State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,960 Virginia births in 1995 across 1,671 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#100Darius#169 nationally
#72Malik#131 nationally
#97Kara#152 nationally
#91Caitlyn#138 nationally
#61Margaret#104 nationally
#50Caroline#92 nationally
#98Troy#140 nationally
#88Wesley#129 nationally
#96Phillip#137 nationally
#52Catherine#90 nationally
#80Casey#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica673US #1
#2Emily639US #3
#3Sarah638US #5
#4Ashley594US #2
#5Taylor569US #6
#6Brittany537US #8
#7Rachel490US #12
#8Samantha463US #4
#9Hannah456US #7
#10Kayla453US #11
#11Elizabeth442US #10
#12Megan397US #13
#13Lauren379US #15
#14Courtney376US #17
#15Alexis366US #14
#16Amanda366US #9
#17Amber366US #22
#18Morgan341US #23
#19Victoria340US #20
#20Katherine299US #30
#21Jasmine296US #25
#22Jennifer276US #18
#23Rebecca265US #28
#24Brianna264US #21
#25Mary251US #40
#26Alexandra249US #26
#27Danielle242US #24
#28Allison239US #34
#29Kelsey226US #33
#30Madison224US #29
#31Stephanie218US #16
#32Anna212US #31
#33Nicole209US #19
#34Tiffany208US #46
#35Erin206US #49
#36Olivia203US #39
#37Haley201US #32
#38Jordan200US #50
#39Brooke197US #52
#40Kaitlyn193US #42
#41Abigail181US #36
#42Sydney181US #43
#43Christina179US #45
#44Heather177US #54
#45Kelly170US #64
#46Sara169US #48
#47Chelsea167US #47
#48Katelyn164US #59
#49Laura164US #56
#50Caroline156US #92
#51Kimberly154US #37
#52Catherine152US #90
#53Sierra149US #60
#54Julia148US #62
#55Kristen146US #65
#56Alyssa144US #27
#57Shannon144US #73
#58Caitlin136US #81
#59Lindsey136US #82
#60Shelby135US #38
#61Margaret131US #104
#62Michelle131US #41
#63Kathryn130US #83
#64Melissa130US #35
#65Katie129US #77
#66Savannah128US #68
#67Gabrielle126US #61
#68Madeline124US #79
#69Natalie123US #51
#70Briana120US #74
#71Erica116US #69
#72Emma112US #67
#73Miranda105US #57
#74Andrea103US #55
#75Amy102US #75
#76Kaitlin100US #94
#77Cheyenne98US #86
#78Destiny96US #66
#79Paige95US #58
#80Casey94US #118
#81Mariah93US #71
#82Jacqueline92US #70
#83Molly92US #98
#84Angela91US #85
#85Mackenzie90US #88
#86Grace89US #97
#87Jenna89US #84
#88Maria86US #44
#89Autumn85US #110
#90Bethany80US #116
#91Caitlyn80US #138
#92Marissa80US #53
#93Crystal78US #80
#94Rachael78US #120
#95Ashleigh77
#96Erika77US #102
#97Kara77US #152
#98Holly76US #126
#99Breanna74US #76
#100Whitney74US #115

Boys

#1Michael1,049US #1
#2Matthew930US #2
#3Christopher895US #3
#4Joshua820US #5
#5William774US #20
#6Brandon748US #8
#7James723US #17
#8Tyler710US #6
#9Jacob695US #4
#10John672US #13
#11Nicholas646US #7
#12Zachary611US #14
#13Andrew606US #11
#14David588US #16
#15Austin578US #10
#16Joseph578US #12
#17Justin578US #18
#18Ryan577US #15
#19Robert554US #22
#20Daniel528US #9
#21Jonathan464US #23
#22Alexander450US #21
#23Thomas409US #27
#24Cody401US #26
#25Kevin397US #25
#26Aaron381US #30
#27Kyle374US #24
#28Benjamin370US #31
#29Anthony351US #19
#30Samuel334US #33
#31Charles308US #44
#32Christian304US #28
#33Timothy285US #40
#34Jordan282US #29
#35Eric266US #32
#36Dylan260US #34
#37Hunter258US #53
#38Nathan258US #39
#39Brian250US #36
#40Patrick241US #43
#41Steven237US #37
#42Sean232US #45
#43Adam223US #38
#44Richard217US #42
#45Jason211US #41
#46Logan192US #51
#47Stephen192US #57
#48Caleb188US #54
#49Cameron188US #49
#50Corey188US #74
#51Dakota187US #56
#52Travis174US #66
#53Ian166US #67
#54Connor164US #55
#55Devin164US #58
#56Dustin161US #62
#57Jeremy159US #48
#58Evan158US #60
#59Mark156US #52
#60Jesse152US #46
#61Jeffrey149US #64
#62Taylor149US #69
#63Nathaniel146US #73
#64Kenneth139US #72
#65Marcus136US #81
#66Trevor131US #61
#67Gregory128US #84
#68Paul118US #71
#69Bryan117US #70
#70Bradley116US #78
#71Alex114US #47
#72Malik113US #131
#73Edward111US #88
#74Shawn110US #100
#75Ethan109US #75
#76Jared109US #63
#77Seth106US #97
#78Antonio99US #85
#79Luke98US #82
#80Chase97US #95
#81Noah97US #99
#82Jack93US #110
#83Derek91US #83
#84Garrett91US #80
#85Scott89US #92
#86Devon88US #119
#87Isaiah87US #109
#88Wesley86US #129
#89Elijah85US #93
#90George84US #115
#91Peter84US #89
#92Mitchell83US #79
#93Lucas82US #91
#94Cory81US #123
#95Brett80US #106
#96Phillip79US #137
#97Gabriel78US #65
#98Troy78US #140
#99Blake77US #77
#100Darius77US #169

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑34Madison#30
↑27Madeline#68
↑24Katie#65
↑23Sydney#42
↑22Logan#46
↑19Sierra#53
↑18Brooke#39
↑18Chase#80

Falling

↓32Whitney#100
↓18Casey#80
↓16Shannon#57
↓15Kristen#55
↓15Holly#98
↓15Kenneth#64
↓15Scott#85
↓13Heather#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.