State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,919 Virginia births in 1975 across 1,142 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#90Dwayne#181 nationally
#98Clifton#186 nationally
#99Melvin#187 nationally
#91Jermaine#176 nationally
#94Calvin#178 nationally
#87Virginia#156 nationally
#79Darrell#147 nationally
#73Ashley#138 nationally
#97Ronnie#151 nationally
#66Tracey#117 nationally
#71Roy#122 nationally
#83Katrina#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,293US #1
#2Amy791US #2
#3Angela654US #5
#4Melissa564US #4
#5Kimberly550US #7
#6Michelle501US #6
#7Heather492US #3
#8Stephanie446US #9
#9Lisa362US #8
#10Mary340US #19
#11Christina335US #12
#12Rebecca329US #11
#13Crystal298US #43
#14Elizabeth293US #15
#15Sarah274US #17
#16Amanda271US #14
#17Kelly259US #16
#18April243US #25
#19Shannon237US #21
#20Tammy226US #31
#21Jessica224US #13
#22Wendy223US #33
#23Laura217US #20
#24Susan211US #32
#25Tonya211US #45
#26Nicole208US #10
#27Karen204US #27
#28Tracy204US #24
#29Julie183US #18
#30Tina180US #35
#31Cynthia179US #40
#32Dawn179US #23
#33Tanya167US #50
#34Christine166US #22
#35Christy164US #53
#36Carrie152US #29
#37Patricia151US #36
#38Tiffany151US #37
#39Rachel149US #26
#40Andrea146US #28
#41Catherine145US #73
#42Lori143US #39
#43Katherine140US #58
#44Emily138US #48
#45Erin137US #38
#46Pamela134US #70
#47Tara129US #41
#48Leslie126US #71
#49Melanie126US #52
#50Robin124US #65
#51Teresa124US #61
#52Dana123US #62
#53Holly114US #55
#54Sherry114US #95
#55Margaret112US #98
#56Stacy110US #34
#57Sandra108US #51
#58Donna105US #85
#59Sharon104US #75
#60Misty103US #47
#61Rhonda103US #93
#62Monica100US #49
#63Stacey99US #44
#64Brandy98US #57
#65Christie97US #96
#66Tracey97US #117
#67Kristen95US #60
#68Danielle94US #42
#69Kristin90US #74
#70Linda90US #81
#71Erica89US #63
#72Kathryn88US #99
#73Ashley85US #138
#74Courtney84US #102
#75Melinda84US #91
#76Allison83US #89
#77Denise83US #64
#78Cheryl82US #97
#79Sara80US #54
#80Tamara80US #77
#81Regina79US #111
#82Barbara78US #83
#83Katrina78US #131
#84Michele78US #56
#85Ann77US #104
#86Samantha77US #101
#87Virginia77US #156
#88Anne74US #124
#89Felicia72US #116
#90Jamie71US #68
#91Kathleen71US #80
#92Jill70US #46
#93Anna69US #79
#94Amber68US #59
#95Megan67US #69
#96Nancy67US #82
#97Theresa64US #78
#98Carla61US #122
#99Deborah61US #86
#100Jacqueline59US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,518US #1
#2Christopher1,405US #3
#3James1,114US #4
#4Jason992US #2
#5Robert906US #6
#6David900US #5
#7John899US #7
#8William837US #10
#9Brian684US #8
#10Matthew575US #9
#11Kevin515US #15
#12Joseph474US #12
#13Charles458US #25
#14Thomas422US #20
#15Timothy407US #22
#16Richard398US #16
#17Daniel392US #11
#18Eric375US #13
#19Steven367US #18
#20Mark351US #19
#21Jeffrey344US #14
#22Anthony332US #21
#23Jonathan321US #30
#24Stephen294US #34
#25Gregory256US #33
#26Scott253US #17
#27Andrew251US #28
#28Kenneth245US #35
#29Shawn244US #31
#30Paul223US #29
#31Benjamin212US #36
#32Joshua206US #26
#33Jeremy205US #24
#34Ryan194US #23
#35Aaron189US #32
#36Patrick187US #39
#37Keith184US #49
#38Donald174US #42
#39Bryan173US #47
#40Gary172US #50
#41Larry169US #56
#42Ronald167US #46
#43Chad161US #27
#44George160US #53
#45Sean144US #40
#46Adam141US #38
#47Rodney141US #76
#48Edward140US #41
#49Travis139US #51
#50Justin136US #37
#51Bradley134US #52
#52Samuel122US #61
#53Nathan115US #45
#54Raymond115US #63
#55Todd113US #43
#56Brandon111US #44
#57Douglas111US #55
#58Troy106US #69
#59Jerry102US #65
#60Roger102US #97
#61Dennis100US #59
#62Phillip100US #72
#63Tony98US #80
#64Marcus94US #68
#65Antonio93US #77
#66Corey90US #71
#67Russell88US #82
#68Terry87US #67
#69Jamie85US #62
#70Craig81US #58
#71Roy81US #122
#72Shane80US #57
#73Carl79US #91
#74Walter79US #112
#75Bobby78US #93
#76Frank77US #66
#77Andre75US #123
#78Peter73US #54
#79Darrell71US #147
#80Shannon71US #101
#81Randy69US #78
#82Allen66US #127
#83Derrick66US #90
#84Curtis64US #113
#85Jesse64US #64
#86Wayne64US #120
#87Johnny63US #86
#88Lawrence63US #110
#89Derek62US #83
#90Dwayne60US #181
#91Jermaine60US #176
#92Joel60US #74
#93Philip60US #85
#94Calvin59US #178
#95Danny59US #94
#96Bruce58US #140
#97Ronnie58US #151
#98Clifton56US #186
#99Melvin56US #187
#100Tyrone55US #146

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑25Carrie#36
↑24Rachel#39
↑24Andrea#40
↑21Andre#77
↑19Courtney#74
↑18Raymond#54
↑18Darrell#79
↑17Amanda#16

Falling

↓49Deborah#99
↓35Tamara#80
↓25Michele#84
↓23Anne#88
↓20Kristen#67
↓16Teresa#51
↓16Sharon#59
↓16Theresa#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.