jerry187US #45
#42Sean187US #37
#43Todd186US #28
#44Dennis168US #46
#45Bryan161US #53
#46Troy158US #41
#47Raymond156US #49
#48Terry151US #54
#49Walter145US #89
#50Tony142US #57
#51Roger137US #61
#52Samuel135US #62
#53Craig126US #39
#54Russell119US #58
#55Aaron118US #52
#56Phillip116US #73
#57Bobby114US #87
#58Barry111US #117
#59Darrell110US #102
#60Jeffery109US #50
#61Marcus107US #71
#62Bradley106US #47
#63Carl105US #66
#64Curtis105US #88
#65Dwayne105US #141
#66Gerald105US #67
#67Wayne105US #80
#68Randy104US #59
#69Travis104US #69
#70Marvin103US #153
#71Randall101US #100
#72Frank93US #48
#73Roy91US #108
#74Billy90US #78
#75Chris90US #63
#76Jimmy90US #86
#77Lawrence89US #83
#78Calvin86US #166
#79Benjamin85US #81
#80Corey85US #84
#81Ernest84US #143
#82Bruce83US #94
#83Vincent83US #79
#84Ronnie82US #133
#85Jeremy81US #70
#86Johnny81US #65
#87Danny80US #85
#88Antonio79US #121
#89Glenn78US #109
#90Alan76US #91
#91Henry75US #104
#92Jon75US #68
#93Allen74US #113
#94Harold74US #122
#95Ricky74US #105
#96Derek73US #77
#97Melvin73US #171
#98Philip73US #92
#99Peter72US #44
#100Chad70US #51

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑36April#58
↑32Nicole#44
↑21Victoria#62
↑21Billy#74
↑19Heather#21
↑18Debra#54
↑17Shawn#37
↑17Aaron#55

Falling

↓29Corey#80
↓24Anita#97
↓24Peter#99
↓21Carolyn#68
↓20Janet#80
↓20Danny#87
↓19Paula#74
↓19Valerie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.