State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,701 Virginia births in 1980 across 1,240 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#76Virginia#160 nationally
#100Ebony#175 nationally
#80Jermaine#149 nationally
#89Tabitha#155 nationally
#82Wayne#146 nationally
#67Latoya#123 nationally
#88Meredith#140 nationally
#90Latasha#141 nationally
#34Catherine#77 nationally
#96Walter#137 nationally
#92Sharon#129 nationally
#97Roger#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,251US #1
#2Amanda876US #2
#3Jessica821US #3
#4Melissa595US #4
#5Sarah551US #5
#6Elizabeth520US #9
#7Crystal467US #18
#8Heather467US #6
#9Kimberly460US #11
#10Amy437US #8
#11Stephanie418US #13
#12Christina405US #15
#13Tiffany404US #14
#14Rebecca380US #17
#15Angela366US #12
#16Mary365US #25
#17Michelle352US #10
#18April317US #26
#19Laura314US #21
#20Kelly299US #19
#21Lisa296US #16
#22Erin294US #20
#23Shannon289US #29
#24Nicole254US #7
#25Katherine251US #35
#26Rachel237US #23
#27Megan223US #30
#28Sara222US #27
#29Ashley221US #40
#30Amber214US #22
#31Kristin209US #37
#32Lauren194US #38
#33Emily192US #31
#34Catherine175US #77
#35Jamie161US #24
#36Kristen158US #39
#37Brandy157US #42
#38Andrea153US #28
#39Kathryn153US #50
#40Carrie150US #46
#41Courtney146US #48
#42Erica146US #34
#43Karen142US #54
#44Christine140US #41
#45Julie129US #32
#46Allison128US #59
#47Melanie124US #60
#48Samantha122US #58
#49Tracy122US #56
#50Holly121US #52
#51Leslie120US #61
#52Tara120US #43
#53Dana118US #68
#54Danielle118US #33
#55Patricia117US #51
#56Stacey116US #74
#57Monica113US #45
#58Susan113US #62
#59Wendy112US #75
#60Natasha109US #89
#61Tina109US #72
#62Tonya107US #97
#63Lori105US #76
#64Alicia98US #47
#65Katrina98US #90
#66Christy96US #83
#67Latoya91US #123
#68Cynthia90US #64
#69Lindsay90US #71
#70Stacy90US #53
#71Dawn89US #67
#72Kristy88US #78
#73Brandi87US #63
#74Kristina87US #73
#75Pamela87US #86
#76Virginia87US #160
#77Margaret86US #105
#78Candice85US #99
#79Kathleen85US #82
#80Katie85US #44
#81Anna84US #55
#82Tanya84US #88
#83Brooke83US #57
#84Anne81US #112
#85Misty80US #49
#86Natalie77US #65
#87Tammy77US #96
#88Meredith75US #140
#89Tabitha74US #155
#90Latasha73US #141
#91Victoria73US #103
#92Sharon72US #129
#93Maria70US #36
#94Robin70US #109
#95Tasha69US #130
#96Jacqueline68US #81
#97Monique68US #93
#98Valerie67US #85
#99Alison66US #101
#100Ebony66US #175

Boys

#1Michael1,431US #1
#2Christopher1,291US #2
#3Jason1,091US #3
#4James1,031US #5
#5David983US #4
#6Robert840US #9
#7John827US #8
#8William807US #14
#9Matthew790US #6
#10Joshua669US #7
#11Brian655US #12
#12Joseph591US #10
#13Jonathan537US #21
#14Daniel536US #11
#15Justin517US #13
#16Kevin457US #23
#17Timothy451US #20
#18Charles445US #29
#19Thomas438US #25
#20Travis417US #37
#21Andrew410US #19
#22Richard384US #26
#23Jeremy382US #18
#24Eric370US #16
#25Ryan359US #15
#26Adam357US #22
#27Brandon319US #31
#28Anthony305US #24
#29Steven298US #28
#30Jeffrey291US #27
#31Nicholas278US #17
#32Benjamin273US #32
#33Mark265US #30
#34Stephen264US #40
#35Paul251US #35
#36Kenneth230US #41
#37Aaron229US #34
#38Patrick228US #38
#39Nathan214US #36
#40Gregory209US #42
#41Shawn202US #47
#42Scott201US #33
#43Bryan166US #49
#44Sean165US #48
#45Chad160US #39
#46Donald153US #53
#47Derek150US #50
#48Samuel149US #54
#49Edward148US #52
#50George147US #60
#51Bradley145US #51
#52Keith143US #56
#53Jesse136US #45
#54Ronald136US #58
#55Larry127US #70
#56Marcus126US #71
#57Antonio120US #77
#58Douglas117US #62
#59Phillip117US #65
#60Derrick111US #74
#61Corey106US #68
#62Jacob104US #43
#63Shaun104US #79
#64Dustin102US #44
#65Wesley102US #95
#66Curtis92US #89
#67Gary92US #63
#68Nathaniel92US #86
#69Jerry88US #94
#70Raymond87US #66
#71Peter85US #55
#72Carl84US #103
#73Jamie84US #105
#74Terry83US #101
#75Jared80US #61
#76Bobby77US #109
#77Russell77US #92
#78Tony77US #108
#79Dennis76US #80
#80Jermaine73US #149
#81Jeremiah71US #76
#82Wayne71US #146
#83Erik70US #64
#84Randy70US #87
#85Philip69US #82
#86Troy68US #106
#87Craig66US #73
#88Kyle66US #57
#89Shane65US #69
#90Alexander64US #91
#91Frank64US #81
#92Ian63US #104
#93Rodney63US #121
#94Zachary62US #72
#95Todd61US #75
#96Walter61US #137
#97Roger59US #134
#98Brent58US #84
#99Jeffery58US #90
#100Mario57US #102

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑42Kristin#31
↑35Allison#46
↑25Latoya#67
↑22Lauren#32
↑21Kristen#36
↑20Stacey#56
↑19Kathleen#79
↑17Andrea#38

Falling

↓25Roger#97
↓24Wendy#59
↓23Robin#94
↓22Susan#58
↓20Tammy#87
↓19Misty#85
↓17Tonya#62
↓16Philip#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.