State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,093 Virginia births in 1974 across 1,124 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#83Virginia#160 nationally
#96Barry#156 nationally
#93Jermaine#151 nationally
#65Anne#120 nationally
#90Ronnie#141 nationally
#76Katrina#126 nationally
#77Wayne#120 nationally
#81Roy#122 nationally
#68Tracey#108 nationally
#97Darrell#137 nationally
#86Allen#125 nationally
#66Walter#104 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,363US #1
#2Angela673US #5
#3Amy644US #2
#4Kimberly637US #6
#5Heather546US #4
#6Melissa542US #7
#7Michelle541US #3
#8Stephanie457US #9
#9Lisa408US #8
#10Rebecca376US #10
#11Mary350US #13
#12Elizabeth322US #12
#13Karen286US #26
#14Christina281US #16
#15Tammy279US #24
#16Susan276US #27
#17Crystal265US #49
#18Tonya252US #37
#19Shannon251US #18
#20April235US #28
#21Tracy234US #23
#22Kelly233US #15
#23Sarah232US #20
#24Tina231US #25
#25Laura219US #21
#26Wendy218US #32
#27Cynthia208US #33
#28Christine202US #19
#29Tiffany199US #41
#30Nicole195US #11
#31Patricia179US #29
#32Julie171US #14
#33Amanda170US #34
#34Dawn170US #22
#35Teresa169US #52
#36Tanya163US #46
#37Jessica161US #17
#38Pamela156US #54
#39Christy155US #57
#40Tara149US #39
#41Lori145US #30
#42Melanie140US #51
#43Sharon140US #70
#44Catherine139US #73
#45Tamara137US #64
#46Donna135US #67
#47Kristen135US #45
#48Stacey131US #48
#49Sandra130US #44
#50Deborah129US #68
#51Robin127US #63
#52Stacy127US #38
#53Dana126US #55
#54Erin124US #47
#55Katherine122US #62
#56Sherry121US #89
#57Emily118US #69
#58Leslie117US #65
#59Michele117US #50
#60Danielle114US #40
#61Carrie113US #42
#62Monica112US #43
#63Rachel111US #36
#64Andrea110US #35
#65Anne100US #120
#66Holly99US #56
#67Melinda94US #81
#68Tracey93US #108
#69Misty90US #66
#70Barbara89US #77
#71Margaret89US #95
#72Rhonda89US #86
#73Kathryn88US #98
#74Denise87US #53
#75Cheryl86US #88
#76Katrina85US #126
#77Kathleen82US #76
#78Christie81US #110
#79Erica80US #74
#80Allison75US #99
#81Theresa75US #79
#82Kristina74US #101
#83Virginia74US #160
#84Ann73US #100
#85Kristin72US #72
#86Linda72US #75
#87Sara72US #61
#88Carolyn69US #118
#89Joy69US #109
#90Valerie69US #93
#91Amber68US #92
#92Brenda68US #59
#93Courtney68US #124
#94Anna66US #82
#95Regina66US #113
#96Suzanne66US #111
#97Yolanda64US #112
#98Paula63US #96
#99Diana62US #87
#100Julia62US #136

Boys

#1Michael1,494US #1
#2Christopher1,403US #3
#3James1,146US #5
#4David1,036US #4
#5Jason958US #2
#6Robert915US #7
#7John901US #6
#8William848US #10
#9Brian789US #8
#10Kevin571US #14
#11Matthew526US #9
#12Thomas494US #20
#13Charles465US #23
#14Joseph456US #12
#15Daniel439US #11
#16Eric420US #13
#17Richard418US #17
#18Mark407US #16
#19Steven399US #19
#20Jeffrey398US #15
#21Timothy376US #22
#22Anthony352US #21
#23Jonathan291US #33
#24Shawn280US #30
#25Stephen268US #35
#26Kenneth258US #34
#27Scott253US #18
#28Paul250US #27
#29Andrew237US #28
#30Gregory237US #31
#31Donald218US #41
#32Jeremy196US #24
#33Joshua192US #29
#34Keith188US #44
#35Ronald188US #42
#36Edward184US #40
#37Sean183US #37
#38George182US #49
#39Larry181US #55
#40Aaron176US #32
#41Patrick165US #38
#42Bryan161US #45
#43Chad156US #26
#44Gary156US #48
#45Ryan154US #25
#46Benjamin152US #46
#47Adam144US #36
#48Jerry137US #61
#49Travis127US #54
#50Douglas126US #53
#51Rodney124US #72
#52Samuel114US #60
#53Nathan112US #52
#54Todd106US #39
#55Justin103US #43
#56Brandon102US #51
#57Roger102US #93
#58Dennis101US #59
#59Bradley95US #58
#60Antonio93US #82
#61Marcus93US #73
#62Terry92US #69
#63Tony91US #81
#64Phillip90US #70
#65Troy89US #63
#66Walter88US #104
#67Bobby87US #92
#68Curtis82US #98
#69Jamie81US #68
#70Russell81US #84
#71Shannon81US #101
#72Raymond80US #62
#73Shane79US #56
#74Carl78US #89
#75Billy76US #78
#76Jeffery76US #66
#77Wayne75US #120
#78Craig74US #57
#79Derek71US #74
#80Randy70US #79
#81Roy70US #122
#82Peter68US #50
#83Corey67US #77
#84Derrick67US #87
#85Frank67US #65
#86Allen66US #125
#87Philip65US #86
#88Gerald63US #108
#89Lawrence63US #100
#90Ronnie63US #141
#91Danny62US #91
#92Henry62US #115
#93Jermaine61US #151
#94Johnny60US #83
#95Micheal60US #102
#96Barry58US #156
#97Darrell58US #137
#98Andre57US #132
#99Bruce57US #136
#100Ricky57US #129

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑35Kristen#47
↑32Amanda#33
↑31Misty#69
↑30Brandon#56
↑29Walter#66
↑28Tiffany#29
↑28Tamara#45
↑26Erin#54

Falling

↓27Rhonda#72
↓24Denise#74
↓24Darrell#97
↓23Linda#86
↓23Brenda#92
↓21Andrea#64
↓19Craig#78
↓18Katherine#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.