State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,969 Virginia births in 1989 across 1,516 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#82Virginiaoutside the national top 200
#85Ashleigh#200 nationally
#96Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#90Meredith#168 nationally
#52Kiara#115 nationally
#64Caroline#113 nationally
#89Carl#135 nationally
#91Candace#133 nationally
#92Allen#130 nationally
#100Russell#136 nationally
#62Margaret#97 nationally
#80Curtis#111 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,254US #1
#2Brittany1,247US #3
#3Ashley1,232US #2
#4Amanda838US #4
#5Sarah813US #5
#6Lauren628US #9
#7Jennifer560US #7
#8Samantha558US #6
#9Heather546US #15
#10Elizabeth542US #10
#11Amber493US #14
#12Megan482US #11
#13Stephanie482US #8
#14Emily471US #13
#15Tiffany463US #16
#16Rachel455US #18
#17Katherine387US #26
#18Courtney356US #21
#19Danielle351US #17
#20Nicole349US #12
#21Rebecca329US #24
#22Laura314US #25
#23Mary298US #38
#24Christina297US #23
#25Chelsea292US #27
#26Michelle285US #22
#27Jasmine272US #30
#28Melissa270US #19
#29Kayla267US #20
#30Kelly252US #37
#31Kimberly252US #28
#32Kristen247US #36
#33Erin234US #40
#34Whitney228US #57
#35Brittney227US #41
#36Sara222US #29
#37Victoria215US #44
#38Crystal213US #32
#39Amy210US #35
#40Caitlin210US #49
#41Allison203US #46
#42Shannon203US #61
#43Hannah202US #42
#44Kelsey202US #31
#45Erica201US #34
#46Christine188US #59
#47Kathryn188US #58
#48Kristin187US #60
#49Lindsey170US #48
#50Catherine167US #67
#51Alexandra158US #43
#52Kiara155US #115
#53Jamie153US #52
#54Anna148US #51
#55Angela145US #47
#56April145US #66
#57Katie144US #45
#58Lisa140US #55
#59Lindsay138US #63
#60Andrea135US #39
#61Morgan135US #69
#62Margaret129US #97
#63Brooke126US #74
#64Caroline117US #113
#65Alicia116US #53
#66Jacqueline113US #64
#67Alyssa112US #33
#68Holly112US #79
#69Jordan112US #72
#70Katelyn110US #76
#71Kristina110US #65
#72Kathleen107US #90
#73Cassandra100US #54
#74Casey99US #103
#75Tara97US #70
#76Meghan96US #80
#77Bethany94US #102
#78Natalie94US #62
#79Natasha94US #87
#80Brandi93US #98
#81Maria90US #56
#82Virginia90
#83Kendra88US #99
#84Monica88US #68
#85Ashleigh86US #200
#86Taylor85US #75
#87Krystal84US #82
#88Melanie84US #88
#89Julia82US #96
#90Meredith82US #168
#91Candace81US #133
#92Kaitlin81US #100
#93Julie79US #78
#94Erika78US #73
#95Jenna78US #71
#96Meagan78US #120
#97Molly78US #93
#98Kaitlyn77US #95
#99Patricia77US #89
#100Alexis75US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,533US #1
#2Christopher1,493US #2
#3Joshua1,188US #4
#4Matthew1,132US #3
#5James997US #9
#6William914US #15
#7David884US #5
#8Robert865US #10
#9John808US #12
#10Andrew804US #7
#11Justin801US #8
#12Daniel728US #6
#13Brandon698US #18
#14Joseph645US #11
#15Ryan626US #13
#16Jonathan578US #17
#17Kevin562US #19
#18Nicholas502US #14
#19Thomas486US #23
#20Timothy459US #28
#21Brian457US #24
#22Benjamin454US #29
#23Zachary444US #25
#24Charles418US #36
#25Anthony412US #16
#26Eric401US #21
#27Steven389US #22
#28Travis378US #41
#29Aaron366US #31
#30Stephen342US #40
#31Adam339US #27
#32Alexander336US #32
#33Kyle333US #20
#34Richard333US #33
#35Jacob317US #26
#36Jason315US #35
#37Jeremy315US #34
#38Jeffrey295US #37
#39Sean287US #39
#40Patrick285US #38
#41Tyler265US #30
#42Samuel259US #47
#43Mark256US #42
#44Dustin252US #48
#45Kenneth243US #53
#46Nathan230US #43
#47Gregory220US #52
#48Corey212US #55
#49Bryan211US #56
#50Paul197US #49
#51Derek193US #54
#52Cody190US #45
#53Marcus180US #67
#54Jesse160US #50
#55Jordan158US #44
#56Antonio157US #76
#57Scott152US #51
#58Austin151US #59
#59Bradley151US #58
#60Cameron147US #64
#61Edward147US #62
#62Cory143US #61
#63Phillip137US #75
#64Shawn137US #65
#65Donald130US #82
#66George128US #79
#67Ian125US #68
#68Jared120US #57
#69Ronald117US #85
#70Chad110US #74
#71Keith108US #70
#72Nathaniel107US #84
#73Wesley106US #98
#74Peter104US #66
#75Philip104US #101
#76Evan101US #69
#77Alex100US #60
#78Shane100US #71
#79Derrick94US #99
#80Curtis90US #111
#81Douglas90US #92
#82Christian89US #78
#83Devin87US #96
#84Taylor84US #72
#85Trevor84US #83
#86Ethan83US #87
#87Raymond82US #86
#88Seth82US #94
#89Carl81US #135
#90Johnathan80US #112
#91Logan80US #104
#92Allen79US #130
#93Caleb79US #91
#94Casey78US #90
#95Dennis78US #123
#96Dominique75
#97Gary73US #106
#98Alan69US #120
#99Brett68US #81
#100Russell67US #136

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑32Kelsey#44
↑26Katelyn#70
↑17Alyssa#67
↑15Brooke#63
↑15Cameron#60
↑15Christian#82
↑13Hannah#43
↑12Kayla#29

Falling

↓29Patricia#99
↓19Kendra#83
↓14Julia#89
↓14Julie#93
↓14Gary#97
↓13Lindsay#59
↓13Erika#94
↓12Angela#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.