State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,549 Virginia births in 1992 across 1,655 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#94Devonteoutside the national top 200
#82Dominique#180 nationally
#73Raven#151 nationally
#91Tevin#162 nationally
#69Hunter#135 nationally
#88Andre#140 nationally
#59Casey#109 nationally
#82Grace#127 nationally
#67Caroline#105 nationally
#92Colin#126 nationally
#77Brandi#110 nationally
#92Sydney#124 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley950US #1
#2Jessica888US #2
#3Brittany854US #4
#4Sarah681US #5
#5Emily601US #7
#6Amanda564US #3
#7Samantha546US #6
#8Lauren538US #12
#9Elizabeth515US #9
#10Rachel494US #16
#11Amber453US #19
#12Megan442US #10
#13Chelsea410US #15
#14Taylor404US #17
#15Courtney400US #21
#16Jennifer398US #11
#17Jasmine384US #28
#18Kayla379US #13
#19Stephanie371US #8
#20Victoria367US #22
#21Katherine358US #27
#22Rebecca329US #20
#23Heather327US #31
#24Mary313US #36
#25Danielle312US #18
#26Hannah293US #26
#27Tiffany282US #32
#28Kelsey277US #23
#29Nicole264US #14
#30Christina252US #33
#31Morgan241US #41
#32Erin233US #46
#33Alexandra226US #29
#34Michelle224US #25
#35Kimberly223US #35
#36Melissa209US #24
#37Kelly207US #47
#38Laura199US #38
#39Sara186US #37
#40Shannon185US #66
#41Erica181US #44
#42Kathryn181US #60
#43Olivia171US #58
#44Shelby171US #34
#45Kaitlyn170US #42
#46Lindsey170US #57
#47Allison169US #48
#48Caitlin169US #62
#49Kristen167US #53
#50Katelyn163US #65
#51Alexis158US #40
#52Brooke156US #59
#53Amy153US #51
#54Catherine153US #78
#55Lindsay152US #81
#56Brittney151US #68
#57Anna148US #49
#58Jordan148US #63
#59Casey145US #109
#60Crystal139US #50
#61Katie134US #54
#62Haley131US #56
#63Whitney131US #85
#64Alyssa126US #30
#65Angela124US #69
#66Andrea120US #39
#67Caroline115US #105
#68Holly114US #99
#69Julia112US #70
#70Leah110US #96
#71Brianna102US #43
#72Paige100US #64
#73Raven100US #151
#74Christine99US #82
#75Margaret99US #102
#76Alicia98US #71
#77Brandi97US #110
#78Jamie97US #75
#79Gabrielle96US #84
#80Kristina95US #93
#81April93US #103
#82Grace93US #127
#83Kathleen93US #108
#84Briana92US #79
#85Jacqueline90US #76
#86Natalie90US #61
#87Jenna89US #67
#88Kara89US #114
#89Cassandra87US #52
#90Erika85US #80
#91Kristin85US #90
#92Sydney85US #124
#93Molly84US #83
#94Meghan83US #91
#95Emma82US #104
#96Miranda82US #89
#97Rachael81US #123
#98Sierra81US #129
#99Ariel80US #87
#100Kendra79US #125

Boys

#1Michael1,321US #1
#2Christopher1,268US #2
#3Joshua1,016US #4
#4Matthew975US #3
#5James868US #9
#6William858US #20
#7Brandon820US #6
#8John789US #14
#9Andrew755US #5
#10David697US #10
#11Tyler694US #8
#12Joseph667US #11
#13Robert657US #17
#14Ryan655US #13
#15Zachary639US #16
#16Daniel638US #7
#17Justin580US #18
#18Nicholas577US #12
#19Jacob519US #15
#20Jonathan486US #21
#21Cody477US #24
#22Thomas456US #27
#23Alexander453US #23
#24Kevin449US #25
#25Kyle408US #22
#26Aaron405US #30
#27Timothy390US #34
#28Anthony388US #19
#29Benjamin386US #33
#30Charles384US #43
#31Eric377US #26
#32Brian344US #31
#33Patrick332US #39
#34Steven332US #29
#35Travis325US #48
#36Dylan305US #28
#37Richard299US #41
#38Stephen279US #45
#39Samuel273US #40
#40Adam270US #36
#41Jordan268US #32
#42Sean268US #42
#43Christian263US #35
#44Austin240US #38
#45Nathan236US #44
#46Mark224US #49
#47Jeremy211US #47
#48Corey208US #65
#49Dustin206US #58
#50Jeffrey204US #51
#51Jason197US #46
#52Taylor192US #52
#53Cameron190US #53
#54Kenneth188US #59
#55Bryan187US #57
#56Jesse173US #50
#57Gregory157US #60
#58Paul152US #55
#59Ian145US #68
#60Shawn139US #71
#61Derek137US #62
#62Trevor136US #63
#63Devin130US #75
#64Edward128US #70
#65Evan128US #66
#66Logan128US #89
#67Bradley125US #72
#68Marcus125US #82
#69Hunter124US #135
#70Ethan121US #76
#71Caleb118US #74
#72George117US #95
#73Scott117US #61
#74Nathaniel115US #79
#75Cory108US #83
#76Alex105US #54
#77Jared104US #67
#78Antonio102US #85
#79Peter102US #81
#80Luke101US #93
#81Phillip100US #107
#82Dominique96US #180
#83Donald96US #110
#84Connor94US #80
#85Keith94US #102
#86Dillon93US #73
#87Seth92US #94
#88Andre89US #140
#89Shane88US #77
#90Wesley88US #111
#91Tevin86US #162
#92Colin85US #126
#93Dakota85US #103
#94Devonte79
#95Johnathan77US #122
#96Jose77US #37
#97Derrick75US #120
#98Garrett75US #88
#99Chad74US #108
#100Casey73US #105

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑31Haley#62
↑22Alex#76
↑21Dylan#36
↑18Katelyn#50
↑17Taylor#14
↑15Shannon#40
↑15Kaitlyn#45
↑15Gabrielle#79

Falling

↓29Ariel#99
↓26Kristin#91
↓25Meghan#94
↓18Whitney#63
↓18Derrick#97
↓16Casey#100
↓14Crystal#60
↓14Jamie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.