State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,747 Virginia births in 1971 across 1,154 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#60Virginia#150 nationally
#93Melvin#172 nationally
#66Wanda#137 nationally
#73Ronnie#135 nationally
#98Dwayne#157 nationally
#94Wesley#151 nationally
#81Barry#133 nationally
#79Harold#130 nationally
#65Roy#111 nationally
#37Crystal#79 nationally
#70Janet#112 nationally
#77Darrell#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,154US #1
#2Kimberly880US #4
#3Angela834US #6
#4Lisa747US #3
#5Michelle700US #2
#6Amy639US #5
#7Melissa632US #7
#8Mary543US #9
#9Tammy520US #8
#10Elizabeth450US #19
#11Karen437US #15
#12Stephanie433US #11
#13Susan382US #17
#14Cynthia363US #24
#15Rebecca357US #23
#16Laura317US #16
#17Wendy316US #29
#18Pamela315US #28
#19Tracy311US #13
#20Teresa310US #34
#21Shannon309US #21
#22Tina306US #20
#23Patricia285US #26
#24Dawn282US #14
#25Heather276US #12
#26Donna255US #38
#27Deborah247US #33
#28Tonya238US #45
#29Sherry235US #60
#30Lori234US #25
#31Rhonda232US #46
#32Sharon229US #40
#33Christina222US #30
#34Kelly222US #22
#35Christine215US #18
#36Sandra208US #31
#37Crystal207US #79
#38Cheryl206US #50
#39Julie206US #10
#40Robin202US #51
#41Stacy200US #32
#42Dana181US #44
#43Leslie166US #68
#44Sarah166US #58
#45Stacey165US #41
#46Andrea164US #35
#47Catherine159US #65
#48Katherine159US #67
#49Linda158US #42
#50Monica157US #48
#51Nicole155US #27
#52Tara152US #49
#53Tracey152US #74
#54April148US #56
#55Michele143US #39
#56Denise142US #36
#57Barbara139US #47
#58Tiffany129US #62
#59Melanie128US #66
#60Virginia128US #150
#61Ann121US #78
#62Brenda121US #43
#63Tanya121US #72
#64Kathy120US #91
#65Theresa117US #61
#66Wanda113US #137
#67Margaret111US #86
#68Christy110US #89
#69Cindy110US #70
#70Janet107US #112
#71Nancy107US #52
#72Sheila107US #81
#73Paula106US #63
#74Amanda104US #84
#75Carol103US #92
#76Jacqueline103US #75
#77Tamara103US #80
#78Melinda101US #85
#79Carolyn100US #104
#80Rachel100US #54
#81Regina100US #90
#82Anne97US #122
#83Kathryn97US #111
#84Valerie94US #102
#85Debra92US #57
#86Carrie91US #55
#87Holly91US #76
#88Sonya90US #126
#89Terri90US #115
#90Kristin89US #71
#91Sherri89US #123
#92Jessica85US #64
#93Diane84US #83
#94Carla83US #107
#95Sabrina81US #133
#96Victoria81US #97
#97Allison79US #119
#98Veronica79US #110
#99Anita77US #127
#100Erica77US #108

Boys

#1Michael1,836US #1
#2James1,557US #2
#3Christopher1,430US #6
#4John1,254US #4
#5Robert1,237US #5
#6David1,188US #3
#7William1,169US #7
#8Brian788US #9
#9Kevin651US #14
#10Charles614US #22
#11Richard596US #11
#12Thomas578US #17
#13Jeffrey569US #12
#14Mark545US #13
#15Joseph502US #15
#16Eric491US #18
#17Steven490US #16
#18Timothy486US #21
#19Jason473US #8
#20Scott456US #10
#21Matthew452US #19
#22Anthony390US #23
#23Kenneth382US #25
#24Stephen359US #27
#25Daniel357US #20
#26Paul337US #24
#27Gregory324US #26
#28Donald288US #34
#29Shawn272US #28
#30Ronald265US #31
#31Keith259US #37
#32Edward252US #32
#33Jonathan252US #40
#34George245US #42
#35Gary214US #38
#36Larry210US #44
#37Sean209US #36
#38Andrew206US #33
#39Patrick204US #35
#40Douglas194US #39
#41Jerry186US #50
#42Todd180US #30
#43Rodney177US #59
#44Bryan165US #48
#45Samuel156US #66
#46Aaron152US #41
#47Troy152US #46
#48Roger147US #71
#49Chad144US #29
#50Craig144US #43
#51Tony139US #62
#52Jeffery136US #53
#53Raymond133US #52
#54Jeremy127US #45
#55Terry127US #56
#56Dennis124US #49
#57Benjamin122US #69
#58Corey121US #77
#59Marcus119US #65
#60Travis109US #61
#61Curtis106US #89
#62Wayne105US #92
#63Russell103US #64
#64Walter103US #91
#65Roy100US #111
#66Carl99US #72
#67Lawrence99US #85
#68Bradley96US #58
#69Phillip96US #76
#70Randy94US #67
#71Bruce93US #108
#72Adam91US #57
#73Ronnie90US #135
#74Bobby89US #79
#75Randall89US #102
#76Ryan89US #51
#77Darrell87US #118
#78Derek87US #63
#79Harold87US #130
#80Frank86US #54
#81Barry85US #133
#82Billy85US #75
#83Gerald84US #83
#84Shannon82US #106
#85Danny80US #82
#86Derrick79US #84
#87Vincent79US #87
#88Ricky78US #121
#89Frederick77US #109
#90Allen76US #120
#91Peter75US #47
#92Antonio74US #110
#93Melvin73US #172
#94Wesley71US #151
#95Alan68US #99
#96Willie68US #115
#97Jamie67US #96
#98Dwayne66US #157
#99Chris65US #68
#100Jon64US #78

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑51Chad#49
↑31Jeremy#54
↑25Christy#68
↑22Stacy#41
↑22Benjamin#57
↑22Corey#58
↑20Tanya#63
↑19Melanie#59

Falling

↓34Sabrina#95
↓34Victoria#96
↓33Dwayne#98
↓31Debra#85
↓24Chris#99
↓23Barry#81
↓22Anne#82
↓18Darrell#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.