State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,762 Virginia births in 1983 across 1,229 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#94Calvin#180 nationally
#80Virginia#165 nationally
#84Maurice#162 nationally
#86Whitney#164 nationally
#92Latasha#166 nationally
#93Jermaine#165 nationally
#77Meredith#148 nationally
#66Ebony#135 nationally
#78Roger#144 nationally
#88Tonya#147 nationally
#79Tabitha#137 nationally
#95Jamie#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,211US #1
#2Jessica1,087US #2
#3Ashley848US #4
#4Amanda781US #3
#5Sarah611US #5
#6Elizabeth524US #10
#7Crystal521US #11
#8Heather510US #9
#9Stephanie486US #8
#10Tiffany430US #14
#11Melissa398US #6
#12Kimberly378US #15
#13Christina368US #16
#14Amy365US #12
#15Rebecca362US #19
#16Lauren357US #24
#17Nicole340US #7
#18Erin333US #18
#19Michelle330US #13
#20Kelly328US #26
#21Mary320US #32
#22Angela312US #22
#23Megan309US #21
#24Rachel309US #20
#25Laura302US #23
#26Katherine293US #34
#27Emily282US #25
#28Shannon276US #38
#29Amber263US #17
#30April220US #39
#31Sara214US #31
#32Lisa213US #27
#33Danielle210US #29
#34Jamie206US #28
#35Lindsay205US #36
#36Kristen197US #37
#37Samantha192US #40
#38Courtney181US #44
#39Erica178US #33
#40Kristin173US #42
#41Lindsey168US #35
#42Kathryn156US #50
#43Brandy155US #57
#44Catherine142US #66
#45Brandi141US #56
#46Holly139US #48
#47Alicia135US #41
#48Latoya134US #90
#49Christine133US #47
#50Andrea132US #30
#51Victoria124US #58
#52Allison120US #59
#53Dana118US #72
#54Anna114US #55
#55Marquita112US #112
#56Leslie110US #67
#57Natalie104US #52
#58Tara103US #51
#59Margaret101US #92
#60Natasha101US #71
#61Stacey98US #76
#62Julie97US #46
#63Susan97US #86
#64Carrie96US #65
#65Candice91US #84
#66Ebony91US #135
#67Melanie90US #79
#68Monica89US #54
#69Cynthia87US #62
#70Karen87US #77
#71Meghan86US #75
#72Jacqueline85US #53
#73Stacy85US #61
#74Kristina84US #63
#75Brittany83US #64
#76Katie83US #45
#77Meredith83US #148
#78Kathleen82US #73
#79Tabitha81US #137
#80Virginia81US #165
#81Krystal80US #78
#82Maria78US #43
#83Candace77US #104
#84Patricia75US #60
#85Sheena75US #107
#86Whitney73US #164
#87Anne72US #130
#88Tonya71US #147
#89Julia70US #85
#90Pamela70US #91
#91Casey68US #110
#92Latasha68US #166
#93Tracy66US #89
#94Alexis64US #83
#95Dawn64US #106
#96Diana64US #69
#97Robin64US #127
#98Cassandra63US #70
#99Valerie63US #74
#100Lori62US #113

Boys

#1Christopher1,522US #2
#2Michael1,390US #1
#3Matthew1,158US #3
#4James987US #6
#5David919US #4
#6Jason880US #7
#7John861US #9
#8William842US #16
#9Robert823US #10
#10Joshua804US #5
#11Brandon660US #17
#12Daniel646US #8
#13Justin639US #12
#14Joseph634US #11
#15Jonathan609US #19
#16Brian608US #14
#17Andrew564US #15
#18Adam456US #18
#19Thomas449US #24
#20Kevin410US #25
#21Charles403US #33
#22Ryan402US #13
#23Richard369US #27
#24Steven355US #23
#25Timothy354US #26
#26Eric351US #20
#27Anthony343US #22
#28Stephen315US #35
#29Travis308US #41
#30Jeremy300US #30
#31Benjamin296US #32
#32Mark293US #31
#33Jeffrey283US #28
#34Aaron282US #29
#35Nicholas267US #21
#36Patrick238US #37
#37Kenneth237US #45
#38Gregory218US #42
#39Paul218US #39
#40Sean210US #44
#41Nathan207US #40
#42Bryan190US #47
#43Scott185US #38
#44Shawn178US #53
#45Dustin166US #43
#46Jacob157US #36
#47Kyle153US #34
#48Derek151US #51
#49Jesse151US #46
#50Zachary149US #50
#51Bradley144US #52
#52Marcus144US #58
#53George135US #65
#54Donald132US #60
#55Samuel131US #54
#56Douglas129US #69
#57Alexander124US #63
#58Antonio124US #76
#59Edward123US #55
#60Chad115US #49
#61Corey113US #74
#62Larry113US #85
#63Keith110US #61
#64Peter108US #59
#65Gary104US #68
#66Ronald103US #64
#67Derrick100US #78
#68Nathaniel97US #79
#69Philip96US #82
#70Phillip90US #66
#71Ian82US #77
#72Wesley80US #101
#73Raymond76US #71
#74Jared73US #56
#75Jerry70US #103
#76Russell69US #104
#77Allen68US #120
#78Roger64US #144
#79Shaun64US #111
#80Carl63US #106
#81Evan63US #93
#82Joel63US #67
#83Alan61US #102
#84Maurice61US #162
#85Jeffery59US #91
#86Jordan59US #72
#87Ricky59US #128
#88Cory58US #83
#89Jeremiah58US #99
#90Terry58US #110
#91Brett57US #73
#92Dennis57US #92
#93Jermaine57US #165
#94Calvin56US #180
#95Jamie56US #153
#96Walter56US #154
#97Bobby55US #118
#98Brent54US #94
#99Craig54US #70
#100Todd54US #87

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑28Alicia#47
↑25Kristina#74
↑23Kyle#47
↑22Meghan#71
↑19Natalie#57
↑18Ian#71
↑18Allen#77
↑18Joel#82

Falling

↓26Pamela#90
↓22Carrie#64
↓20Bobby#97
↓18Kathleen#78
↓18Patricia#84
↓14Julie#62
↓14Monica#68
↓13Krystal#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.