State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,140 Virginia births in 1990 across 1,600 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#87Hunteroutside the national top 200
#88Virginiaoutside the national top 200
#88Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#80Ashleigh#178 nationally
#99Ebony#186 nationally
#92Raven#166 nationally
#99Darius#152 nationally
#58Casey#106 nationally
#62Margaret#102 nationally
#76Caroline#116 nationally
#76Philip#111 nationally
#59Holly#89 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,230US #3
#2Jessica1,194US #1
#3Ashley1,162US #2
#4Amanda846US #4
#5Sarah770US #6
#6Lauren577US #10
#7Samantha548US #5
#8Megan544US #11
#9Emily529US #12
#10Elizabeth519US #9
#11Stephanie492US #7
#12Jennifer470US #8
#13Amber459US #15
#14Courtney448US #17
#15Heather445US #19
#16Rachel425US #16
#17Tiffany422US #23
#18Katherine368US #26
#19Rebecca368US #21
#20Jasmine365US #28
#21Chelsea336US #24
#22Kayla335US #14
#23Danielle333US #18
#24Mary327US #35
#25Melissa306US #20
#26Christina297US #25
#27Laura291US #29
#28Nicole286US #13
#29Michelle279US #22
#30Kelly274US #41
#31Kimberly258US #31
#32Kristen251US #42
#33Victoria250US #33
#34Hannah239US #30
#35Erin228US #43
#36Caitlin224US #50
#37Amy202US #38
#38Sara202US #34
#39Alexandra200US #37
#40Erica200US #36
#41Lindsey200US #51
#42Kelsey194US #32
#43Anna185US #45
#44Crystal185US #39
#45Morgan185US #58
#46Whitney185US #60
#47Brittney182US #44
#48Kathryn175US #57
#49Andrea174US #40
#50Catherine173US #71
#51Taylor172US #46
#52Shannon171US #68
#53Kristin167US #65
#54Allison156US #48
#55Jordan150US #59
#56Angela147US #52
#57Alyssa146US #27
#58Casey134US #106
#59Holly133US #89
#60Lindsay131US #69
#61Jamie130US #55
#62Margaret130US #102
#63Olivia130US #72
#64Alexis129US #66
#65Christine129US #62
#66Brooke125US #70
#67April120US #73
#68Alicia119US #54
#69Kathleen119US #92
#70Katie115US #53
#71Kaitlyn110US #78
#72Kristina109US #77
#73Meghan109US #91
#74Natalie108US #63
#75Cassandra107US #49
#76Caroline106US #116
#77Katelyn106US #75
#78Lisa104US #64
#79Melanie103US #86
#80Ashleigh102US #178
#81Jacqueline102US #67
#82Julia102US #83
#83Kaitlin97US #101
#84Erika96US #74
#85Brianna90US #61
#86Tara90US #85
#87Kara86US #110
#88Virginia86
#89Monica82US #76
#90Ariel81US #94
#91Brandi80US #103
#92Raven80US #166
#93Rachael79US #111
#94Gabrielle78US #99
#95Molly78US #80
#96Natasha78US #105
#97Maria77US #47
#98Abigail76US #90
#99Ebony76US #186
#100Leah74US #82

Boys

#1Christopher1,501US #2
#2Michael1,480US #1
#3Joshua1,245US #4
#4Matthew1,097US #3
#5James1,017US #8
#6William843US #16
#7Robert837US #13
#8John811US #12
#9Andrew806US #7
#10David780US #6
#11Justin779US #9
#12Daniel743US #5
#13Joseph704US #10
#14Ryan644US #11
#15Jonathan634US #17
#16Brandon630US #19
#17Zachary526US #22
#18Thomas507US #26
#19Nicholas496US #14
#20Kevin478US #23
#21Anthony449US #15
#22Kyle438US #18
#23Jacob436US #20
#24Timothy431US #30
#25Steven421US #25
#26Charles411US #38
#27Benjamin400US #33
#28Travis397US #42
#29Brian396US #27
#30Stephen381US #39
#31Tyler381US #21
#32Eric369US #24
#33Alexander355US #28
#34Richard354US #35
#35Aaron350US #34
#36Patrick318US #36
#37Adam312US #32
#38Sean294US #37
#39Mark280US #47
#40Jeffrey269US #43
#41Jeremy269US #40
#42Jordan268US #29
#43Cody266US #31
#44Samuel266US #45
#45Corey264US #56
#46Jason235US #46
#47Nathan234US #44
#48Kenneth228US #52
#49Bryan202US #57
#50Gregory201US #51
#51Dustin199US #50
#52Paul195US #49
#53Derek187US #54
#54Ethan174US #58
#55Scott172US #53
#56Ian164US #70
#57Antonio156US #77
#58Austin156US #55
#59Shawn156US #69
#60Marcus155US #72
#61Cameron154US #62
#62Jesse153US #48
#63Edward146US #68
#64Cory144US #67
#65Taylor142US #64
#66Keith132US #80
#67Bradley131US #65
#68Donald131US #87
#69Nathaniel130US #86
#70Phillip129US #81
#71Evan127US #71
#72Jared126US #63
#73George121US #79
#74Christian117US #60
#75Chad116US #85
#76Philip110US #111
#77Wesley108US #107
#78Douglas107US #103
#79Peter107US #74
#80Caleb105US #88
#81Shane104US #73
#82Alex103US #59
#83Logan103US #104
#84Ronald103US #97
#85Derrick94US #106
#86Trevor94US #76
#87Hunter91
#88Dominique89
#89Brett88US #84
#90Raymond88US #92
#91Devin86US #98
#92Blake83US #91
#93Dylan81US #83
#94Seth80US #102
#95Casey79US #89
#96Curtis79US #121
#97Gary78US #114
#98Vincent78US #78
#99Darius75US #152
#100Jose75US #41

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑36Alexis#64
↑35Taylor#51
↑32Ethan#54
↑27Kaitlyn#71
↑19Taylor#65
↑16Morgan#45
↑16Casey#58
↑14Jordan#55

Falling

↓20Lisa#78
↓19Christine#65
↓17Natasha#96
↓16Maria#97
↓16Curtis#96
↓15Jacqueline#81
↓15Ronald#84
↓13Allison#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.