State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,309 Virginia births in 1984 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.

#78Jermaine#170 nationally
#85Latasha#175 nationally
#99Virginia#188 nationally
#90Shana#174 nationally
#100Calvin#177 nationally
#73Meredith#148 nationally
#96Adrienne#166 nationally
#77Tabitha#141 nationally
#97Walter#161 nationally
#75Ebony#137 nationally
#92Jamie#154 nationally
#94Tonya#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,181US #2
#2Jennifer1,159US #1
#3Ashley1,077US #3
#4Amanda817US #4
#5Sarah619US #5
#6Heather575US #9
#7Stephanie519US #6
#8Crystal471US #12
#9Elizabeth465US #10
#10Tiffany464US #14
#11Melissa411US #8
#12Lauren405US #21
#13Megan390US #11
#14Laura378US #19
#15Christina355US #20
#16Kimberly348US #22
#17Amy347US #13
#18Rachel339US #15
#19Rebecca337US #23
#20Michelle334US #17
#21Nicole327US #7
#22Mary311US #33
#23Emily310US #24
#24Katherine304US #30
#25Erin303US #25
#26Danielle302US #16
#27Kelly279US #27
#28Shannon276US #37
#29Angela273US #26
#30Amber253US #18
#31Latoya223US #60
#32April209US #42
#33Courtney201US #46
#34Samantha198US #39
#35Kristen194US #38
#36Sara184US #32
#37Lisa181US #29
#38Kathryn180US #48
#39Lindsey180US #35
#40Lindsay178US #36
#41Jamie172US #31
#42Erica168US #34
#43Kristin167US #47
#44Alicia152US #40
#45Brandy151US #64
#46Holly149US #53
#47Brittany148US #41
#48Allison142US #51
#49Brandi139US #61
#50Catherine137US #69
#51Victoria133US #59
#52Andrea129US #28
#53Christine128US #43
#54Anna123US #57
#55Tara120US #49
#56Meghan115US #65
#57Margaret112US #92
#58Kathleen106US #71
#59Sheena101US #80
#60Stacey101US #79
#61Katie100US #44
#62Carrie98US #78
#63Krystal95US #74
#64Monica95US #58
#65Karen94US #82
#66Kristina93US #68
#67Whitney92US #125
#68Candice91US #86
#69Susan91US #90
#70Leslie90US #75
#71Stacy89US #67
#72Julia88US #87
#73Meredith86US #148
#74Patricia85US #66
#75Ebony82US #137
#76Jacqueline81US #56
#77Tabitha81US #141
#78Natasha80US #77
#79Jenna79US #54
#80Melanie77US #85
#81Anne76US #127
#82Candace76US #102
#83Dana76US #73
#84Casey75US #107
#85Latasha74US #175
#86Julie72US #52
#87Cynthia71US #62
#88Pamela70US #104
#89Cassandra68US #63
#90Shana68US #174
#91Bethany67US #93
#92Alexandra66US #96
#93Maria65US #50
#94Tonya65US #153
#95Tracy65US #91
#96Adrienne63US #166
#97Leah63US #83
#98Diana62US #72
#99Virginia62US #188
#100Brooke61US #99

Boys

#1Christopher1,603US #2
#2Michael1,462US #1
#3Matthew1,085US #3
#4James1,013US #7
#5David941US #5
#6Joshua917US #4
#7John871US #8
#8William838US #16
#9Robert831US #9
#10Daniel751US #6
#11Jason743US #11
#12Brandon717US #15
#13Jonathan663US #19
#14Justin660US #13
#15Brian599US #17
#16Joseph596US #10
#17Andrew520US #14
#18Adam518US #18
#19Ryan500US #12
#20Charles446US #33
#21Kevin444US #24
#22Thomas429US #25
#23Timothy402US #26
#24Steven399US #23
#25Anthony385US #21
#26Richard370US #27
#27Eric369US #22
#28Travis327US #42
#29Benjamin313US #30
#30Nicholas313US #20
#31Stephen307US #35
#32Jeremy296US #31
#33Aaron291US #29
#34Mark275US #32
#35Patrick264US #36
#36Jeffrey263US #28
#37Sean237US #43
#38Kenneth225US #46
#39Paul215US #40
#40Bryan211US #48
#41Gregory200US #44
#42Jacob196US #37
#43Nathan190US #38
#44Marcus189US #57
#45Dustin179US #41
#46Kyle160US #34
#47Zachary158US #45
#48Edward153US #58
#49Samuel152US #55
#50Alexander145US #54
#51Scott145US #39
#52Jesse144US #50
#53George141US #68
#54Bradley140US #53
#55Shawn139US #56
#56Donald136US #63
#57Derek135US #52
#58Keith128US #61
#59Chad122US #51
#60Corey122US #69
#61Antonio121US #77
#62Ronald109US #67
#63Phillip107US #70
#64Tyler107US #47
#65Douglas101US #71
#66Gary101US #76
#67Nathaniel98US #80
#68Derrick97US #79
#69Larry94US #91
#70Curtis92US #96
#71Philip91US #81
#72Peter85US #60
#73Wesley85US #101
#74Ian81US #78
#75Brett76US #72
#76Jordan75US #65
#77Craig71US #75
#78Jermaine70US #170
#79Andre69US #119
#80Frank69US #86
#81Russell67US #106
#82Joel66US #66
#83Dennis65US #97
#84Carl63US #108
#85Cory63US #83
#86Jared63US #59
#87Seth63US #99
#88Raymond62US #73
#89Ricky62US #138
#90Terry61US #118
#91Johnathan60US #132
#92Jamie58US #154
#93Alan56US #105
#94Brent56US #89
#95Evan56US #98
#96Troy56US #114
#97Walter55US #161
#98Allen54US #128
#99Jerry54US #111
#100Calvin53US #177

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑28Brittany#47
↑26Sheena#59
↑22Craig#77
↑20Kathleen#58
↑19Whitney#67
↑18Krystal#63
↑17Latoya#31
↑17Julia#72

Falling

↓30Dana#83
↓24Julie#86
↓24Jerry#99
↓21Allen#98
↓19Virginia#99
↓18Natasha#78
↓18Cynthia#87
↓15Raymond#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.