State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,882 Virginia births in 2001 across 1,977 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#98Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#79Diamond#167 nationally
#100Corey#168 nationally
#69Jalen#127 nationally
#67Kelly#124 nationally
#68Margaret#118 nationally
#78Madelyn#121 nationally
#92Travis#134 nationally
#86Tiffany#127 nationally
#91Erica#129 nationally
#95Liam#131 nationally
#27Caroline#62 nationally

Girls

#1Emily621US #1
#2Hannah575US #3
#3Madison574US #2
#4Sarah515US #6
#5Kayla409US #17
#6Abigail408US #8
#7Taylor402US #12
#8Alexis399US #5
#9Lauren368US #15
#10Elizabeth363US #9
#11Olivia359US #10
#12Jessica350US #11
#13Ashley344US #4
#14Emma338US #13
#15Anna326US #19
#16Grace325US #16
#17Rachel308US #24
#18Sydney301US #23
#19Samantha299US #7
#20Katherine292US #35
#21Brianna266US #18
#22Morgan260US #29
#23Megan255US #20
#24Haley246US #34
#25Alyssa244US #14
#26Victoria244US #21
#27Caroline238US #62
#28Destiny238US #22
#29Julia224US #27
#30Jasmine217US #25
#31Mary209US #48
#32Savannah207US #42
#33Kaitlyn203US #31
#34Jordan187US #47
#35Isabella185US #28
#36Chloe182US #30
#37Makayla178US #54
#38Rebecca175US #46
#39Sophia175US #37
#40Allison174US #44
#41Jennifer171US #26
#42Hailey170US #33
#43Alexandra169US #38
#44Faith161US #53
#45Amanda159US #39
#46Sierra158US #55
#47Brooke154US #57
#48Mackenzie153US #40
#49Madeline153US #56
#50Nicole151US #36
#51Sara149US #58
#52Erin147US #60
#53Natalie143US #32
#54Amber142US #51
#55Gabrielle142US #50
#56Catherine140US #81
#57Jada140US #75
#58Courtney132US #73
#59Katelyn131US #52
#60Danielle130US #63
#61Trinity130US #67
#62Jenna123US #45
#63Autumn122US #72
#64Claire122US #82
#65Stephanie118US #43
#66Leah111US #87
#67Kelly108US #124
#68Margaret107US #118
#69Kathryn104US #97
#70Laura97US #86
#71Kelsey96US #100
#72Michelle96US #59
#73Zoe96US #65
#74Kimberly94US #61
#75Maria94US #41
#76Lindsey91US #105
#77Christina89US #80
#78Madelyn89US #121
#79Diamond87US #167
#80Aaliyah86US #96
#81Andrea85US #49
#82Brittany83US #115
#83Gabriella83US #83
#84Isabelle83US #113
#85Kaylee83US #66
#86Tiffany83US #127
#87Caitlin82US #89
#88Mikayla82US #109
#89Angel81US #104
#90Shelby81US #68
#91Erica80US #129
#92Katie80US #99
#93Bailey78US #69
#94Molly78US #90
#95Breanna77US #94
#96Lillian77US #111
#97Cassidy76US #107
#98Charlotte74
#99Riley74US #106
#100Amy73US #114

Boys

#1Jacob878US #1
#2William795US #10
#3Michael790US #2
#4Joshua713US #4
#5Matthew712US #3
#6Christopher673US #5
#7John628US #14
#8Nicholas572US #6
#9Joseph551US #8
#10James550US #19
#11Andrew537US #7
#12Zachary508US #16
#13Tyler491US #13
#14Ryan469US #15
#15David461US #12
#16Brandon459US #18
#17Ethan444US #17
#18Alexander425US #20
#19Justin420US #22
#20Daniel419US #9
#21Benjamin403US #27
#22Jonathan400US #23
#23Thomas398US #33
#24Noah391US #28
#25Dylan382US #21
#26Samuel378US #26
#27Austin371US #25
#28Christian367US #24
#29Robert362US #30
#30Anthony352US #11
#31Hunter339US #36
#32Caleb329US #37
#33Logan315US #29
#34Kevin310US #32
#35Nathan302US #31
#36Cameron299US #35
#37Jordan290US #39
#38Jason270US #41
#39Isaiah251US #43
#40Charles247US #55
#41Elijah245US #45
#42Kyle232US #40
#43Aaron226US #42
#44Gabriel225US #38
#45Brian221US #46
#46Connor207US #49
#47Nathaniel207US #61
#48Luke201US #50
#49Adam195US #51
#50Jack188US #48
#51Evan186US #56
#52Eric185US #44
#53Jackson182US #60
#54Timothy178US #67
#55Sean175US #57
#56Mason173US #54
#57Steven172US #63
#58Patrick170US #72
#59Devin158US #71
#60Ian156US #70
#61Chase154US #79
#62Bryan150US #69
#63Seth150US #68
#64Cody149US #64
#65Trevor149US #76
#66Aidan143US #86
#67Richard143US #73
#68Garrett136US #80
#69Jalen125US #127
#70Stephen123US #102
#71Isaac121US #47
#72Jose120US #34
#73Bryce119US #92
#74Jared119US #65
#75Colby115US #99
#76Dakota115US #93
#77Antonio112US #85
#78Blake112US #77
#79Lucas111US #83
#80Alex110US #62
#81Cole110US #74
#82Carter109US #111
#83Jeremy108US #89
#84Xavier107US #94
#85Gavin102US #78
#86Jeremiah101US #90
#87Kenneth99US #97
#88Paul98US #109
#89Henry97US #120
#90Carlos94US #59
#91Jeffrey93US #119
#92Travis93US #134
#93Mark92US #84
#94Colin91US #125
#95Liam90US #131
#96Shane87US #128
#97Luis86US #52
#98Tristan86US #108
#99Peter85US #133
#100Corey83US #168

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑38Isabella#35
↑24Michelle#72
↑20Gabriel#44
↑19Faith#44
↑18Sophia#39
↑15Chloe#36
↑15Kelsey#71
↑15Kaylee#85

Falling

↓39Brittany#82
↓28Mark#93
↓22Caitlin#87
↓19Maria#75
↓16Amber#54
↓16Margaret#68
↓16Kenneth#87
↓12Kimberly#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.