State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,859 Virginia births in 1997 across 1,687 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#99Dejaoutside the national top 200
#75Casey#146 nationally
#85Hayley#136 nationally
#61Malik#111 nationally
#30Caroline#75 nationally
#54Catherine#96 nationally
#72Margaret#110 nationally
#90Jeremiah#128 nationally
#73Corey#110 nationally
#53Caitlin#88 nationally
#56Heather#90 nationally
#87George#121 nationally

Girls

#1Emily670US #1
#2Sarah582US #4
#3Hannah571US #5
#4Taylor566US #7
#5Ashley464US #3
#6Alexis461US #8
#7Jessica455US #2
#8Kayla438US #12
#9Rachel427US #13
#10Samantha414US #6
#11Madison388US #10
#12Elizabeth386US #9
#13Lauren367US #14
#14Megan351US #11
#15Brittany334US #20
#16Victoria329US #19
#17Morgan303US #22
#18Katherine300US #32
#19Amanda280US #16
#20Jasmine266US #24
#21Rebecca263US #25
#22Amber255US #29
#23Courtney252US #28
#24Abigail239US #26
#25Jordan236US #40
#26Brianna234US #17
#27Mary233US #46
#28Haley229US #31
#29Olivia224US #27
#30Caroline218US #75
#31Alyssa216US #15
#32Kaitlyn212US #41
#33Allison210US #39
#34Alexandra202US #30
#35Danielle202US #34
#36Sydney201US #35
#37Brooke200US #45
#38Jennifer199US #18
#39Emma195US #36
#40Savannah194US #47
#41Anna193US #33
#42Stephanie190US #23
#43Nicole182US #21
#44Kelsey171US #57
#45Julia168US #37
#46Sierra164US #56
#47Erin162US #52
#48Tiffany156US #61
#49Madeline149US #59
#50Sara145US #50
#51Destiny142US #42
#52Grace141US #69
#53Caitlin136US #88
#54Catherine136US #96
#55Gabrielle135US #51
#56Heather134US #90
#57Kristen133US #82
#58Kathryn131US #86
#59Briana129US #72
#60Kelly129US #83
#61Christina125US #62
#62Michelle125US #55
#63Autumn123US #91
#64Chelsea123US #73
#65Laura123US #66
#66Cheyenne121US #68
#67Katelyn121US #63
#68Natalie118US #48
#69Shannon112US #85
#70Shelby112US #43
#71Sabrina105US #53
#72Margaret104US #110
#73Erica103US #84
#74Melissa103US #44
#75Casey98US #146
#76Mackenzie98US #71
#77Kimberly97US #49
#78Miranda96US #70
#79Lindsey95US #95
#80Maria94US #38
#81Claire91US #108
#82Makayla87US #102
#83Bailey85US #65
#84Katie84US #87
#85Hayley83US #136
#86Hailey82US #80
#87Leah82US #104
#88Kaitlin80US #119
#89Andrea79US #58
#90Jenna79US #76
#91Meghan79US #113
#92Molly79US #98
#93Amy76US #92
#94Jamie76US #103
#95Monica76US #79
#96Bethany73US #121
#97Marissa73US #60
#98Cassidy72US #105
#99Deja72
#100Dominique72US #118

Boys

#1Michael899US #1
#2Matthew844US #3
#3Jacob841US #2
#4Christopher814US #4
#5William764US #19
#6Joshua760US #5
#7James688US #17
#8John682US #15
#9Nicholas617US #6
#10Tyler615US #10
#11Zachary600US #13
#12Andrew594US #7
#13Brandon591US #8
#14Austin577US #9
#15Joseph540US #12
#16Ryan527US #16
#17David526US #14
#18Daniel504US #11
#19Justin480US #20
#20Robert454US #23
#21Jonathan433US #21
#22Alexander396US #22
#23Thomas390US #31
#24Samuel379US #27
#25Benjamin375US #29
#26Kyle366US #24
#27Jordan343US #26
#28Anthony339US #18
#29Dylan321US #30
#30Christian312US #25
#31Hunter301US #44
#32Kevin297US #28
#33Aaron280US #33
#34Charles261US #49
#35Cody260US #36
#36Patrick252US #50
#37Noah249US #38
#38Nathan238US #34
#39Timothy238US #43
#40Brian232US #37
#41Caleb232US #47
#42Cameron219US #45
#43Logan219US #42
#44Adam216US #39
#45Eric210US #35
#46Jason208US #41
#47Ethan197US #46
#48Stephen190US #68
#49Sean189US #48
#50Richard185US #51
#51Steven175US #40
#52Devin171US #59
#53Connor167US #52
#54Isaiah164US #60
#55Trevor160US #62
#56Dakota154US #66
#57Travis154US #81
#58Jared151US #56
#59Elijah147US #74
#60Nathaniel147US #65
#61Malik142US #111
#62Mark137US #58
#63Evan135US #61
#64Paul135US #79
#65Ian134US #70
#66Marcus130US #93
#67Jeremy127US #64
#68Dustin123US #88
#69Kenneth119US #83
#70Antonio117US #75
#71Chase117US #77
#72Bradley116US #94
#73Corey116US #110
#74Jeffrey116US #84
#75Jack112US #76
#76Bryan110US #69
#77Edward109US #100
#78Luke108US #78
#79Seth108US #97
#80Tristan107US #92
#81Shawn102US #109
#82Taylor101US #87
#83Gregory100US #103
#84Garrett97US #85
#85Cole94US #72
#86Isaac93US #73
#87George90US #121
#88Alex89US #55
#89Jesse89US #63
#90Jeremiah87US #128
#91Shane86US #114
#92Tanner85US #82
#93Derek84US #106
#94Bryce83US #112
#95Mason83US #89
#96Devon82US #119
#97Scott82US #113
#98Spencer80US #104
#99Gabriel78US #57
#100Grant78US #115

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑27Autumn#63
↑21Madeline#49
↑20Isaiah#54
↑19Grace#52
↑19Claire#81
↑19Elijah#59
↑17Brooke#37
↑17Sierra#46

Falling

↓28Kimberly#77
↓27Jesse#89
↓22Chelsea#64
↓20Deja#99
↓19Laura#65
↓17Kelsey#44
↓17Shelby#70
↓16Gabriel#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.