State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,194 Virginia births in 1999 across 1,805 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#83Malik#165 nationally
#99Jalen#172 nationally
#87Diamond#150 nationally
#74Corey#135 nationally
#82Dustin#133 nationally
#51Catherine#98 nationally
#63Margaret#110 nationally
#73Heather#112 nationally
#33Caroline#71 nationally
#53Kathryn#91 nationally
#93Skylar#131 nationally
#81Shawn#117 nationally

Girls

#1Emily662US #1
#2Hannah621US #2
#3Sarah536US #4
#4Taylor494US #8
#5Alexis493US #3
#6Madison487US #7
#7Ashley423US #6
#8Elizabeth408US #10
#9Kayla396US #13
#10Jessica376US #9
#11Samantha367US #5
#12Rachel356US #19
#13Lauren345US #12
#14Emma330US #17
#15Abigail319US #18
#16Olivia295US #20
#17Victoria292US #16
#18Megan287US #15
#19Brianna286US #14
#20Grace284US #27
#21Alyssa278US #11
#22Katherine278US #36
#23Sydney277US #23
#24Brittany246US #35
#25Destiny245US #28
#26Morgan243US #24
#27Anna237US #29
#28Jasmine236US #26
#29Haley233US #31
#30Savannah226US #42
#31Amanda220US #22
#32Mary217US #45
#33Caroline216US #71
#34Kaitlyn215US #33
#35Amber211US #41
#36Allison210US #40
#37Courtney199US #44
#38Jennifer198US #21
#39Rebecca197US #38
#40Nicole194US #25
#41Alexandra186US #32
#42Danielle178US #43
#43Jordan174US #48
#44Julia171US #30
#45Sierra161US #49
#46Natalie152US #34
#47Brooke149US #47
#48Erin149US #58
#49Makayla148US #66
#50Gabrielle147US #46
#51Catherine144US #98
#52Sara137US #50
#53Kathryn136US #91
#54Katelyn134US #55
#55Kelsey131US #72
#56Claire129US #86
#57Mackenzie129US #52
#58Tiffany129US #80
#59Stephanie126US #37
#60Hailey123US #54
#61Autumn120US #77
#62Faith116US #76
#63Margaret116US #110
#64Sophia116US #53
#65Chloe115US #63
#66Christina112US #75
#67Cheyenne111US #84
#68Michelle110US #56
#69Kelly109US #95
#70Madeline109US #70
#71Caitlin108US #93
#72Kimberly108US #51
#73Heather107US #112
#74Jenna105US #61
#75Cassidy103US #99
#76Lindsey103US #96
#77Kiara98US #78
#78Kaylee97US #69
#79Bailey94US #65
#80Shelby93US #62
#81Leah91US #103
#82Mikayla91US #85
#83Maria87US #39
#84Maya87US #113
#85Isabella86US #60
#86Laura86US #81
#87Diamond84US #150
#88Breanna82US #74
#89Molly82US #102
#90Briana81US #82
#91Michaela81US #125
#92Angel79US #121
#93Skylar79US #131
#94Kristen78US #114
#95Melissa78US #64
#96Andrea77US #59
#97Angela75US #90
#98Jada75US #111
#99Katie75US #92
#100Summer74US #136

Boys

#1Jacob910US #1
#2Michael807US #2
#3William778US #14
#4Matthew757US #3
#5Christopher700US #6
#6Joshua679US #4
#7Andrew632US #7
#8James607US #19
#9John594US #15
#10Tyler588US #10
#11Nicholas576US #5
#12Ryan563US #12
#13Austin557US #13
#14Brandon553US #11
#15Zachary499US #17
#16Joseph497US #8
#17Daniel475US #9
#18Justin463US #20
#19David457US #16
#20Robert446US #26
#21Alexander438US #21
#22Jonathan411US #22
#23Thomas401US #31
#24Noah399US #24
#25Benjamin377US #29
#26Anthony375US #18
#27Hunter372US #36
#28Jordan370US #30
#29Christian369US #25
#30Dylan367US #23
#31Cameron363US #33
#32Samuel347US #27
#33Kyle305US #28
#34Kevin286US #34
#35Caleb276US #41
#36Nathan273US #32
#37Ethan270US #37
#38Logan264US #42
#39Brian253US #43
#40Charles251US #50
#41Aaron239US #38
#42Isaiah225US #51
#43Timothy222US #49
#44Jason214US #40
#45Connor207US #48
#46Eric202US #39
#47Cody195US #45
#48Sean195US #56
#49Elijah192US #60
#50Evan191US #57
#51Patrick187US #63
#52Nathaniel180US #62
#53Steven180US #47
#54Adam176US #44
#55Ian174US #72
#56Trevor167US #66
#57Devin159US #68
#58Richard158US #61
#59Jack153US #52
#60Stephen150US #85
#61Dakota148US #77
#62Gabriel145US #53
#63Jared145US #54
#64Kenneth144US #89
#65Seth143US #65
#66Jackson142US #83
#67Antonio127US #80
#68Chase126US #76
#69Mason120US #71
#70Luke118US #67
#71Bryan117US #74
#72Carlos114US #59
#73Alex113US #58
#74Corey111US #135
#75Mark111US #69
#76Travis109US #102
#77Jeffrey108US #100
#78Jeremy107US #81
#79Garrett105US #78
#80Peter105US #105
#81Shawn104US #117
#82Dustin103US #133
#83Malik103US #165
#84Marcus102US #98
#85Bryce101US #93
#86Cole101US #75
#87Paul101US #94
#88Dalton100US #86
#89Tristan100US #99
#90Spencer97US #92
#91Bradley95US #104
#92Shane95US #110
#93Brendan94US #96
#94Isaac92US #64
#95Xavier91US #114
#96Jesse90US #82
#97Colin89US #119
#98Henry89US #129
#99Jalen89US #172
#100Jose88US #35

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑26Faith#62
↑26Sophia#64
↑25Grace#20
↑20Makayla#49
↑20Chloe#65
↑20Cheyenne#67
↑20Mason#69
↑17Mackenzie#57

Falling

↓24Kristen#94
↓21Laura#86
↓21Jesse#96
↓19Michaela#91
↓19Bradley#91
↓18Jordan#43
↓17Madeline#70
↓17Maria#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.