State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,561 Virginia births in 2000 across 1,947 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#79Diamond#162 nationally
#99Malik#176 nationally
#88Corey#149 nationally
#52Margaret#110 nationally
#94Shannon#152 nationally
#79Shawn#135 nationally
#81Heather#125 nationally
#89Mckenzie#133 nationally
#92Meghan#134 nationally
#95Skylar#135 nationally
#75Aidan#114 nationally
#27Caroline#65 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah708US #2
#2Emily597US #1
#3Sarah544US #5
#4Madison499US #3
#5Alexis450US #6
#6Elizabeth443US #9
#7Ashley419US #4
#8Kayla418US #13
#9Taylor409US #10
#10Lauren399US #11
#11Jessica368US #8
#12Abigail367US #14
#13Emma349US #17
#14Rachel343US #21
#15Olivia327US #16
#16Anna312US #22
#17Samantha303US #7
#18Sydney301US #23
#19Grace298US #19
#20Haley293US #28
#21Brianna291US #15
#22Victoria284US #20
#23Katherine279US #33
#24Megan274US #18
#25Morgan268US #25
#26Alyssa253US #12
#27Caroline237US #65
#28Destiny230US #24
#29Julia230US #29
#30Kaitlyn230US #30
#31Jasmine228US #27
#32Savannah224US #37
#33Rebecca222US #39
#34Mary219US #46
#35Jordan217US #50
#36Amanda191US #32
#37Hailey191US #35
#38Amber190US #47
#39Jennifer188US #26
#40Alexandra182US #36
#41Nicole178US #31
#42Allison176US #44
#43Brittany176US #60
#44Gabrielle174US #49
#45Brooke167US #51
#46Erin165US #61
#47Mackenzie157US #43
#48Natalie153US #34
#49Courtney144US #59
#50Makayla142US #67
#51Chloe140US #38
#52Margaret139US #110
#53Danielle138US #48
#54Katelyn138US #54
#55Sierra137US #53
#56Maria133US #41
#57Sophia131US #42
#58Sara130US #57
#59Stephanie130US #40
#60Madeline128US #56
#61Autumn126US #77
#62Kimberly124US #58
#63Faith122US #66
#64Jada121US #84
#65Caitlin119US #76
#66Catherine117US #81
#67Zoe117US #82
#68Kathryn113US #89
#69Laura113US #85
#70Trinity110US #74
#71Cheyenne107US #99
#72Claire107US #86
#73Isabella107US #45
#74Jenna107US #63
#75Christina106US #73
#76Tiffany103US #101
#77Leah101US #97
#78Lindsey98US #103
#79Diamond93US #162
#80Kelly91US #111
#81Heather90US #125
#82Mikayla90US #108
#83Shelby88US #70
#84Angel87US #119
#85Bailey86US #68
#86Kelsey86US #88
#87Erica85US #102
#88Andrea82US #55
#89Mckenzie82US #133
#90Briana81US #83
#91Caitlyn80US #118
#92Meghan80US #134
#93Katie79US #95
#94Shannon79US #152
#95Skylar78US #135
#96Michelle76US #52
#97Cassidy75US #107
#98Jacqueline75US #64
#99Mia75US #93
#100Kaylee73US #72

Boys

#1Jacob869US #1
#2William785US #11
#3Michael777US #2
#4Matthew739US #3
#5Christopher736US #5
#6Joshua728US #4
#7John637US #14
#8Nicholas620US #6
#9Andrew616US #7
#10James589US #18
#11Zachary576US #15
#12Joseph555US #8
#13Ryan549US #13
#14Tyler544US #10
#15Brandon500US #12
#16David476US #16
#17Daniel470US #9
#18Justin443US #19
#19Alexander438US #20
#20Benjamin432US #26
#21Robert422US #29
#22Hunter405US #35
#23Austin403US #23
#24Noah401US #27
#25Dylan399US #24
#26Thomas397US #33
#27Christian396US #22
#28Jonathan387US #21
#29Cameron380US #31
#30Ethan362US #25
#31Jordan352US #36
#32Samuel330US #28
#33Anthony316US #17
#34Kevin313US #32
#35Nathan298US #30
#36Kyle282US #37
#37Caleb277US #38
#38Brian233US #43
#39Aaron228US #41
#40Charles226US #51
#41Logan226US #40
#42Eric224US #42
#43Jason224US #39
#44Timothy222US #58
#45Isaiah212US #47
#46Nathaniel205US #61
#47Adam201US #45
#48Elijah199US #52
#49Sean196US #57
#50Ian190US #73
#51Luke185US #59
#52Connor183US #50
#53Evan180US #55
#54Patrick177US #68
#55Cody172US #60
#56Seth172US #63
#57Richard171US #65
#58Steven171US #54
#59Jackson168US #72
#60Trevor162US #75
#61Mason161US #64
#62Devin159US #69
#63Jack157US #46
#64Gabriel155US #44
#65Mark147US #79
#66Jared146US #56
#67Chase141US #77
#68Dakota140US #88
#69Stephen138US #95
#70Cole124US #71
#71Kenneth122US #94
#72Garrett121US #74
#73Isaac116US #53
#74Jalen115US #106
#75Aidan113US #114
#76Bryan113US #70
#77Bryce112US #92
#78Alex111US #62
#79Shawn110US #135
#80Travis108US #115
#81Spencer107US #98
#82Jose105US #34
#83Lucas103US #83
#84Gavin101US #85
#85Xavier101US #103
#86Jeffrey100US #104
#87Blake96US #80
#88Corey96US #149
#89Paul95US #100
#90Antonio93US #82
#91Jeremy93US #84
#92Colin92US #117
#93Dalton91US #91
#94Jeremiah90US #102
#95Tanner88US #93
#96Marcus87US #99
#97Carlos86US #66
#98Jesse86US #90
#99Malik86US #176
#100Shane85US #116

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑34Jada#64
↑27Maria#56
↑25Jalen#74
↑23Hailey#37
↑21Isaac#73
↑19Luke#51
↑18Jose#82
↑17Laura#69

Falling

↓31Kelsey#86
↓28Michelle#96
↓25Carlos#97
↓23Antonio#90
↓22Cassidy#97
↓22Kaylee#100
↓19Brittany#43
↓18Tiffany#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.