State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,871 Virginia births in 1978 across 1,182 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#79Dwayne#192 nationally
#92Calvin#187 nationally
#98Jermaine#188 nationally
#77Virginia#165 nationally
#90Darrell#165 nationally
#82Sherry#151 nationally
#75Shannon#143 nationally
#95Ronnie#163 nationally
#80Ricky#130 nationally
#87Latoya#135 nationally
#74Anne#119 nationally
#70Natasha#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,244US #1
#2Melissa595US #2
#3Amy552US #4
#4Crystal511US #18
#5Heather496US #5
#6Jessica490US #3
#7Angela480US #7
#8Amanda473US #6
#9Sarah459US #8
#10Elizabeth451US #14
#11Kimberly448US #13
#12Christina407US #15
#13Kelly396US #12
#14Stephanie392US #16
#15Michelle388US #9
#16Lisa318US #11
#17Shannon318US #22
#18April317US #27
#19Rebecca305US #17
#20Mary296US #24
#21Laura244US #19
#22Erin241US #21
#23Nicole228US #10
#24Katherine207US #38
#25Tiffany198US #32
#26Emily193US #33
#27Rachel187US #25
#28Carrie186US #35
#29Jamie186US #20
#30Sara176US #28
#31Karen166US #39
#32Christine165US #29
#33Brandy164US #37
#34Tina161US #45
#35Andrea160US #23
#36Julie157US #26
#37Wendy153US #56
#38Susan144US #49
#39Christy134US #59
#40Tonya131US #77
#41Tammy130US #67
#42Kathryn127US #57
#43Melanie126US #54
#44Amber124US #30
#45Leslie124US #63
#46Ashley121US #87
#47Catherine121US #72
#48Tracy119US #47
#49Stacy117US #44
#50Tara116US #40
#51Courtney115US #68
#52Cynthia115US #50
#53Dana115US #71
#54Danielle112US #31
#55Misty112US #43
#56Monica112US #42
#57Erica109US #34
#58Dawn108US #52
#59Megan105US #41
#60Kristy100US #51
#61Patricia100US #48
#62Kristen99US #62
#63Samantha98US #74
#64Lauren96US #80
#65Teresa95US #88
#66Anna94US #65
#67Lori94US #60
#68Holly91US #55
#69Kristina90US #64
#70Natasha89US #114
#71Pamela88US #109
#72Stacey86US #53
#73Tanya86US #82
#74Anne85US #119
#75Sharon85US #106
#76Brandi84US #61
#77Virginia84US #165
#78Melinda83US #84
#79Kristin82US #78
#80Allison81US #75
#81Sabrina81US #91
#82Sherry79US #151
#83Tabitha79US #126
#84Jaime78US #70
#85Natalie77US #66
#86Alicia75US #58
#87Latoya74US #135
#88Valerie74US #92
#89Cheryl72US #94
#90Jill72US #46
#91Tamara72US #105
#92Robin69US #89
#93Lindsay68US #95
#94Ann67US #125
#95Margaret67US #110
#96Theresa67US #101
#97Joy66US #139
#98Donna65US #120
#99Linda65US #100
#100Sandra65US #69

Boys

#1Michael1,385US #1
#2Christopher1,280US #3
#3Jason1,193US #2
#4James1,084US #5
#5Robert889US #8
#6David860US #4
#7John835US #7
#8William819US #13
#9Brian682US #9
#10Matthew649US #6
#11Kevin555US #15
#12Joseph553US #10
#13Timothy507US #17
#14Daniel472US #11
#15Joshua443US #12
#16Charles436US #27
#17Thomas428US #23
#18Jonathan401US #31
#19Steven376US #24
#20Richard368US #21
#21Eric354US #16
#22Mark350US #26
#23Andrew344US #22
#24Anthony328US #20
#25Jeremy308US #18
#26Ryan308US #14
#27Jeffrey286US #19
#28Stephen276US #37
#29Paul266US #33
#30Justin255US #28
#31Adam253US #29
#32Benjamin253US #34
#33Nicholas243US #25
#34Kenneth236US #41
#35Gregory231US #38
#36Shawn216US #39
#37Scott209US #30
#38Aaron204US #32
#39Brandon200US #40
#40Bryan189US #43
#41Nathan186US #36
#42Patrick179US #42
#43George169US #58
#44Shaun163US #52
#45Travis161US #46
#46Donald153US #48
#47Larry152US #64
#48Ronald147US #55
#49Edward146US #47
#50Chad140US #35
#51Samuel136US #57
#52Gary129US #60
#53Sean126US #45
#54Keith125US #49
#55Douglas123US #59
#56Bradley122US #53
#57Phillip112US #67
#58Corey108US #61
#59Jesse104US #51
#60Antonio101US #79
#61Derrick101US #76
#62Marcus99US #70
#63Wesley96US #83
#64Philip95US #84
#65Derek94US #75
#66Jerry94US #82
#67Raymond93US #69
#68Peter85US #54
#69Troy83US #88
#70Dennis82US #71
#71Jacob82US #50
#72Todd81US #56
#73Nathaniel79US #94
#74Shane76US #65
#75Shannon76US #143
#76Russell75US #93
#77Terry74US #91
#78Zachary73US #89
#79Dwayne72US #192
#80Ricky71US #130
#81Roger70US #120
#82Craig67US #66
#83Jamie67US #95
#84Randy67US #86
#85Rodney67US #102
#86Bobby64US #109
#87Carl62US #100
#88Tony59US #97
#89Curtis58US #96
#90Darrell58US #165
#91Frank58US #77
#92Calvin57US #187
#93Jeffery57US #80
#94Jeremiah57US #81
#95Ronnie57US #163
#96Andre56US #129
#97Billy56US #99
#98Jermaine55US #188
#99Walter55US #131
#100Cory53US #73

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑43Nicholas#33
↑43Shaun#44
↑26Brandy#33
↑26Nathaniel#73
↑25Anna#66
↑22Kathryn#42
↑21Ashley#46
↑18Amber#44

Falling

↓29Jaime#84
↓23Tanya#73
↓23Sabrina#81
↓21Margaret#95
↓20Holly#68
↓20Robin#92
↓19Latoya#87
↓16Cynthia#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.