State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,550 Virginia births in 1986 across 1,345 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#82Virginia#192 nationally
#67Meredith#150 nationally
#95Maurice#176 nationally
#86Calvin#162 nationally
#95Sierra#169 nationally
#98Roger#167 nationally
#89Ricky#144 nationally
#90Andre#133 nationally
#97Tabitha#140 nationally
#69Carrie#109 nationally
#71Latoya#111 nationally
#97Cameron#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,437US #2
#2Jessica1,333US #1
#3Amanda971US #3
#4Jennifer807US #4
#5Sarah736US #5
#6Heather575US #9
#7Brittany533US #8
#8Megan486US #11
#9Lauren480US #14
#10Stephanie479US #6
#11Elizabeth469US #10
#12Tiffany435US #17
#13Laura392US #20
#14Amber382US #13
#15Rachel369US #15
#16Kimberly349US #18
#17Crystal348US #25
#18Emily341US #24
#19Katherine331US #28
#20Melissa326US #12
#21Whitney326US #32
#22Danielle323US #16
#23Rebecca318US #26
#24Kelly313US #29
#25Samantha311US #21
#26Nicole308US #7
#27Amy296US #22
#28Christina295US #19
#29Courtney289US #35
#30Michelle286US #23
#31Mary284US #37
#32Shannon242US #44
#33Erin239US #30
#34Sara239US #27
#35Angela216US #33
#36Kristen213US #41
#37Lindsey211US #39
#38Erica208US #31
#39Kathryn180US #48
#40Kristin180US #50
#41April175US #53
#42Jamie172US #34
#43Lindsay169US #46
#44Allison167US #42
#45Lisa161US #40
#46Holly147US #63
#47Katie146US #38
#48Catherine144US #67
#49Christine142US #47
#50Victoria141US #54
#51Anna140US #51
#52Krystal127US #61
#53Casey123US #80
#54Andrea120US #36
#55Brandy118US #84
#56Kristina115US #62
#57Natasha115US #70
#58Kathleen114US #68
#59Brittney110US #65
#60Margaret108US #90
#61Tara107US #56
#62Alicia106US #45
#63Caitlin99US #69
#64Brandi98US #79
#65Jacqueline98US #57
#66Meghan95US #71
#67Meredith94US #150
#68Patricia93US #66
#69Carrie91US #109
#70Karen90US #100
#71Latoya90US #111
#72Candice89US #108
#73Julie89US #58
#74Monica88US #59
#75Alexandra87US #72
#76Morgan87US #113
#77Felicia83US #89
#78Natalie83US #52
#79Dominique82US #98
#80Candace81US #114
#81Stacey81US #94
#82Virginia81US #192
#83Kayla79US #64
#84Julia77US #88
#85Kara77US #102
#86Maria74US #49
#87Melanie72US #97
#88Hannah71US #82
#89Jasmine71US #95
#90Leslie71US #86
#91Bethany69US #91
#92Vanessa69US #43
#93Chelsea68US #73
#94Jenna68US #55
#95Sierra68US #169
#96Susan68US #118
#97Tabitha67US #140
#98Dana66US #92
#99Stacy66US #87
#100Kendra65US #101

Boys

#1Christopher1,510US #2
#2Michael1,454US #1
#3James1,045US #7
#4Matthew1,042US #3
#5Joshua922US #4
#6David897US #5
#7Brandon884US #13
#8William869US #15
#9Robert838US #9
#10John815US #10
#11Andrew786US #8
#12Daniel760US #6
#13Justin674US #14
#14Jonathan662US #16
#15Joseph629US #12
#16Ryan569US #11
#17Jason526US #18
#18Kevin525US #21
#19Brian518US #20
#20Thomas473US #26
#21Timothy431US #27
#22Anthony406US #19
#23Eric406US #22
#24Richard395US #29
#25Charles391US #34
#26Steven380US #25
#27Adam376US #24
#28Benjamin359US #30
#29Jeremy353US #28
#30Nicholas340US #17
#31Stephen332US #36
#32Kyle303US #23
#33Jeffrey302US #32
#34Travis294US #49
#35Mark279US #35
#36Zachary278US #38
#37Patrick268US #39
#38Aaron259US #33
#39Sean248US #37
#40Dustin233US #42
#41Jacob230US #31
#42Kenneth230US #50
#43Bryan225US #47
#44Alexander219US #41
#45Paul216US #45
#46Gregory196US #46
#47Shawn191US #55
#48Nathan190US #43
#49Samuel187US #52
#50Jesse177US #48
#51Derek170US #57
#52Scott165US #44
#53Marcus158US #63
#54Antonio151US #73
#55Phillip151US #70
#56Corey145US #62
#57Edward138US #61
#58Donald135US #71
#59Tyler134US #40
#60Bradley127US #54
#61Keith127US #66
#62George122US #74
#63Ronald120US #75
#64Chad114US #59
#65Jordan113US #53
#66Peter111US #60
#67Derrick110US #87
#68Nathaniel102US #78
#69Cory100US #68
#70Douglas100US #82
#71Philip99US #86
#72Jared95US #58
#73Evan94US #81
#74Shane93US #67
#75Ian91US #85
#76Wesley87US #96
#77Larry85US #108
#78Alex82US #64
#79Curtis82US #100
#80Gary82US #84
#81Raymond77US #77
#82Austin71US #90
#83Brett70US #69
#84Dennis69US #104
#85Joel69US #72
#86Calvin65US #162
#87Cody65US #56
#88Russell64US #116
#89Ricky63US #144
#90Andre61US #133
#91Terry61US #122
#92Carl60US #114
#93Allen58US #128
#94Blake58US #101
#95Maurice58US #176
#96Tony58US #120
#97Cameron57US #135
#98Roger57US #167
#99Casey56US #83
#100Craig56US #80

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑35Casey#53
↑25Whitney#21
↑21Alexandra#75
↑16Shane#74
↑15Natalie#78
↑14Katie#47
↑12Amber#14
↑12Natasha#57

Falling

↓23Leslie#90
↓22Jenna#94
↓22Stacy#99
↓18Julia#84
↓17Craig#100
↓16Latoya#71
↓15Dana#98
↓14Susan#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.