State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,494 Virginia births in 2003 across 2,067 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#98Jayla#200 nationally
#89Charlotte#182 nationally
#88Jalen#155 nationally
#63Margaret#128 nationally
#91Kendall#156 nationally
#82Skylar#144 nationally
#96Summer#153 nationally
#52Catherine#106 nationally
#98Shane#144 nationally
#72Kathryn#117 nationally
#88Lindsey#132 nationally
#26Caroline#68 nationally

Girls

#1Emily671US #1
#2Emma615US #2
#3Madison555US #3
#4Hannah525US #4
#5Abigail460US #6
#6Olivia421US #5
#7Sarah411US #11
#8Grace360US #13
#9Elizabeth347US #9
#10Alexis346US #7
#11Ashley333US #8
#12Kayla332US #16
#13Lauren322US #15
#14Taylor313US #19
#15Isabella283US #12
#16Katherine282US #35
#17Samantha279US #10
#18Sydney277US #25
#19Anna276US #21
#20Rachel270US #28
#21Haley258US #34
#22Alyssa248US #14
#23Brianna244US #17
#24Jessica224US #18
#25Sophia223US #20
#26Caroline217US #68
#27Kaitlyn217US #32
#28Victoria217US #22
#29Megan214US #30
#30Morgan212US #29
#31Hailey205US #26
#32Jordan201US #48
#33Chloe193US #24
#34Alexandra190US #38
#35Natalie190US #23
#36Savannah182US #41
#37Julia180US #33
#38Makayla178US #51
#39Destiny172US #37
#40Jasmine172US #27
#41Mackenzie169US #45
#42Mary166US #59
#43Allison164US #46
#44Brooke159US #43
#45Nicole153US #40
#46Madeline152US #61
#47Jada151US #79
#48Rebecca149US #63
#49Jennifer148US #31
#50Ella143US #44
#51Erin140US #80
#52Catherine138US #106
#53Sara137US #65
#54Trinity137US #56
#55Faith135US #50
#56Zoe132US #57
#57Amanda127US #54
#58Ava123US #39
#59Jenna122US #55
#60Gabrielle121US #66
#61Riley120US #72
#62Mia119US #36
#63Margaret117US #128
#64Maria117US #42
#65Kaylee116US #53
#66Danielle112US #82
#67Autumn111US #75
#68Sierra111US #73
#69Kylie109US #52
#70Courtney107US #103
#71Leah107US #81
#72Kathryn106US #117
#73Lillian105US #76
#74Paige105US #47
#75Katelyn103US #58
#76Aaliyah102US #90
#77Claire101US #92
#78Maya99US #84
#79Michelle99US #62
#80Amber96US #74
#81Stephanie94US #49
#82Skylar93US #144
#83Gabriella91US #77
#84Kimberly88US #64
#85Audrey87US #78
#86Isabelle87US #110
#87Katie86US #107
#88Lindsey86US #132
#89Charlotte85US #182
#90Amelia84US #111
#91Kendall83US #156
#92Ariana82US #85
#93Breanna82US #105
#94Cheyenne82US #134
#95Isabel82US #83
#96Summer82US #153
#97Christina81US #109
#98Jayla81US #200
#99Lily81US #69
#100Briana80US #114

Boys

#1Jacob796US #1
#2William754US #11
#3Michael729US #2
#4Joshua686US #3
#5Christopher631US #9
#6Matthew618US #4
#7Andrew599US #5
#8James577US #18
#9Ethan572US #7
#10Ryan547US #13
#11John541US #17
#12Nicholas506US #12
#13Joseph469US #6
#14Alexander464US #16
#15Tyler439US #15
#16Daniel426US #8
#17David416US #14
#18Zachary413US #20
#19Dylan405US #19
#20Brandon398US #21
#21Christian394US #25
#22Anthony387US #10
#23Jonathan385US #22
#24Samuel385US #23
#25Benjamin375US #24
#26Thomas361US #36
#27Justin356US #27
#28Caleb350US #34
#29Robert345US #35
#30Logan334US #28
#31Nathan331US #26
#32Noah329US #31
#33Elijah315US #37
#34Kevin306US #32
#35Gabriel299US #29
#36Austin298US #33
#37Cameron286US #40
#38Hunter276US #41
#39Jordan276US #38
#40Aidan275US #39
#41Jason271US #42
#42Isaiah258US #49
#43Jackson255US #52
#44Connor254US #43
#45Luke249US #46
#46Charles248US #57
#47Sean234US #61
#48Evan233US #44
#49Aaron208US #50
#50Jack203US #45
#51Kyle202US #53
#52Nathaniel200US #63
#53Gavin198US #51
#54Adam194US #58
#55Mason192US #54
#56Ian177US #65
#57Brian169US #59
#58Eric169US #56
#59Chase157US #87
#60Owen155US #72
#61Colin149US #88
#62Aiden148US #73
#63Patrick148US #91
#64Seth148US #80
#65Devin147US #74
#66Timothy143US #76
#67Steven139US #70
#68Xavier139US #85
#69Jaden137US #82
#70Isaac129US #48
#71Lucas129US #71
#72Richard129US #86
#73Alex127US #62
#74Cody127US #78
#75Blake126US #79
#76Trevor126US #99
#77Jose125US #30
#78Jeremiah124US #90
#79Bryan123US #64
#80Jayden121US #75
#81Cole113US #69
#82Henry113US #115
#83Hayden110US #84
#84Landon109US #97
#85Carlos108US #66
#86Carter105US #102
#87Bryce103US #103
#88Jalen102US #155
#89Stephen102US #128
#90Luis100US #60
#91Antonio99US #92
#92Garrett98US #106
#93Paul98US #123
#94Dominic96US #81
#95Marcus93US #119
#96Kenneth92US #111
#97Mark92US #105
#98Shane91US #144
#99Julian88US #77
#100Wyatt88US #109

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑45Ella#50
↑39Owen#60
↑36Colin#61
↑34Aiden#62
↑25Ava#58
↑24Paige#74
↑21Danielle#66
↑17Riley#61

Falling

↓31Stephanie#81
↓29Amber#80
↓21Christina#97
↓20Bryan#79
↓19Mark#97
↓18Katelyn#75
↓16Kimberly#84
↓16Stephen#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.