State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,057 Virginia births in 1982 across 1,251 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#72Virginia#164 nationally
#98Whitney#185 nationally
#84Jermaine#168 nationally
#84Latasha#153 nationally
#93Wayne#159 nationally
#71Ebony#132 nationally
#69Roger#127 nationally
#95Tabitha#152 nationally
#98Johnathan#152 nationally
#77Tonya#126 nationally
#80Lawrence#128 nationally
#78Anne#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,338US #1
#2Jessica1,041US #2
#3Amanda812US #3
#4Sarah683US #4
#5Crystal608US #9
#6Melissa516US #5
#7Tiffany500US #13
#8Elizabeth490US #8
#9Stephanie481US #7
#10Kimberly437US #14
#11Ashley428US #17
#12Heather408US #12
#13Amy391US #10
#14Rebecca376US #15
#15Mary360US #30
#16Michelle359US #11
#17Angela355US #16
#18Christina353US #19
#19Erin345US #20
#20Nicole323US #6
#21Laura317US #22
#22April313US #32
#23Kelly303US #25
#24Emily293US #24
#25Lauren278US #26
#26Katherine270US #36
#27Rachel259US #21
#28Shannon256US #38
#29Amber249US #18
#30Sara242US #28
#31Lisa240US #23
#32Kristen208US #33
#33Megan195US #34
#34Kristin191US #37
#35Samantha191US #44
#36Jamie190US #29
#37Courtney185US #43
#38Andrea176US #27
#39Brandy169US #50
#40Erica167US #35
#41Lindsay165US #39
#42Carrie162US #57
#43Danielle162US #31
#44Lindsey153US #40
#45Kathryn147US #48
#46Christine141US #46
#47Leslie137US #60
#48Julie133US #41
#49Catherine132US #73
#50Latoya128US #91
#51Tara127US #47
#52Allison113US #58
#53Dana113US #67
#54Monica112US #52
#55Brandi110US #55
#56Victoria110US #66
#57Natasha109US #71
#58Karen107US #68
#59Susan107US #76
#60Kathleen106US #77
#61Holly104US #61
#62Margaret104US #97
#63Candice103US #78
#64Pamela99US #82
#65Anna98US #56
#66Patricia98US #59
#67Cynthia97US #64
#68Krystal95US #83
#69Jacqueline93US #54
#70Stacey93US #85
#71Ebony89US #132
#72Virginia89US #164
#73Candace88US #103
#74Melanie88US #65
#75Alicia87US #53
#76Natalie84US #51
#77Tonya84US #126
#78Anne81US #122
#79Katrina81US #87
#80Julia79US #84
#81Leah79US #79
#82Tina78US #90
#83Katie76US #45
#84Latasha75US #153
#85Teresa74US #102
#86Diana72US #63
#87Christy71US #115
#88Stacy71US #72
#89Maria70US #42
#90Wendy70US #105
#91Misty69US #74
#92Cassandra68US #62
#93Meghan68US #110
#94Casey67US #119
#95Tabitha67US #152
#96Brooke66US #92
#97Robin66US #108
#98Whitney66US #185
#99Kristina63US #70
#100Alexis62US #93

Boys

#1Christopher1,647US #2
#2Michael1,461US #1
#3James1,114US #6
#4Matthew1,023US #3
#5Jason995US #4
#6John900US #8
#7David857US #5
#8Robert842US #9
#9William841US #15
#10Joshua722US #7
#11Justin634US #12
#12Daniel633US #10
#13Jonathan627US #16
#14Joseph624US #11
#15Brian597US #14
#16Brandon491US #18
#17Andrew477US #17
#18Thomas454US #23
#19Charles437US #31
#20Ryan422US #13
#21Adam418US #19
#22Kevin416US #25
#23Timothy411US #24
#24Eric360US #20
#25Richard357US #27
#26Anthony345US #21
#27Steven338US #26
#28Jeremy329US #28
#29Travis320US #39
#30Jeffrey310US #29
#31Benjamin293US #33
#32Stephen279US #38
#33Mark271US #32
#34Nicholas261US #22
#35Paul251US #35
#36Aaron250US #30
#37Kenneth241US #45
#38Patrick228US #37
#39Gregory220US #40
#40Nathan189US #36
#41Jesse182US #43
#42Sean182US #44
#43Scott180US #34
#44Bryan169US #49
#45Shawn169US #52
#46Edward162US #53
#47Jacob158US #41
#48Donald151US #58
#49Marcus150US #63
#50Derek147US #50
#51George140US #62
#52Gary137US #64
#53Samuel135US #56
#54Keith133US #59
#55Ronald132US #60
#56Bradley126US #51
#57Larry126US #77
#58Chad120US #48
#59Dustin120US #42
#60Zachary118US #55
#61Phillip109US #67
#62Douglas104US #68
#63Nathaniel104US #75
#64Derrick103US #78
#65Raymond98US #70
#66Corey96US #74
#67Philip96US #79
#68Antonio95US #76
#69Roger95US #127
#70Kyle89US #47
#71Alexander88US #65
#72Peter88US #57
#73Jared80US #54
#74Wesley78US #98
#75Shaun77US #96
#76Curtis76US #101
#77Bobby75US #113
#78Jeremiah75US #89
#79Jerry75US #100
#80Lawrence75US #128
#81Andre74US #124
#82Dennis72US #87
#83Tony71US #112
#84Jermaine70US #168
#85Russell70US #97
#86Carl69US #104
#87Jamie67US #131
#88Brett66US #72
#89Ian66US #83
#90Jeffery66US #92
#91Todd66US #82
#92Randy65US #94
#93Wayne65US #159
#94Frank64US #81
#95Allen62US #122
#96Billy62US #116
#97Lee61US #123
#98Johnathan59US #152
#99Terry58US #105
#100Joel56US #69

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑30Victoria#56
↑26Jacqueline#69
↑24Stacey#70
↑23Kathleen#60
↑22Carrie#42
↑19Lindsey#44
↑19Candace#73
↑17Candice#63

Falling

↓30Misty#91
↓30Brooke#96
↓28Christy#87
↓25Kristina#99
↓24Terry#99
↓19Tonya#77
↓19Stacy#88
↓19Wendy#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.