State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,000 Virginia births in 1988 across 1,437 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#86Virginiaoutside the national top 200
#90Ashleigh#198 nationally
#99Hunteroutside the national top 200
#91Ebony#164 nationally
#87Latoya#157 nationally
#93Meredith#152 nationally
#73Caroline#122 nationally
#90Andre#138 nationally
#81Larry#123 nationally
#92Candice#130 nationally
#96Allen#134 nationally
#93Carl#126 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,444US #2
#2Jessica1,326US #1
#3Amanda1,003US #3
#4Brittany884US #6
#5Sarah802US #4
#6Jennifer579US #5
#7Tiffany569US #13
#8Elizabeth558US #10
#9Heather548US #14
#10Lauren536US #11
#11Samantha519US #8
#12Megan479US #12
#13Stephanie466US #7
#14Emily433US #18
#15Amber426US #15
#16Rachel396US #19
#17Danielle357US #17
#18Katherine339US #27
#19Laura333US #23
#20Nicole329US #9
#21Courtney323US #24
#22Rebecca319US #26
#23Mary317US #34
#24Kimberly310US #25
#25Melissa303US #16
#26Whitney291US #39
#27Michelle287US #21
#28Kelly284US #32
#29Christina276US #22
#30Erin246US #37
#31Crystal242US #28
#32Sara235US #30
#33Caitlin232US #44
#34Chelsea228US #33
#35Kristen219US #36
#36Allison203US #46
#37Amy203US #29
#38Jasmine202US #53
#39Erica201US #31
#40Shannon197US #56
#41Kayla194US #20
#42Kathryn191US #55
#43Angela184US #38
#44Lindsey184US #48
#45Brittney177US #52
#46Lindsay177US #57
#47Christine176US #51
#48Victoria173US #42
#49Kristin170US #58
#50Alexandra156US #49
#51Anna155US #54
#52Katie155US #40
#53Catherine153US #69
#54Lisa150US #43
#55April146US #65
#56Hannah144US #61
#57Morgan143US #78
#58Jamie133US #45
#59Andrea121US #35
#60Holly114US #72
#61Margaret113US #93
#62Jacqueline110US #62
#63Kathleen110US #75
#64Kendra109US #80
#65Tara109US #67
#66Meghan101US #81
#67Alicia100US #50
#68Natasha100US #73
#69Brandi98US #91
#70Patricia98US #77
#71Kristina97US #68
#72Bethany96US #89
#73Caroline94US #122
#74Casey94US #92
#75Julia93US #88
#76Kelsey92US #64
#77Natalie92US #63
#78Brooke91US #87
#79Julie89US #71
#80Brandy88US #107
#81Erika88US #76
#82Monica88US #70
#83Cassandra87US #59
#84Alyssa86US #47
#85Krystal86US #74
#86Virginia86
#87Latoya85US #157
#88Leslie85US #94
#89Maria82US #60
#90Ashleigh81US #198
#91Ebony80US #164
#92Candice79US #130
#93Meredith78US #152
#94Molly78US #86
#95Vanessa78US #41
#96Katelyn77US #84
#97Kara76US #95
#98Taylor75US #102
#99Leah73US #82
#100Rachael73US #100

Boys

#1Christopher1,460US #2
#2Michael1,399US #1
#3Matthew1,131US #3
#4Joshua1,104US #4
#5James986US #9
#6Justin892US #7
#7David857US #6
#8John857US #11
#9William817US #16
#10Andrew803US #5
#11Robert784US #10
#12Daniel751US #8
#13Brandon731US #17
#14Jonathan658US #15
#15Joseph648US #12
#16Ryan590US #13
#17Thomas519US #23
#18Brian507US #22
#19Kevin495US #20
#20Anthony449US #18
#21Eric438US #19
#22Timothy437US #25
#23Charles432US #37
#24Steven410US #24
#25Nicholas403US #14
#26Benjamin399US #30
#27Zachary382US #29
#28Richard377US #32
#29Jason374US #27
#30Travis362US #41
#31Adam348US #26
#32Stephen343US #40
#33Aaron328US #31
#34Jeremy309US #35
#35Kyle307US #21
#36Sean292US #38
#37Jacob284US #28
#38Patrick283US #42
#39Alexander278US #34
#40Kenneth262US #51
#41Jeffrey261US #36
#42Mark246US #39
#43Gregory217US #50
#44Nathan217US #44
#45Tyler217US #33
#46Samuel215US #45
#47Corey214US #56
#48Dustin214US #48
#49Bryan211US #54
#50Paul202US #46
#51Derek179US #53
#52Marcus170US #66
#53Scott165US #47
#54Cody162US #43
#55Bradley160US #57
#56Jesse153US #55
#57Antonio147US #72
#58Jordan139US #52
#59George137US #78
#60Cory136US #59
#61Shawn135US #61
#62Donald133US #76
#63Ronald132US #79
#64Edward131US #62
#65Phillip126US #71
#66Austin125US #63
#67Evan114US #74
#68Jared109US #60
#69Wesley109US #93
#70Douglas108US #88
#71Keith107US #70
#72Ian106US #77
#73Nathaniel104US #81
#74Chad103US #65
#75Cameron101US #69
#76Peter101US #64
#77Philip99US #94
#78Derrick98US #97
#79Alex94US #58
#80Devin94US #98
#81Larry93US #123
#82Raymond93US #84
#83Gary92US #100
#84Shane90US #67
#85Taylor87US #91
#86Seth84US #90
#87Curtis80US #105
#88Trevor77US #87
#89Dennis73US #116
#90Andre71US #138
#91Brett71US #73
#92Casey71US #83
#93Carl68US #126
#94Logan68US #109
#95Alan67US #110
#96Allen66US #134
#97Christian66US #86
#98Craig66US #96
#99Hunter65
#100Russell62US #128

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑28Jasmine#38
↑19Caitlin#33
↑19Brooke#78
↑16Natalie#77
↑14Austin#66
↑13Alexandra#50
↑13Hannah#56
↑13Tara#65

Falling

↓27Latoya#87
↓21Krystal#85
↓18Casey#74
↓16Meredith#93
↓14Jamie#58
↓12April#55
↓12Kristina#71
↓11Monica#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.