State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,632 Virginia births in 1981 across 1,241 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#159 nationally
#80Jermaine#161 nationally
#97Maurice#163 nationally
#94Wayne#156 nationally
#79Meredith#140 nationally
#84Walter#138 nationally
#58Tonya#110 nationally
#87Latasha#139 nationally
#73Roger#120 nationally
#86Andre#133 nationally
#88Sharon#130 nationally
#89Allen#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,198US #1
#2Jessica908US #2
#3Amanda805US #3
#4Sarah661US #4
#5Melissa532US #5
#6Elizabeth483US #9
#7Kimberly481US #13
#8Crystal477US #16
#9Stephanie444US #8
#10Amy440US #6
#11Heather435US #10
#12Tiffany418US #14
#13Rebecca368US #12
#14Angela355US #15
#15April355US #25
#16Mary346US #27
#17Christina345US #17
#18Michelle330US #11
#19Nicole299US #7
#20Ashley288US #34
#21Kelly287US #23
#22Laura287US #21
#23Erin280US #19
#24Katherine263US #39
#25Shannon258US #32
#26Rachel256US #22
#27Lisa253US #18
#28Emily245US #29
#29Kristin220US #31
#30Sara220US #26
#31Amber218US #20
#32Lauren210US #35
#33Brandy206US #41
#34Andrea203US #24
#35Latoya194US #69
#36Megan190US #33
#37Kristen169US #38
#38Courtney166US #43
#39Jamie166US #28
#40Erica154US #36
#41Brandi145US #50
#42Danielle143US #30
#43Christine137US #42
#44Julie135US #37
#45Catherine134US #73
#46Kathryn134US #48
#47Lindsay124US #47
#48Samantha123US #51
#49Pamela122US #76
#50Allison121US #57
#51Leslie121US #56
#52Monica120US #49
#53Karen119US #64
#54Susan114US #71
#55Tara112US #45
#56Holly111US #63
#57Dana108US #70
#58Tonya107US #110
#59Christy105US #99
#60Melanie105US #66
#61Misty105US #61
#62Anna103US #54
#63Lindsey103US #58
#64Carrie102US #55
#65Natasha102US #85
#66Brooke101US #52
#67Patricia98US #53
#68Tracy98US #77
#69Stacy97US #65
#70Margaret96US #107
#71Wendy95US #90
#72Cynthia93US #59
#73Tina93US #80
#74Kristina89US #72
#75Anne87US #105
#76Virginia87US #159
#77Katrina86US #95
#78Dawn85US #79
#79Meredith85US #140
#80Candice82US #86
#81Julia82US #88
#82Alicia81US #46
#83Kathleen80US #82
#84Lori80US #91
#85Teresa80US #97
#86Victoria80US #87
#87Latasha78US #139
#88Sharon78US #130
#89Katie77US #44
#90Tanya77US #92
#91Kristy76US #94
#92Candace75US #118
#93Natalie75US #60
#94Stacey73US #83
#95Jacqueline68US #67
#96Monique66US #103
#97Sabrina65US #120
#98Barbara64US #119
#99Tammy64US #117
#100Tasha62US #141

Boys

#1Michael1,409US #1
#2Christopher1,255US #2
#3Jason1,092US #4
#4James1,046US #7
#5David944US #5
#6Matthew909US #3
#7John898US #8
#8Robert830US #9
#9William818US #15
#10Joshua763US #6
#11Joseph627US #11
#12Jonathan609US #16
#13Brian603US #14
#14Justin566US #12
#15Daniel532US #10
#16Brandon494US #19
#17Charles445US #31
#18Kevin436US #25
#19Timothy430US #24
#20Thomas429US #26
#21Andrew410US #18
#22Ryan397US #13
#23Jeremy389US #22
#24Richard381US #27
#25Eric379US #17
#26Adam362US #20
#27Steven341US #28
#28Benjamin337US #32
#29Anthony331US #23
#30Travis311US #40
#31Stephen310US #39
#32Jeffrey286US #29
#33Nicholas285US #21
#34Mark277US #33
#35Aaron268US #30
#36Kenneth251US #41
#37Paul240US #35
#38Nathan226US #36
#39Patrick225US #38
#40Scott208US #34
#41Gregory194US #46
#42Shawn187US #49
#43Jesse182US #37
#44Bryan176US #48
#45Sean163US #44
#46Edward160US #51
#47Chad157US #47
#48Donald151US #56
#49Samuel149US #54
#50George145US #61
#51Ronald144US #59
#52Larry141US #73
#53Gary140US #62
#54Keith133US #58
#55Marcus128US #67
#56Jacob123US #43
#57Derek120US #53
#58Phillip117US #66
#59Derrick115US #78
#60Bradley114US #50
#61Douglas113US #64
#62Dustin108US #42
#63Antonio105US #75
#64Curtis98US #94
#65Dennis95US #83
#66Jeremiah95US #77
#67Shaun95US #86
#68Peter94US #55
#69Corey92US #69
#70Nathaniel91US #80
#71Philip88US #84
#72Jared81US #57
#73Roger81US #120
#74Wesley81US #99
#75Terry80US #105
#76Todd80US #74
#77Zachary80US #63
#78Jerry78US #97
#79Raymond77US #68
#80Jermaine71US #161
#81Alexander70US #70
#82Billy70US #103
#83Craig70US #72
#84Walter70US #138
#85Ian69US #101
#86Andre67US #133
#87Bobby67US #110
#88Russell66US #98
#89Allen64US #131
#90Carl64US #106
#91Lucas62US #89
#92Randy62US #91
#93Troy62US #114
#94Wayne62US #156
#95Seth61US #95
#96Joel60US #65
#97Maurice60US #163
#98Erik59US #76
#99Ricky59US #122
#100Frank57US #82

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑32Latoya#35
↑32Brandi#41
↑26Pamela#49
↑24Misty#61
↑24Roger#73
↑22Lindsay#47
↑19Anna#62
↑19Todd#76

Falling

↓38Stacey#94
↓24Carrie#64
↓21Lori#84
↓19Tracy#68
↓19Kristy#91
↓18Alicia#82
↓18Carl#90
↓15Erik#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.