State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,653 Virginia births in 1973 across 1,141 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#84Calvin#173 nationally
#33Katina#120 nationally
#72Virginia#151 nationally
#93Melvin#170 nationally
#88Barry#159 nationally
#73Darrell#131 nationally
#85Felicia#138 nationally
#96Sherri#149 nationally
#98Ernest#149 nationally
#77Jermaine#127 nationally
#74Katrina#118 nationally
#78Anne#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,339US #1
#2Kimberly659US #4
#3Melissa633US #6
#4Angela627US #7
#5Amy580US #2
#6Michelle557US #3
#7Stephanie487US #9
#8Lisa455US #5
#9Mary396US #14
#10Heather392US #8
#11Tammy370US #15
#12Rebecca355US #10
#13Elizabeth348US #13
#14Crystal283US #48
#15Karen276US #23
#16Susan273US #25
#17Christina264US #16
#18Shannon248US #22
#19Laura242US #19
#20Tina240US #24
#21Wendy238US #29
#22Tracy231US #20
#23Tonya230US #36
#24Kelly228US #18
#25Cynthia214US #26
#26Patricia206US #27
#27Julie204US #12
#28April201US #33
#29Nicole192US #11
#30Dawn191US #21
#31Pamela191US #47
#32Donna189US #55
#33Katina176US #120
#34Christine171US #17
#35Sharon165US #57
#36Teresa165US #45
#37Katherine164US #64
#38Sarah163US #35
#39Robin161US #60
#40Melanie158US #43
#41Lori153US #28
#42Stacey147US #41
#43Andrea146US #30
#44Sandra137US #39
#45Rhonda135US #70
#46Catherine134US #67
#47Deborah134US #56
#48Christy131US #73
#49Tara131US #37
#50Denise129US #38
#51Stacy126US #32
#52Dana125US #59
#53Michele123US #44
#54Tanya122US #50
#55Holly121US #54
#56Jessica120US #34
#57Tiffany118US #52
#58Monica115US #40
#59Cheryl114US #74
#60Sherry112US #76
#61Tracey109US #102
#62Carrie108US #46
#63Linda108US #61
#64Leslie107US #75
#65Amanda102US #51
#66Margaret102US #94
#67Barbara101US #63
#68Melinda97US #72
#69Brenda95US #53
#70Emily95US #99
#71Theresa94US #69
#72Virginia94US #151
#73Tamara93US #66
#74Katrina90US #118
#75Rachel90US #42
#76Danielle84US #49
#77Ann83US #93
#78Anne83US #122
#79Cindy80US #92
#80Erin79US #79
#81Kathryn79US #107
#82Kristen77US #58
#83Erica76US #81
#84Nancy75US #77
#85Felicia74US #138
#86Regina74US #110
#87Alicia72US #91
#88Suzanne72US #98
#89Allison71US #105
#90Sheila70US #101
#91Jacqueline69US #88
#92Brandy68US #82
#93Debra68US #84
#94Kathy68US #124
#95Victoria68US #95
#96Sherri67US #149
#97Carla66US #114
#98Carolyn65US #116
#99Laurie65US #106
#100Misty65US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,505US #1
#2Christopher1,410US #2
#3James1,167US #4
#4Robert960US #7
#5John953US #6
#6David942US #5
#7William934US #9
#8Brian870US #8
#9Jason724US #3
#10Kevin615US #14
#11Charles491US #23
#12Matthew491US #10
#13Richard460US #16
#14Mark457US #15
#15Thomas445US #19
#16Jeffrey433US #17
#17Joseph420US #12
#18Daniel410US #11
#19Timothy406US #22
#20Eric403US #13
#21Anthony371US #21
#22Steven318US #20
#23Jonathan302US #31
#24Gregory294US #26
#25Shawn289US #27
#26Stephen286US #32
#27Scott267US #18
#28Kenneth251US #28
#29Paul249US #24
#30Donald234US #38
#31Ronald233US #40
#32George211US #46
#33Andrew207US #29
#34Sean187US #36
#35Gary186US #44
#36Edward181US #39
#37Keith178US #41
#38Patrick176US #37
#39Jerry169US #57
#40Chad162US #25
#41Douglas162US #47
#42Larry160US #50
#43Bryan153US #43
#44Jeremy147US #33
#45Travis144US #53
#46Samuel141US #66
#47Benjamin138US #55
#48Aaron137US #34
#49Rodney135US #68
#50Todd134US #35
#51Adam128US #45
#52Ryan123US #30
#53Roger122US #84
#54Troy119US #59
#55Joshua113US #42
#56Raymond113US #60
#57Terry111US #65
#58Bobby107US #93
#59Craig107US #48
#60Phillip104US #71
#61Dennis101US #56
#62Curtis98US #98
#63Jamie94US #70
#64Antonio93US #92
#65Tony90US #78
#66Derek88US #69
#67Jeffery83US #64
#68Bradley82US #62
#69Carl82US #90
#70Russell82US #77
#71Justin78US #51
#72Nathan78US #63
#73Darrell77US #131
#74Marcus76US #72
#75Philip75US #91
#76Corey74US #89
#77Jermaine73US #127
#78Derrick71US #87
#79Frank71US #61
#80Wayne71US #107
#81Shannon70US #100
#82Henry69US #111
#83Randy69US #79
#84Calvin68US #173
#85Jesse68US #75
#86Brandon66US #58
#87Danny66US #83
#88Barry65US #159
#89Roy65US #117
#90Billy64US #76
#91Micheal64US #106
#92Jimmy63US #95
#93Melvin63US #170
#94Ronnie63US #136
#95Walter61US #101
#96Allen60US #124
#97Andre59US #132
#98Ernest59US #149
#99Marc59US #81
#100Christian58US #97

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑33Antonio#64
↑28Holly#55
↑27Justin#71
↑21Joshua#55
↑17Derek#66
↑17Jermaine#77
↑16April#28
↑15Nathan#72

Falling

↓30Kathy#94
↓26Walter#95
↓26Allen#96
↓23Carolyn#98
↓21Sherry#60
↓15Dennis#61
↓15Roy#89
↓14Teresa#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.