State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,160 Virginia births in 1996 across 1,688 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#79Deja#182 nationally
#82Jackson#136 nationally
#100Phillip#150 nationally
#49Malik#97 nationally
#74Casey#121 nationally
#98Cory#144 nationally
#94Wesley#137 nationally
#93Lindsay#134 nationally
#58Corey#94 nationally
#59Catherine#95 nationally
#43Caroline#78 nationally
#85Bethany#117 nationally

Girls

#1Emily647US #1
#2Sarah601US #4
#3Taylor564US #6
#4Jessica555US #2
#5Ashley516US #3
#6Rachel511US #9
#7Hannah492US #7
#8Kayla480US #11
#9Elizabeth468US #10
#10Brittany455US #14
#11Samantha444US #5
#12Alexis410US #8
#13Megan401US #12
#14Lauren346US #16
#15Victoria338US #18
#16Amanda323US #13
#17Courtney323US #21
#18Madison319US #15
#19Katherine302US #31
#20Jasmine296US #28
#21Amber295US #27
#22Rebecca295US #24
#23Morgan283US #25
#24Jennifer250US #19
#25Brianna249US #17
#26Mary249US #44
#27Kelsey242US #36
#28Anna239US #33
#29Alexandra233US #26
#30Abigail229US #32
#31Haley229US #30
#32Danielle226US #29
#33Allison208US #38
#34Nicole207US #22
#35Savannah200US #43
#36Jordan199US #49
#37Kaitlyn197US #40
#38Olivia193US #34
#39Sydney188US #39
#40Alyssa181US #23
#41Stephanie176US #20
#42Chelsea170US #55
#43Caroline169US #78
#44Heather167US #71
#45Erin165US #51
#46Laura162US #66
#47Tiffany160US #52
#48Julia159US #48
#49Kimberly158US #41
#50Emma156US #53
#51Sara151US #50
#52Michelle150US #47
#53Shelby150US #35
#54Brooke147US #45
#55Gabrielle147US #54
#56Christina145US #57
#57Katelyn144US #64
#58Kristen143US #70
#59Catherine138US #95
#60Natalie138US #46
#61Kelly137US #73
#62Destiny135US #56
#63Sierra133US #62
#64Kathryn132US #87
#65Shannon131US #80
#66Briana130US #72
#67Caitlin126US #84
#68Melissa119US #42
#69Cheyenne115US #68
#70Madeline114US #67
#71Grace113US #94
#72Lindsey109US #86
#73Mariah107US #63
#74Casey104US #121
#75Erica100US #79
#76Katie100US #81
#77Andrea97US #61
#78Breanna93US #74
#79Deja93US #182
#80Kaitlin92US #103
#81Sabrina92US #58
#82Margaret91US #105
#83Michaela90US #102
#84Amy89US #88
#85Bethany89US #117
#86Monica89US #82
#87Meghan87US #113
#88Miranda87US #76
#89Leah86US #98
#90Autumn83US #104
#91Maria82US #37
#92Hayley81US #120
#93Lindsay81US #134
#94Paige80US #65
#95Angela79US #90
#96Jamie78US #96
#97Hailey77US #93
#98Jenna77US #83
#99Rachael76US #128
#100Claire75US #116

Boys

#1Michael910US #1
#2Christopher851US #4
#3Matthew823US #2
#4Joshua800US #5
#5William798US #18
#6Jacob766US #3
#7John732US #15
#8Brandon695US #8
#9Tyler665US #7
#10James652US #17
#11Andrew639US #10
#12Zachary605US #14
#13Nicholas591US #6
#14Joseph559US #12
#15Austin557US #9
#16Ryan550US #16
#17Daniel537US #11
#18Justin525US #20
#19David516US #13
#20Robert507US #23
#21Jonathan451US #21
#22Benjamin391US #29
#23Thomas389US #28
#24Alexander375US #22
#25Anthony341US #19
#26Kevin330US #26
#27Kyle326US #25
#28Dylan317US #33
#29Samuel314US #30
#30Jordan310US #27
#31Christian296US #24
#32Aaron295US #34
#33Charles295US #43
#34Hunter288US #47
#35Cody286US #31
#36Eric283US #35
#37Brian258US #36
#38Patrick237US #44
#39Timothy232US #40
#40Nathan225US #37
#41Adam222US #39
#42Steven221US #38
#43Richard211US #45
#44Caleb204US #48
#45Cameron204US #49
#46Logan201US #42
#47Jason196US #41
#48Sean196US #46
#49Malik188US #97
#50Stephen183US #59
#51Noah180US #50
#52Devin173US #60
#53Nathaniel172US #69
#54Travis162US #73
#55Dakota161US #58
#56Ethan161US #62
#57Connor155US #54
#58Corey155US #94
#59Jeremy153US #56
#60Mark153US #55
#61Ian151US #70
#62Jesse151US #51
#63Jeffrey147US #72
#64Dustin146US #79
#65Trevor145US #63
#66Kenneth130US #77
#67Evan129US #65
#68Bradley126US #83
#69Chase126US #76
#70Jared125US #64
#71Marcus125US #87
#72Tristan122US #68
#73Bryan121US #66
#74Isaiah121US #71
#75Luke120US #75
#76Paul110US #78
#77Taylor109US #82
#78Elijah107US #81
#79Gregory105US #98
#80Antonio104US #80
#81Peter104US #95
#82Jackson101US #136
#83Gabriel100US #61
#84Seth95US #103
#85Garrett94US #85
#86George94US #118
#87Shane94US #112
#88Blake92US #84
#89Alex91US #53
#90Edward91US #96
#91Collin88US #115
#92Jack86US #89
#93Isaac84US #86
#94Wesley84US #137
#95Derek83US #101
#96Shawn83US #111
#97Dalton82US #99
#98Cory81US #144
#99Mitchell81US #88
#100Phillip81US #150

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑31Savannah#35
↑30Noah#51
↑23Malik#49
↑22Emma#50
↑21Breanna#78
↑19Ethan#56
↑16Alyssa#40
↑16Destiny#62

Falling

↓22Shawn#96
↓21Margaret#82
↓18Alex#89
↓17Edward#90
↓16Kelly#61
↓15Brooke#54
↓15Miranda#88
↓15Paige#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.