State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,324 Virginia births in 1993 across 1,608 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#71Ashleigh#188 nationally
#94Darius#161 nationally
#75Raven#139 nationally
#96Andre#146 nationally
#57Caroline#105 nationally
#51Hunter#97 nationally
#86Casey#129 nationally
#60Margaret#102 nationally
#83Brandi#124 nationally
#68Holly#108 nationally
#93Devon#127 nationally
#98Troy#131 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley926US #2
#2Jessica837US #1
#3Sarah724US #3
#4Brittany697US #6
#5Emily645US #5
#6Taylor580US #7
#7Samantha530US #4
#8Amanda485US #8
#9Elizabeth467US #9
#10Lauren466US #12
#11Rachel462US #14
#12Amber458US #17
#13Megan458US #11
#14Jasmine414US #23
#15Kayla391US #16
#16Victoria391US #19
#17Courtney363US #20
#18Katherine345US #29
#19Mary327US #36
#20Stephanie316US #10
#21Hannah315US #21
#22Rebecca310US #22
#23Chelsea304US #25
#24Jennifer299US #15
#25Kelsey298US #24
#26Nicole296US #13
#27Morgan290US #34
#28Danielle289US #18
#29Alexandra285US #28
#30Tiffany268US #33
#31Heather250US #38
#32Alexis240US #27
#33Allison210US #41
#34Erin198US #48
#35Kimberly195US #39
#36Haley194US #42
#37Kaitlyn194US #46
#38Michelle194US #31
#39Christina192US #35
#40Caitlin186US #64
#41Kelly186US #51
#42Melissa184US #30
#43Sara181US #40
#44Laura179US #43
#45Shannon179US #53
#46Brooke173US #52
#47Anna171US #47
#48Catherine167US #75
#49Jordan167US #58
#50Brianna166US #32
#51Katelyn162US #54
#52Kristen160US #61
#53Alyssa157US #26
#54Olivia154US #50
#55Kathryn153US #68
#56Lindsey144US #56
#57Caroline137US #105
#58Erica137US #49
#59Shelby133US #37
#60Margaret127US #102
#61Abigail122US #67
#62Julia118US #72
#63Whitney117US #82
#64Amy116US #65
#65Katie115US #63
#66Brittney109US #77
#67Meghan105US #93
#68Holly104US #108
#69Crystal102US #57
#70Andrea101US #44
#71Ashleigh98US #188
#72Erika97US #85
#73Briana96US #71
#74Lindsay96US #88
#75Raven95US #139
#76Emma93US #80
#77Gabrielle92US #84
#78Kristin92US #109
#79Madison92US #78
#80Natalie92US #62
#81Christine91US #90
#82Sierra91US #91
#83Brandi90US #124
#84Mariah90US #81
#85Sydney90US #106
#86Casey87US #129
#87Destiny87US #111
#88Kaitlin87US #99
#89Miranda87US #89
#90Jamie85US #79
#91Alexandria84US #69
#92Molly84US #87
#93Alicia83US #76
#94Paige83US #60
#95Rachael83US #117
#96Cassandra82US #66
#97Grace82US #123
#98Angela80US #73
#99Madeline80US #127
#100Jacqueline79US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,157US #1
#2Christopher1,127US #2
#3Joshua917US #4
#4Matthew912US #3
#5William850US #18
#6Brandon813US #6
#7James783US #14
#8John727US #16
#9Zachary692US #15
#10Tyler677US #5
#11David667US #11
#12Andrew655US #10
#13Ryan636US #13
#14Daniel612US #7
#15Robert605US #17
#16Joseph597US #12
#17Jacob587US #9
#18Nicholas570US #8
#19Kevin509US #25
#20Justin507US #20
#21Jonathan499US #22
#22Alexander483US #21
#23Cody466US #24
#24Kyle411US #23
#25Thomas408US #27
#26Anthony381US #19
#27Benjamin370US #32
#28Aaron359US #30
#29Austin341US #26
#30Charles339US #44
#31Timothy336US #38
#32Brian330US #34
#33Eric321US #29
#34Jordan314US #28
#35Samuel312US #37
#36Steven294US #31
#37Richard277US #40
#38Travis277US #50
#39Dylan273US #33
#40Stephen263US #47
#41Adam254US #39
#42Patrick253US #43
#43Sean245US #42
#44Christian238US #35
#45Mark206US #49
#46Nathan203US #41
#47Jeffrey197US #53
#48Jeremy191US #46
#49Dustin190US #59
#50Kenneth189US #60
#51Hunter184US #97
#52Taylor184US #51
#53Cameron181US #54
#54Corey174US #68
#55Gregory173US #65
#56Marcus166US #74
#57Ian164US #70
#58Jason160US #45
#59Bryan159US #61
#60Jesse158US #48
#61Devin146US #71
#62Evan143US #62
#63Paul142US #56
#64Connor141US #57
#65Derek141US #67
#66Caleb139US #66
#67Shawn139US #77
#68Trevor131US #64
#69Nathaniel129US #75
#70Jared125US #63
#71Logan120US #76
#72Scott116US #69
#73Ethan115US #92
#74Alex109US #52
#75George109US #104
#76Edward107US #78
#77Dakota104US #85
#78Luke103US #87
#79Cory102US #94
#80Shane102US #84
#81Bradley99US #73
#82Peter98US #82
#83Spencer97US #96
#84Antonio93US #89
#85Keith93US #109
#86Donald91US #118
#87Garrett91US #79
#88Seth89US #93
#89Mitchell88US #81
#90Wesley88US #113
#91Dillon86US #90
#92Ronald86US #122
#93Devon83US #127
#94Darius80US #161
#95Phillip80US #117
#96Andre79US #146
#97Lucas78US #95
#98Troy78US #131
#99Derrick77US #129
#100Colin76US #121

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑27Meghan#67
↑26Haley#36
↑21Brianna#50
↑20Connor#64
↑19Alexis#32
↑19Emma#76
↑18Erika#72
↑18Hunter#51

Falling

↓33Angela#98
↓27Casey#86
↓22Paige#94
↓19Lindsay#74
↓17Erica#58
↓17Alicia#93
↓15Shelby#59
↓15Grace#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.