State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,249 Virginia births in 1994 across 1,642 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#88Douglas#156 nationally
#91Raven#156 nationally
#91Darius#155 nationally
#62Casey#118 nationally
#96Claire#149 nationally
#55Margaret#106 nationally
#85Kathleen#130 nationally
#76Wesley#118 nationally
#89Phillip#131 nationally
#99Derrick#136 nationally
#100Ronald#137 nationally
#81Devon#117 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica750US #1
#2Ashley729US #2
#3Emily678US #3
#4Sarah651US #5
#5Brittany642US #7
#6Taylor552US #6
#7Samantha517US #4
#8Lauren497US #14
#9Elizabeth472US #9
#10Rachel455US #13
#11Kayla447US #12
#12Amanda441US #8
#13Megan426US #10
#14Hannah413US #16
#15Victoria372US #19
#16Amber364US #21
#17Courtney337US #22
#18Jasmine331US #23
#19Alexis327US #18
#20Rebecca325US #24
#21Katherine316US #30
#22Nicole297US #11
#23Danielle294US #20
#24Morgan292US #25
#25Jennifer279US #17
#26Stephanie278US #15
#27Mary274US #37
#28Tiffany257US #35
#29Kelsey252US #29
#30Alexandra250US #28
#31Heather250US #44
#32Brianna240US #27
#33Allison227US #34
#34Chelsea223US #38
#35Christina208US #39
#36Jordan194US #52
#37Sara191US #43
#38Anna187US #41
#39Kimberly186US #32
#40Kristen186US #55
#41Shannon184US #60
#42Laura183US #46
#43Alyssa182US #26
#44Kaitlyn182US #48
#45Olivia182US #50
#46Erin181US #45
#47Kelly181US #62
#48Katelyn176US #58
#49Caitlin171US #78
#50Michelle169US #33
#51Haley168US #36
#52Catherine167US #84
#53Abigail165US #42
#54Kathryn164US #79
#55Margaret159US #106
#56Melissa159US #31
#57Brooke154US #54
#58Briana151US #68
#59Caroline147US #94
#60Lindsey142US #69
#61Erica139US #57
#62Casey138US #118
#63Shelby138US #40
#64Madison136US #51
#65Sydney135US #76
#66Kaitlin134US #93
#67Julia131US #72
#68Whitney127US #91
#69Amy121US #77
#70Emma121US #74
#71Jacqueline116US #65
#72Sierra114US #71
#73Grace112US #103
#74Gabrielle109US #67
#75Miranda106US #61
#76Jamie104US #87
#77Natalie104US #56
#78Andrea103US #49
#79Brittney100US #89
#80Savannah100US #82
#81Destiny98US #86
#82Crystal96US #64
#83Holly96US #112
#84Lindsay96US #107
#85Kathleen94US #130
#86Meghan91US #100
#87Angela90US #81
#88Christine89US #104
#89Katie89US #70
#90Kristin88US #114
#91Raven88US #156
#92Leah86US #101
#93Marissa85US #53
#94Mariah84US #75
#95Madeline82US #92
#96Claire80US #149
#97Jenna79US #80
#98Cassandra78US #66
#99Maria78US #47
#100Kristina77US #113

Boys

#1Michael1,099US #1
#2Christopher1,005US #2
#3Matthew925US #3
#4Joshua922US #4
#5William834US #19
#6Brandon798US #6
#7Tyler783US #5
#8John729US #15
#9James726US #14
#10Zachary686US #12
#11Andrew683US #10
#12Jacob668US #7
#13David623US #13
#14Robert622US #21
#15Daniel581US #8
#16Joseph571US #11
#17Ryan569US #16
#18Nicholas548US #9
#19Austin506US #17
#20Justin500US #20
#21Alexander455US #22
#22Thomas433US #27
#23Jonathan418US #23
#24Cody407US #25
#25Aaron393US #28
#26Kyle392US #24
#27Anthony390US #18
#28Kevin377US #26
#29Benjamin360US #31
#30Jordan324US #29
#31Samuel320US #33
#32Timothy305US #39
#33Brian291US #37
#34Charles290US #43
#35Eric282US #30
#36Christian262US #35
#37Adam258US #38
#38Dylan254US #32
#39Patrick254US #42
#40Steven249US #34
#41Nathan248US #40
#42Stephen237US #49
#43Sean225US #44
#44Travis224US #53
#45Hunter220US #67
#46Richard212US #41
#47Jeremy209US #47
#48Corey192US #73
#49Kenneth190US #65
#50Cameron181US #52
#51Caleb178US #60
#52Jesse178US #45
#53Mark176US #48
#54Devin170US #61
#55Dustin166US #56
#56Jason166US #46
#57Jeffrey165US #55
#58Marcus165US #75
#59Paul159US #64
#60Dakota156US #69
#61Ian150US #74
#62Trevor149US #58
#63Connor148US #59
#64Gregory148US #76
#65Taylor148US #54
#66Evan147US #62
#67Bryan139US #66
#68Logan131US #70
#69Shawn130US #86
#70Scott129US #80
#71Nathaniel123US #78
#72Edward116US #84
#73Ethan115US #89
#74Bradley113US #83
#75Jared110US #63
#76Wesley110US #118
#77Alex109US #50
#78Seth107US #90
#79Luke105US #91
#80Mitchell105US #71
#81Devon104US #117
#82Cory100US #102
#83Derek100US #77
#84Peter99US #87
#85George96US #110
#86Shane96US #92
#87Antonio88US #88
#88Douglas88US #156
#89Phillip87US #131
#90Blake86US #81
#91Darius85US #155
#92Keith85US #126
#93Troy84US #123
#94Casey82US #116
#95Gabriel82US #68
#96Donald79US #132
#97Lucas79US #95
#98Chase77US #114
#99Derrick76US #136
#100Ronald76US #137

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑29Jacqueline#71
↑24Casey#62
↑24Grace#73
↑22Kaitlin#66
↑20Sydney#65
↑18Brianna#32
↑17Dakota#60
↑15Briana#58

Falling

↓24Katie#89
↓19Meghan#86
↓18Derek#83
↓16Raven#91
↓15Haley#51
↓15Holly#83
↓14Melissa#56
↓13Brittney#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.