State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,754 Virginia births in 1985 across 1,316 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#196 nationally
#87Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#71Meredith#149 nationally
#93Rodney#168 nationally
#91Caroline#164 nationally
#89Ebony#160 nationally
#92Anne#146 nationally
#81Andre#124 nationally
#95Bobby#135 nationally
#86Devin#121 nationally
#99Meagan#133 nationally
#80Carl#112 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,310US #2
#2Jessica1,240US #1
#3Amanda935US #4
#4Jennifer930US #3
#5Sarah617US #5
#6Heather600US #8
#7Stephanie531US #6
#8Elizabeth486US #9
#9Megan474US #10
#10Crystal423US #21
#11Tiffany422US #23
#12Lauren408US #15
#13Kimberly403US #19
#14Brittany390US #17
#15Christina388US #12
#16Nicole379US #7
#17Melissa376US #11
#18Laura373US #14
#19Rebecca349US #25
#20Amy345US #20
#21Rachel345US #13
#22Kelly327US #28
#23Danielle321US #18
#24Katherine319US #32
#25Mary317US #35
#26Amber300US #16
#27Emily300US #24
#28Erin287US #26
#29Michelle275US #22
#30Samantha259US #29
#31Sara245US #30
#32Shannon243US #41
#33Kristen225US #38
#34April217US #47
#35Jamie208US #27
#36Courtney204US #43
#37Angela187US #31
#38Allison174US #46
#39Lindsey168US #37
#40Krystal166US #53
#41Andrea165US #33
#42Kathryn161US #48
#43Erica159US #34
#44Lindsay151US #40
#45Lisa150US #36
#46Whitney148US #73
#47Christine146US #44
#48Kristin143US #49
#49Victoria139US #59
#50Catherine136US #65
#51Holly130US #56
#52Tara130US #51
#53Kristina126US #57
#54Brandy122US #70
#55Latoya118US #81
#56Kathleen114US #68
#57Alicia113US #45
#58Meghan112US #63
#59Anna111US #54
#60Brandi111US #69
#61Katie111US #39
#62Patricia100US #64
#63Karen98US #87
#64Monica98US #61
#65Jacqueline97US #60
#66Julia93US #85
#67Leslie93US #76
#68Margaret93US #90
#69Natasha92US #79
#70Julie90US #55
#71Meredith89US #149
#72Jenna88US #50
#73Cynthia87US #66
#74Caitlin86US #77
#75Dominique86US #83
#76Virginia86US #196
#77Stacy85US #67
#78Candice82US #86
#79Sheena82US #91
#80Candace80US #104
#81Carrie79US #96
#82Susan78US #106
#83Dana75US #82
#84Krystle75US #111
#85Melanie75US #88
#86Tracy75US #107
#87Ashleigh74
#88Casey74US #114
#89Ebony74US #160
#90Alison73US #97
#91Caroline72US #164
#92Anne71US #146
#93Natalie71US #58
#94Vanessa71US #42
#95Pamela69US #116
#96Alexandra68US #92
#97Cassandra68US #62
#98Maria68US #52
#99Meagan66US #133
#100Rachael66US #100

Boys

#1Christopher1,562US #2
#2Michael1,462US #1
#3Matthew1,130US #3
#4Joshua1,069US #4
#5James1,061US #7
#6David920US #6
#7John861US #9
#8Brandon857US #13
#9Robert852US #8
#10William843US #16
#11Daniel768US #5
#12Justin684US #15
#13Jason668US #14
#14Andrew662US #11
#15Joseph648US #10
#16Jonathan639US #17
#17Brian568US #18
#18Ryan549US #12
#19Thomas447US #25
#20Timothy426US #26
#21Eric418US #21
#22Kevin412US #23
#23Steven412US #24
#24Charles393US #34
#25Adam390US #22
#26Anthony385US #20
#27Richard364US #28
#28Nicholas355US #19
#29Benjamin351US #31
#30Stephen331US #36
#31Jeffrey312US #29
#32Mark309US #32
#33Travis309US #46
#34Jeremy275US #30
#35Patrick273US #37
#36Sean269US #38
#37Kyle266US #27
#38Aaron260US #33
#39Kenneth255US #47
#40Zachary251US #39
#41Bryan226US #48
#42Gregory221US #45
#43Paul203US #42
#44Marcus202US #61
#45Jacob200US #35
#46Dustin197US #41
#47Nathan196US #40
#48Shawn190US #55
#49Samuel173US #54
#50Alexander168US #50
#51Edward163US #59
#52Scott156US #44
#53Donald144US #66
#54Tyler141US #43
#55Jesse135US #51
#56Derek133US #56
#57Corey131US #63
#58Antonio122US #73
#59Bradley122US #53
#60Ronald120US #71
#61George115US #72
#62Keith114US #64
#63Phillip110US #69
#64Chad107US #57
#65Jordan103US #62
#66Larry100US #97
#67Derrick98US #83
#68Jared97US #58
#69Cory93US #81
#70Peter93US #60
#71Philip91US #84
#72Ian90US #78
#73Curtis89US #98
#74Douglas89US #76
#75Nathaniel88US #77
#76Wesley87US #94
#77Gary84US #82
#78Raymond79US #75
#79Joel77US #67
#80Carl74US #112
#81Andre72US #124
#82Brett72US #70
#83Craig71US #79
#84Evan70US #91
#85Brent68US #89
#86Devin67US #121
#87Erik67US #87
#88Cody66US #52
#89Johnathan65US #118
#90Shane65US #68
#91Shaun65US #120
#92Todd65US #99
#93Rodney63US #168
#94Seth63US #104
#95Bobby62US #135
#96Russell62US #110
#97Adrian61US #93
#98Tony60US #114
#99Vincent60US #95
#100Jeremiah59US #111

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑33Brittany#14
↑23Krystal#40
↑23Virginia#76
↑21Whitney#46
↑18Jared#68
↑16Julie#70
↑16Cory#69
↑14Cynthia#73

Falling

↓24Latoya#55
↓20Sheena#79
↓19Carrie#81
↓15Russell#96
↓14Ebony#89
↓13Alicia#57
↓13Susan#82
↓11Brandi#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.