State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,586 Virginia births in 1998 across 1,790 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#83Diamond#164 nationally
#79Casey#150 nationally
#70Malik#138 nationally
#59Margaret#114 nationally
#60Corey#115 nationally
#54Catherine#101 nationally
#36Caroline#75 nationally
#60Heather#99 nationally
#70Kristen#102 nationally
#72Michaela#103 nationally
#72Bradley#101 nationally
#84Cassidy#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily659US #1
#2Hannah612US #2
#3Sarah587US #4
#4Taylor527US #7
#5Alexis498US #6
#6Madison445US #9
#7Kayla415US #12
#8Jessica407US #8
#9Ashley405US #5
#10Elizabeth393US #10
#11Samantha385US #3
#12Rachel375US #15
#13Lauren347US #14
#14Megan341US #13
#15Victoria328US #16
#16Brittany310US #25
#17Abigail301US #18
#18Katherine288US #33
#19Olivia286US #21
#20Brianna279US #17
#21Morgan271US #23
#22Emma251US #22
#23Jasmine248US #26
#24Amanda245US #19
#25Jordan243US #42
#26Alyssa235US #11
#27Rebecca234US #30
#28Sydney230US #28
#29Alexandra229US #27
#30Anna228US #31
#31Mary228US #44
#32Allison227US #38
#33Courtney226US #39
#34Destiny221US #34
#35Amber219US #37
#36Caroline218US #75
#37Haley215US #36
#38Danielle213US #41
#39Kaitlyn197US #35
#40Savannah191US #45
#41Erin187US #57
#42Nicole182US #24
#43Jennifer172US #20
#44Julia172US #32
#45Grace169US #53
#46Natalie166US #40
#47Gabrielle154US #47
#48Brooke152US #46
#49Sara148US #48
#50Kelsey147US #56
#51Sierra147US #51
#52Katelyn143US #58
#53Madeline141US #50
#54Catherine133US #101
#55Tiffany132US #67
#56Stephanie128US #29
#57Autumn127US #77
#58Caitlin123US #78
#59Margaret123US #114
#60Heather120US #99
#61Kathryn119US #89
#62Kelly113US #90
#63Kimberly111US #54
#64Claire110US #91
#65Laura106US #74
#66Maria105US #43
#67Michelle105US #55
#68Hailey103US #70
#69Makayla101US #71
#70Kristen98US #102
#71Lindsey98US #97
#72Michaela98US #103
#73Jenna95US #65
#74Mackenzie95US #64
#75Shelby95US #49
#76Miranda94US #80
#77Christina93US #69
#78Bailey92US #60
#79Casey92US #150
#80Briana91US #79
#81Isabella90US #84
#82Sabrina89US #68
#83Diamond88US #164
#84Cassidy86US #113
#85Chloe86US #87
#86Erica85US #92
#87Cheyenne84US #72
#88Faith83US #107
#89Mikayla83US #82
#90Sophia83US #73
#91Caitlyn79US #115
#92Chelsea79US #94
#93Breanna77US #76
#94Kaitlin77US #120
#95Molly77US #108
#96Meghan76US #121
#97Shannon76US #104
#98Amy74US #96
#99Melissa74US #59
#100Andrea73US #61

Boys

#1Jacob914US #2
#2Matthew815US #3
#3Michael806US #1
#4Joshua783US #4
#5William772US #14
#6Christopher767US #5
#7Nicholas657US #6
#8James643US #18
#9John617US #15
#10Austin613US #10
#11Tyler604US #8
#12Brandon583US #7
#13Andrew564US #9
#14Zachary564US #16
#15Joseph524US #11
#16David504US #13
#17Ryan503US #17
#18Justin497US #20
#19Daniel483US #12
#20Robert455US #23
#21Alexander425US #22
#22Jonathan398US #21
#23Thomas387US #31
#24Benjamin378US #30
#25Noah378US #29
#26Anthony364US #19
#27Jordan355US #27
#28Hunter352US #36
#29Cameron351US #35
#30Samuel344US #28
#31Kyle339US #24
#32Christian318US #26
#33Dylan310US #25
#34Kevin310US #32
#35Charles279US #48
#36Ethan262US #38
#37Aaron256US #37
#38Nathan251US #34
#39Caleb245US #42
#40Brian235US #41
#41Jason229US #40
#42Logan226US #44
#43Timothy225US #49
#44Eric214US #39
#45Sean209US #50
#46Connor204US #47
#47Cody199US #43
#48Adam191US #45
#49Trevor189US #58
#50Richard183US #56
#51Nathaniel180US #60
#52Patrick176US #57
#53Jared168US #51
#54Stephen166US #78
#55Steven164US #46
#56Elijah162US #66
#57Isaiah162US #59
#58Dakota151US #72
#59Devin147US #62
#60Corey141US #115
#61Jack141US #61
#62Ian137US #73
#63Jeremy136US #68
#64Chase135US #67
#65Evan135US #63
#66Kenneth130US #87
#67Mark127US #64
#68Seth125US #86
#69Alex124US #55
#70Malik119US #138
#71Gabriel113US #54
#72Bradley111US #101
#73Luke111US #75
#74Bryce110US #94
#75Jesse107US #70
#76Travis106US #98
#77Jackson104US #100
#78Bryan103US #74
#79Antonio102US #79
#80Isaac102US #65
#81Dalton100US #88
#82Garrett99US #80
#83Jeffrey98US #91
#84Gregory97US #109
#85Shawn95US #113
#86Brendan93US #99
#87Jose93US #33
#88Cole92US #77
#89Mason92US #83
#90Paul92US #89
#91Lucas91US #93
#92Tanner89US #82
#93Taylor87US #104
#94Blake86US #85
#95Edward85US #105
#96Jeremiah84US #114
#97Tristan83US #92
#98Spencer81US #84
#99Colin79US #122
#100Devon79US #119

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑28Gabriel#71
↑22Natalie#46
↑20Bryce#74
↑19Alex#69
↑18Hailey#68
↑17Emma#22
↑17Destiny#34
↑17Claire#64

Falling

↓28Chelsea#92
↓28Shannon#97
↓26Paul#90
↓25Melissa#99
↓21Briana#80
↓21Cheyenne#87
↓19Travis#76
↓18Edward#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.