State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,985 Virginia births in 1972 across 1,136 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#81Catinaoutside the national top 200
#68Virginia#164 nationally
#36Katina#117 nationally
#95Melvin#171 nationally
#77Barry#148 nationally
#95Wanda#166 nationally
#62Darrell#122 nationally
#80Anne#134 nationally
#70Allen#123 nationally
#66Katrina#116 nationally
#80Ricky#127 nationally
#64Kathy#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,319US #1
#2Kimberly748US #4
#3Angela744US #6
#4Michelle649US #2
#5Melissa618US #7
#6Amy610US #5
#7Lisa576US #3
#8Tammy439US #11
#9Stephanie432US #8
#10Mary395US #13
#11Elizabeth343US #15
#12Rebecca336US #14
#13Karen330US #21
#14Heather324US #9
#15Susan293US #24
#16Tracy284US #19
#17Tina282US #18
#18Shannon276US #22
#19Cynthia266US #25
#20Tonya261US #37
#21Nicole259US #10
#22Teresa254US #39
#23Laura248US #17
#24Pamela237US #34
#25Patricia237US #27
#26Crystal234US #59
#27Christina230US #26
#28Dawn224US #20
#29Wendy224US #29
#30Julie222US #12
#31Sharon221US #50
#32Donna212US #45
#33Christine206US #16
#34Kelly194US #23
#35Lori189US #28
#36Katina179US #117
#37Robin178US #55
#38Sarah171US #49
#39Sherry171US #70
#40Dana170US #52
#41Sandra170US #31
#42Melanie166US #42
#43Rhonda163US #60
#44April162US #48
#45Deborah162US #43
#46Andrea156US #30
#47Katherine151US #69
#48Tanya151US #54
#49Catherine143US #65
#50Stacey143US #41
#51Stacy137US #33
#52Michele136US #36
#53Cheryl134US #56
#54Tracey130US #88
#55Denise126US #35
#56Monica124US #47
#57Tara124US #38
#58Barbara123US #58
#59Christy115US #74
#60Leslie114US #75
#61Linda109US #51
#62Theresa109US #68
#63Jessica104US #46
#64Kathy103US #108
#65Amanda102US #76
#66Katrina102US #116
#67Rachel102US #40
#68Virginia101US #164
#69Tiffany100US #61
#70Carrie99US #53
#71Margaret96US #95
#72Brenda95US #44
#73Cindy95US #80
#74Nancy93US #63
#75Carolyn90US #110
#76Paula89US #72
#77Valerie87US #100
#78Regina85US #104
#79Melinda84US #81
#80Anne83US #134
#81Catina83
#82Ann78US #91
#83Holly78US #71
#84Kathryn78US #103
#85Debra77US #66
#86Tamara77US #84
#87Carol76US #109
#88Sherri76US #129
#89Kathleen74US #57
#90Renee74US #77
#91Sonya74US #122
#92Anita72US #136
#93Diane72US #105
#94Erica72US #87
#95Wanda72US #166
#96Felicia71US #128
#97Jacqueline70US #79
#98Anna69US #86
#99Janet69US #111
#100Victoria69US #99

Boys

#1Michael1,635US #1
#2Christopher1,478US #2
#3James1,373US #3
#4David1,156US #4
#5Robert1,045US #6
#6William1,004US #9
#7John997US #5
#8Brian816US #8
#9Kevin632US #13
#10Charles571US #23
#11Jason528US #7
#12Jeffrey517US #17
#13Joseph506US #12
#14Richard504US #14
#15Thomas478US #20
#16Timothy457US #21
#17Mark452US #18
#18Matthew437US #10
#19Anthony415US #22
#20Steven415US #19
#21Eric408US #16
#22Daniel399US #15
#23Scott338US #11
#24Gregory328US #26
#25Kenneth325US #27
#26Paul300US #24
#27Stephen300US #29
#28Shawn293US #28
#29Jonathan268US #37
#30Donald232US #36
#31Sean230US #33
#32Andrew228US #30
#33Edward223US #34
#34Ronald222US #32
#35Keith216US #38
#36George212US #44
#37Larry192US #47
#38Gary190US #41
#39Patrick179US #35
#40Douglas166US #43
#41Jerry163US #53
#42Bryan158US #45
#43Troy153US #49
#44Chad144US #25
#45Aaron140US #40
#46Dennis136US #52
#47Todd135US #31
#48Roger134US #76
#49Rodney131US #65
#50Raymond129US #54
#51Samuel129US #66
#52Tony128US #68
#53Travis120US #57
#54Benjamin115US #64
#55Ryan115US #39
#56Jeremy113US #42
#57Terry112US #62
#58Bobby106US #90
#59Craig106US #46
#60Adam104US #51
#61Curtis101US #92
#62Darrell97US #122
#63Marcus92US #71
#64Corey91US #95
#65Jeffery91US #58
#66Russell91US #69
#67Carl90US #85
#68Bradley85US #61
#69Walter84US #98
#70Allen82US #123
#71Wayne82US #103
#72Phillip81US #75
#73Tracy81US #111
#74Roy79US #114
#75Jamie78US #72
#76Joshua78US #59
#77Barry77US #148
#78Danny74US #87
#79Peter73US #48
#80Ricky73US #127
#81Brandon72US #63
#82Billy71US #81
#83Derek71US #67
#84Shannon69US #94
#85Frank68US #56
#86Chris66US #82
#87Nathan66US #79
#88Johnny65US #74
#89Randy65US #70
#90Henry64US #118
#91Lawrence64US #101
#92Frederick63US #116
#93Micheal63US #108
#94Jermaine62US #135
#95Melvin62US #171
#96Andre61US #128
#97Antonio61US #93
#98Justin61US #60
#99Ronnie61US #133
#100Bruce60US #121

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑30Nicole#21
↑29Jessica#63
↑22Jamie#75
↑21Ryan#55
↑20Allen#70
↑17Melanie#42
↑16Carrie#70
↑16Bobby#58

Falling

↓29Wanda#95
↓29Janet#99
↓29Bruce#100
↓26Ronnie#99
↓24Lawrence#91
↓21Ann#82
↓21Jacqueline#97
↓19Randy#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.