State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,967 Virginia births in 1991 across 1,582 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Meredith#200 nationally
#87Kiara#174 nationally
#83Hunter#167 nationally
#86Dominique#170 nationally
#92Ashleigh#176 nationally
#94Darius#152 nationally
#74Caroline#116 nationally
#67Margaret#108 nationally
#71Casey#111 nationally
#97Devon#132 nationally
#92Curtis#126 nationally
#87Philip#120 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,134US #1
#2Jessica1,065US #2
#3Brittany958US #3
#4Sarah739US #6
#5Amanda679US #4
#6Samantha600US #5
#7Emily566US #10
#8Elizabeth533US #9
#9Megan502US #11
#10Lauren501US #13
#11Amber467US #16
#12Jennifer453US #8
#13Rachel453US #14
#14Kayla437US #12
#15Stephanie409US #7
#16Tiffany373US #27
#17Katherine369US #25
#18Courtney368US #19
#19Chelsea366US #18
#20Heather365US #23
#21Jasmine361US #24
#22Rebecca357US #21
#23Victoria352US #28
#24Mary308US #38
#25Danielle301US #17
#26Laura268US #35
#27Melissa261US #20
#28Kelsey258US #26
#29Nicole257US #15
#30Christina255US #31
#31Taylor254US #32
#32Hannah251US #29
#33Michelle240US #22
#34Kelly237US #42
#35Morgan233US #49
#36Kimberly214US #34
#37Alexandra211US #36
#38Caitlin206US #55
#39Erin203US #44
#40Lindsey203US #52
#41Kristen199US #48
#42Erica195US #40
#43Sara195US #37
#44Kathryn185US #57
#45Whitney183US #68
#46Crystal173US #41
#47Amy170US #43
#48Alexis166US #47
#49Allison164US #50
#50Brittney160US #58
#51Alyssa157US #30
#52Catherine154US #72
#53Jordan154US #62
#54Shelby149US #33
#55Shannon145US #71
#56Olivia141US #61
#57Anna140US #46
#58Brooke140US #65
#59Andrea138US #39
#60Kaitlyn137US #82
#61Katie136US #53
#62Julia131US #67
#63Angela128US #59
#64Jamie127US #60
#65Kristin123US #86
#66Lindsay123US #77
#67Margaret121US #108
#68Katelyn115US #75
#69Meghan115US #94
#70Ariel114US #66
#71Casey114US #111
#72Christine113US #73
#73Natalie111US #64
#74Caroline108US #116
#75Holly107US #105
#76Kathleen106US #102
#77Melanie106US #96
#78April105US #88
#79Kristina104US #87
#80Kaitlin103US #99
#81Alicia102US #63
#82Jacqueline100US #70
#83Brianna99US #51
#84Molly99US #74
#85Kara95US #106
#86Cassandra94US #54
#87Kiara93US #174
#88Brandi92US #110
#89Patricia90US #101
#90Erika88US #84
#91Lisa87US #83
#92Ashleigh86US #176
#93Haley86US #79
#94Gabrielle84US #97
#95Meredith83US #200
#96Monica83US #85
#97Bethany81US #109
#98Miranda80US #90
#99Kendra79US #118
#100Mariah79US #69

Boys

#1Michael1,391US #1
#2Christopher1,375US #2
#3Joshua1,151US #4
#4Matthew1,062US #3
#5James988US #7
#6William849US #19
#7John786US #10
#8Andrew755US #5
#9Justin732US #14
#10Robert731US #13
#11Brandon722US #15
#12David718US #8
#13Daniel659US #6
#14Joseph647US #9
#15Ryan634US #11
#16Jonathan556US #20
#17Zachary545US #22
#18Tyler534US #16
#19Nicholas525US #12
#20Kevin516US #23
#21Jacob511US #17
#22Thomas450US #28
#23Brian439US #30
#24Timothy410US #32
#25Eric402US #25
#26Benjamin396US #33
#27Anthony390US #18
#28Kyle382US #21
#29Alexander377US #26
#30Charles377US #38
#31Cody376US #24
#32Travis373US #44
#33Steven358US #27
#34Patrick326US #35
#35Aaron323US #31
#36Richard309US #34
#37Stephen304US #41
#38Jordan297US #29
#39Adam292US #36
#40Samuel265US #39
#41Sean263US #40
#42Jeremy236US #43
#43Jeffrey227US #45
#44Mark227US #47
#45Kenneth226US #54
#46Jason223US #49
#47Nathan220US #42
#48Corey195US #58
#49Austin192US #50
#50Paul192US #53
#51Christian190US #48
#52Taylor184US #52
#53Jesse180US #51
#54Derek176US #59
#55Gregory175US #55
#56Dustin171US #56
#57Dylan168US #46
#58Marcus159US #76
#59Bryan158US #61
#60Cameron155US #62
#61Ethan153US #65
#62Ian150US #73
#63Bradley145US #67
#64Scott142US #57
#65Evan140US #70
#66Shawn133US #71
#67Nathaniel130US #84
#68Edward129US #68
#69Trevor126US #69
#70Cory120US #74
#71Devin119US #83
#72George119US #87
#73Phillip119US #98
#74Antonio112US #79
#75Caleb111US #78
#76Donald107US #102
#77Logan107US #94
#78Jared103US #64
#79Derrick101US #111
#80Peter99US #77
#81Seth98US #99
#82Wesley98US #106
#83Hunter97US #167
#84Casey96US #90
#85Douglas95US #109
#86Dominique94US #170
#87Philip92US #120
#88Keith90US #89
#89Chad89US #104
#90Ronald88US #101
#91Brett87US #88
#92Curtis84US #126
#93Raymond81US #97
#94Darius80US #152
#95Jose80US #37
#96Dakota79US #121
#97Devon78US #132
#98Alex77US #63
#99Shane77US #75
#100Blake76US #86

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑36Dylan#57
↑23Christian#51
↑20Taylor#31
↑20Julia#62
↑20Ariel#70
↑20Devin#71
↑17Trevor#69
↑16Alexis#48

Falling

↓22Keith#88
↓18Shane#99
↓17Antonio#74
↓16Holly#75
↓16Alex#98
↓14Anna#57
↓14Chad#89
↓13Casey#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.