State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,145 Virginia births in 2002 across 1,990 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#66Margaret#129 nationally
#86Jalen#145 nationally
#98Shawn#152 nationally
#70Kelly#119 nationally
#83George#131 nationally
#93Skylar#141 nationally
#81Cheyenne#127 nationally
#56Catherine#101 nationally
#73Ashanti#115 nationally
#73Stephen#114 nationally
#74Henry#115 nationally
#96Aiden#135 nationally

Girls

#1Madison625US #2
#2Emily599US #1
#3Hannah562US #3
#4Sarah481US #8
#5Abigail423US #7
#6Elizabeth399US #11
#7Emma398US #4
#8Alexis381US #5
#9Olivia374US #10
#10Kayla367US #19
#11Grace341US #15
#12Taylor335US #18
#13Ashley334US #6
#14Lauren316US #13
#15Anna306US #20
#16Jessica301US #16
#17Samantha290US #9
#18Brianna287US #17
#19Katherine287US #36
#20Sydney278US #23
#21Rachel277US #24
#22Victoria261US #21
#23Isabella257US #14
#24Megan251US #22
#25Alyssa239US #12
#26Morgan238US #29
#27Kaitlyn237US #32
#28Jordan235US #45
#29Haley228US #35
#30Caroline225US #67
#31Chloe216US #25
#32Jasmine215US #26
#33Destiny211US #34
#34Savannah211US #39
#35Sophia208US #27
#36Julia192US #33
#37Mary191US #49
#38Alexandra189US #38
#39Mackenzie188US #42
#40Hailey186US #31
#41Jennifer182US #28
#42Natalie181US #30
#43Makayla178US #50
#44Faith155US #48
#45Allison153US #44
#46Madeline150US #56
#47Nicole150US #37
#48Rebecca150US #54
#49Gabrielle138US #66
#50Stephanie136US #41
#51Amber134US #65
#52Brooke134US #52
#53Amanda132US #46
#54Erin131US #72
#55Trinity131US #70
#56Catherine130US #101
#57Katelyn130US #53
#58Sierra128US #62
#59Jada126US #78
#60Jenna125US #47
#61Mia124US #43
#62Aaliyah121US #64
#63Sara119US #59
#64Autumn114US #73
#65Zoe114US #60
#66Margaret112US #129
#67Maria112US #40
#68Kimberly106US #63
#69Kaylee105US #57
#70Kelly103US #119
#71Leah103US #87
#72Angel102US #109
#73Ashanti102US #115
#74Kylie102US #61
#75Maya102US #90
#76Christina101US #97
#77Kathryn101US #108
#78Riley101US #77
#79Michelle98US #58
#80Kelsey97US #118
#81Cheyenne94US #127
#82Courtney94US #88
#83Ava89US #82
#84Gabriella89US #76
#85Lillian89US #96
#86Claire88US #95
#87Danielle88US #71
#88Alexa87US #69
#89Katie87US #103
#90Lily85US #79
#91Isabel84US #85
#92Laura84US #105
#93Skylar84US #141
#94Madelyn83US #120
#95Ella82US #89
#96Jocelyn81US #92
#97Caitlin80US #123
#98Paige80US #51
#99Briana78US #102
#100Amy77US #110

Boys

#1Jacob765US #1
#2Michael758US #2
#3William743US #11
#4Joshua651US #3
#5Ethan624US #5
#6Matthew622US #4
#7Christopher587US #8
#8James573US #18
#9John560US #17
#10Andrew530US #6
#11Nicholas524US #9
#12Ryan517US #16
#13Joseph513US #7
#14Tyler484US #14
#15Zachary459US #19
#16David453US #13
#17Daniel446US #10
#18Alexander442US #15
#19Brandon418US #20
#20Samuel406US #25
#21Robert394US #34
#22Austin387US #26
#23Justin387US #22
#24Benjamin384US #27
#25Christian379US #24
#26Jonathan378US #21
#27Anthony374US #12
#28Thomas366US #36
#29Dylan354US #23
#30Logan342US #29
#31Caleb341US #35
#32Cameron330US #39
#33Noah319US #31
#34Kevin314US #33
#35Hunter312US #38
#36Jordan309US #37
#37Elijah303US #41
#38Nathan302US #28
#39Gabriel284US #32
#40Jason280US #42
#41Charles263US #58
#42Isaiah260US #45
#43Kyle241US #40
#44Jackson229US #50
#45Adam223US #55
#46Luke220US #46
#47Brian210US #51
#48Sean208US #59
#49Connor207US #47
#50Aaron205US #43
#51Aidan199US #60
#52Nathaniel191US #62
#53Jack183US #44
#54Mason182US #53
#55Ian176US #67
#56Patrick170US #79
#57Evan166US #56
#58Steven166US #68
#59Bryan164US #64
#60Eric158US #52
#61Timothy158US #70
#62Gavin157US #61
#63Cody146US #71
#64Isaac145US #48
#65Richard144US #77
#66Chase139US #82
#67Jose138US #30
#68Trevor138US #81
#69Devin131US #74
#70Seth128US #72
#71Xavier128US #88
#72Jeremiah124US #86
#73Stephen121US #114
#74Henry120US #115
#75Alex119US #63
#76Bryce119US #97
#77Lucas112US #75
#78Mark112US #93
#79Dakota108US #107
#80Kenneth108US #104
#81Antonio107US #85
#82Jaden106US #87
#83George105US #131
#84Cole103US #69
#85Jared102US #84
#86Jalen99US #145
#87Spencer98US #110
#88Colby96US #125
#89Dominic96US #83
#90Garrett93US #91
#91Jeremy93US #95
#92Blake91US #76
#93Shane91US #130
#94Carlos89US #65
#95Tristan88US #103
#96Aiden87US #135
#97Colin87US #116
#98Shawn86US #152
#99Owen85US #94
#100Hayden83US #96

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑23Gavin#62
↑21Riley#78
↑18Aaliyah#62
↑17Angel#72
↑16Kaylee#69
↑15Stephanie#50
↑15Aidan#51
↑15Henry#74

Falling

↓27Danielle#87
↓24Courtney#82
↓22Claire#86
↓22Laura#92
↓22Garrett#90
↓17Jalen#86
↓16Madelyn#94
↓14Blake#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.