State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,748 Virginia births in 1977 across 1,199 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#70Dwayne#163 nationally
#80Virginia#169 nationally
#86Jermaine#172 nationally
#69Sherry#140 nationally
#89Darrell#150 nationally
#93Meredith#154 nationally
#81Roy#141 nationally
#68Latoya#125 nationally
#79Ricky#136 nationally
#64Shannon#120 nationally
#83Wayne#138 nationally
#78Felicia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,272US #1
#2Amy662US #3
#3Heather592US #5
#4Melissa560US #2
#5Angela544US #6
#6Kimberly497US #8
#7Jessica468US #4
#8Kelly438US #10
#9Elizabeth415US #13
#10Amanda408US #9
#11Crystal407US #25
#12Sarah406US #11
#13Stephanie391US #14
#14Michelle373US #7
#15Shannon359US #19
#16Christina354US #16
#17Mary327US #21
#18Rebecca320US #17
#19Lisa295US #12
#20Laura252US #20
#21April251US #29
#22Nicole207US #15
#23Karen206US #32
#24Susan201US #45
#25Carrie197US #28
#26Erin194US #23
#27Emily188US #37
#28Jamie187US #18
#29Julie176US #22
#30Tiffany173US #34
#31Katherine161US #44
#32Rachel160US #26
#33Wendy158US #49
#34Tonya156US #64
#35Tracy155US #50
#36Cynthia154US #48
#37Sara154US #27
#38Tara154US #35
#39Andrea144US #24
#40Catherine144US #75
#41Christine144US #30
#42Stacy134US #42
#43Tammy133US #55
#44Melanie131US #53
#45Dawn126US #43
#46Monica126US #39
#47Patricia126US #47
#48Holly124US #52
#49Misty119US #40
#50Tanya115US #67
#51Tina115US #58
#52Christy114US #59
#53Danielle113US #31
#54Leslie112US #65
#55Jaime111US #46
#56Dana110US #62
#57Teresa110US #79
#58Sabrina109US #63
#59Brandy106US #51
#60Lori106US #57
#61Erica105US #38
#62Amber104US #33
#63Courtney104US #76
#64Kathryn104US #70
#65Stacey104US #56
#66Megan98US #54
#67Ashley91US #106
#68Latoya90US #125
#69Sherry90US #140
#70Kristy89US #68
#71Pamela89US #102
#72Robin89US #84
#73Samantha88US #85
#74Margaret87US #111
#75Brandi85US #71
#76Jill84US #41
#77Kristen83US #72
#78Felicia82US #128
#79Alicia81US #60
#80Virginia81US #169
#81Allison79US #66
#82Donna78US #113
#83Natalie78US #69
#84Natasha78US #116
#85Kristin75US #82
#86Kristina75US #83
#87Sharon74US #95
#88Kathleen72US #80
#89Sandra72US #61
#90Tamara71US #93
#91Anna68US #74
#92Anne68US #123
#93Meredith68US #154
#94Michele68US #77
#95Angel66US #133
#96Suzanne66US #121
#97Victoria65US #107
#98Denise63US #78
#99Cheryl62US #135
#100Deborah61US #109

Boys

#1Michael1,514US #1
#2Christopher1,336US #3
#3Jason1,230US #2
#4James1,082US #5
#5David963US #4
#6John875US #7
#7Robert840US #6
#8William833US #12
#9Brian764US #8
#10Kevin669US #13
#11Matthew653US #9
#12Daniel508US #11
#13Joseph505US #10
#14Charles479US #26
#15Thomas440US #22
#16Timothy427US #18
#17Eric382US #17
#18Jeremy366US #15
#19Steven364US #23
#20Richard363US #20
#21Jonathan354US #28
#22Joshua348US #14
#23Jeffrey323US #19
#24Anthony319US #21
#25Andrew303US #24
#26Mark302US #25
#27Benjamin280US #29
#28Kenneth272US #39
#29Ryan267US #16
#30Stephen263US #38
#31Shawn254US #37
#32Gregory249US #35
#33Paul228US #31
#34Scott205US #27
#35Adam194US #33
#36Aaron190US #32
#37Bryan190US #42
#38Patrick187US #40
#39Justin172US #30
#40Nathan172US #36
#41Travis170US #44
#42Corey162US #52
#43George160US #57
#44Ronald160US #53
#45Donald157US #46
#46Edward154US #47
#47Brandon152US #41
#48Sean147US #43
#49Wesley145US #66
#50Gary141US #58
#51Larry140US #62
#52Samuel135US #60
#53Keith133US #48
#54Bradley129US #49
#55Chad126US #34
#56Douglas114US #59
#57Jerry114US #75
#58Jesse110US #54
#59Derrick104US #80
#60Troy104US #88
#61Raymond102US #65
#62Todd102US #50
#63Phillip96US #70
#64Shannon93US #120
#65Jacob90US #56
#66Marcus90US #72
#67Dennis88US #68
#68Terry88US #83
#69Derek87US #84
#70Dwayne85US #163
#71Roger84US #114
#72Antonio83US #77
#73Jamie79US #82
#74Peter79US #55
#75Rodney79US #97
#76Nicholas77US #51
#77Tony77US #92
#78Bobby76US #105
#79Ricky76US #136
#80Philip75US #90
#81Roy75US #141
#82Jeremiah73US #69
#83Wayne71US #138
#84Andre68US #134
#85Cory67US #67
#86Jermaine66US #172
#87Shaun65US #103
#88Russell64US #89
#89Darrell63US #150
#90Jeffery62US #78
#91Shane62US #61
#92Walter62US #123
#93Billy61US #91
#94Lawrence61US #115
#95Carl60US #99
#96Craig60US #64
#97Curtis59US #100
#98Damon59US #112
#99Nathaniel59US #107
#100Brent58US #85

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑47Wesley#49
↑30Kathryn#64
↑25Derek#69
↑24Andrea#39
↑23Kristen#77
↑21Jesse#58
↑20Monica#46
↑19Jacob#65

Falling

↓34Sharon#87
↓22Anne#92
↓21Allison#81
↓21Curtis#97
↓20Donna#82
↓20Carl#95
↓19Jaime#55
↓19Jamie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.