State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,172 Virginia births in 1987 across 1,389 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#92Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#94Virginiaoutside the national top 200
#82Ebony#157 nationally
#77Meredith#148 nationally
#60Latoya#128 nationally
#89Calvin#157 nationally
#86Anne#147 nationally
#84Caroline#135 nationally
#87Andre#136 nationally
#75Carrie#119 nationally
#91Allen#128 nationally
#67Morgan#95 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,513US #2
#2Jessica1,422US #1
#3Amanda1,032US #3
#4Sarah769US #5
#5Jennifer739US #4
#6Brittany628US #7
#7Heather619US #9
#8Stephanie512US #6
#9Tiffany488US #18
#10Lauren487US #16
#11Elizabeth460US #10
#12Amber457US #15
#13Megan449US #12
#14Emily411US #19
#15Samantha407US #11
#16Rachel399US #17
#17Danielle354US #14
#18Melissa337US #13
#19Laura334US #22
#20Nicole330US #8
#21Christina326US #20
#22Katherine322US #28
#23Rebecca319US #25
#24Whitney317US #32
#25Kimberly312US #23
#26Kelly292US #30
#27Crystal286US #26
#28Michelle276US #21
#29Mary268US #37
#30Amy264US #24
#31Courtney258US #33
#32Shannon234US #45
#33Erica232US #31
#34Sara226US #29
#35Erin220US #34
#36Kristen204US #42
#37Kathryn196US #51
#38Lindsay187US #49
#39Angela185US #35
#40Lindsey182US #41
#41Allison177US #44
#42Christine173US #48
#43April169US #58
#44Jamie164US #39
#45Kayla152US #27
#46Chelsea151US #47
#47Victoria149US #50
#48Catherine148US #74
#49Lisa144US #40
#50Katie141US #38
#51Andrea138US #36
#52Caitlin132US #63
#53Kristin130US #55
#54Brittney129US #61
#55Holly129US #71
#56Casey127US #81
#57Anna123US #52
#58Jacqueline122US #54
#59Kristina118US #62
#60Latoya115US #128
#61Alicia114US #46
#62Kathleen112US #72
#63Alexandra111US #59
#64Krystal107US #70
#65Natasha107US #73
#66Jasmine106US #79
#67Morgan106US #95
#68Margaret102US #90
#69Hannah101US #66
#70Brandi100US #88
#71Monica99US #64
#72Kendra95US #77
#73Meghan95US #78
#74Brandy93US #92
#75Carrie89US #119
#76Patricia87US #76
#77Meredith85US #148
#78Tara85US #69
#79Julia84US #86
#80Julie84US #65
#81Leslie82US #89
#82Ebony80US #157
#83Kelsey80US #67
#84Caroline79US #135
#85Bethany78US #87
#86Anne77US #147
#87Dana77US #83
#88Jenna77US #57
#89Rachael77US #98
#90Erika76US #75
#91Kara75US #104
#92Ashleigh74
#93Natalie74US #56
#94Virginia71
#95Candice70US #121
#96Vanessa69US #43
#97Brooke67US #94
#98Maria67US #53
#99Sabrina67US #110
#100Melanie64US #102

Boys

#1Christopher1,495US #2
#2Michael1,459US #1
#3Matthew1,119US #3
#4Joshua1,032US #4
#5James1,011US #8
#6David929US #5
#7Robert878US #10
#8Justin863US #9
#9William857US #15
#10John829US #11
#11Andrew814US #6
#12Brandon801US #14
#13Daniel728US #7
#14Joseph633US #12
#15Ryan628US #13
#16Jonathan596US #18
#17Thomas512US #24
#18Brian511US #20
#19Kevin494US #19
#20Jason485US #23
#21Timothy467US #26
#22Anthony462US #17
#23Eric415US #21
#24Charles395US #35
#25Steven393US #25
#26Benjamin387US #28
#27Richard381US #30
#28Nicholas364US #16
#29Adam352US #27
#30Stephen348US #38
#31Travis344US #42
#32Jeremy334US #29
#33Kyle321US #22
#34Zachary301US #33
#35Jeffrey298US #32
#36Aaron296US #34
#37Sean292US #40
#38Patrick263US #41
#39Bryan260US #51
#40Mark239US #36
#41Kenneth236US #53
#42Alexander235US #37
#43Jacob235US #31
#44Dustin217US #44
#45Gregory217US #47
#46Derek214US #54
#47Samuel205US #50
#48Paul201US #46
#49Nathan196US #45
#50Scott194US #43
#51Jordan178US #52
#52Corey173US #57
#53Marcus172US #67
#54Edward162US #61
#55Shawn161US #59
#56Jesse155US #55
#57Cory150US #62
#58Tyler149US #39
#59Phillip147US #68
#60Bradley141US #56
#61Ronald141US #73
#62Donald122US #70
#63Chad121US #63
#64Cody116US #49
#65Keith115US #69
#66Philip113US #84
#67Antonio112US #72
#68Jared110US #58
#69George109US #77
#70Nathaniel105US #78
#71Evan102US #83
#72Peter95US #64
#73Douglas94US #85
#74Ian94US #81
#75Shane94US #65
#76Gary92US #87
#77Wesley90US #92
#78Alex88US #60
#79Derrick86US #86
#80Austin84US #76
#81Devin81US #99
#82Seth81US #89
#83Cameron80US #96
#84Curtis74US #100
#85Raymond74US #79
#86Trevor71US #93
#87Andre69US #136
#88Dennis69US #107
#89Calvin65US #157
#90Alan63US #112
#91Allen63US #128
#92Larry63US #114
#93Brett62US #71
#94Craig62US #88
#95Joel62US #75
#96Johnathan61US #116
#97Taylor61US #117
#98Troy61US #122
#99Brent60US #103
#100Casey60US #80

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑47Chelsea#46
↑38Kayla#45
↑28Kendra#72
↑23Jasmine#66
↑23Cody#64
↑19Hannah#69
↑14Jordan#51
↑14Cameron#83

Falling

↓23Candice#95
↓19Brandy#74
↓17Tara#78
↓15Natalie#93
↓15Larry#92
↓13Kristin#53
↓13Melanie#100
↓13Antonio#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.