State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,644 Virginia births in 2004 across 2,164 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#81Charlotte#170 nationally
#86Reagan#145 nationally
#93Jeffrey#149 nationally
#82Margaret#133 nationally
#89Summer#140 nationally
#88Kendall#137 nationally
#27Caroline#74 nationally
#96Stephen#140 nationally
#63Catherine#103 nationally
#88Paul#127 nationally
#58Erin#95 nationally
#74Trevor#110 nationally

Girls

#1Emily646US #1
#2Madison644US #3
#3Emma539US #2
#4Hannah462US #5
#5Olivia416US #4
#6Abigail400US #6
#7Elizabeth397US #10
#8Sarah380US #12
#9Alexis366US #11
#10Grace346US #13
#11Ashley343US #8
#12Lauren308US #16
#13Kayla305US #18
#14Anna298US #20
#15Isabella291US #7
#16Samantha289US #9
#17Sydney287US #27
#18Taylor284US #22
#19Katherine270US #35
#20Brianna256US #17
#21Alyssa252US #14
#22Sophia251US #15
#23Victoria240US #28
#24Rachel210US #34
#25Jessica209US #21
#26Natalie209US #19
#27Caroline205US #74
#28Chloe205US #23
#29Hailey204US #24
#30Kaitlyn201US #33
#31Morgan201US #31
#32Jasmine200US #26
#33Ella198US #29
#34Savannah191US #41
#35Megan190US #36
#36Alexandra188US #37
#37Allison187US #40
#38Ava186US #25
#39Makayla181US #47
#40Haley180US #44
#41Julia175US #32
#42Jordan172US #71
#43Mackenzie170US #45
#44Mary165US #62
#45Trinity162US #48
#46Brooke148US #46
#47Faith144US #52
#48Destiny143US #38
#49Katelyn137US #59
#50Leah136US #64
#51Gabrielle135US #73
#52Jennifer134US #39
#53Jada133US #81
#54Rebecca133US #70
#55Jenna131US #56
#56Mia129US #30
#57Kylie128US #49
#58Erin127US #95
#59Kaylee126US #50
#60Riley126US #58
#61Zoe126US #54
#62Nicole124US #43
#63Catherine122US #103
#64Lillian121US #65
#65Sara119US #68
#66Lily117US #53
#67Sofia117US #69
#68Amanda115US #67
#69Autumn115US #82
#70Madeline115US #63
#71Stephanie112US #55
#72Amber111US #87
#73Andrea106US #57
#74Aaliyah104US #94
#75Sierra104US #92
#76Claire103US #99
#77Gabriella103US #76
#78Maria102US #42
#79Michelle102US #66
#80Audrey97US #80
#81Charlotte97US #170
#82Margaret97US #133
#83Kimberly92US #61
#84Isabel91US #88
#85Nevaeh90US #104
#86Reagan90US #145
#87Danielle87US #91
#88Kendall87US #137
#89Summer87US #140
#90Molly86US #97
#91Courtney84US #121
#92Angel83US #127
#93Gabriela83US #110
#94Kathryn83US #122
#95Avery81US #77
#96Jocelyn81US #85
#97Amelia80US #96
#98Katie80US #102
#99Mya80US #116
#100Paige80US #51

Boys

#1Jacob749US #1
#2William747US #8
#3Joshua655US #3
#4Michael638US #2
#5Ethan605US #5
#6Christopher595US #10
#7John589US #17
#8Matthew585US #4
#9Ryan585US #12
#10James563US #18
#11Andrew560US #6
#12Joseph493US #9
#13Alexander482US #15
#14Tyler467US #16
#15Nicholas458US #13
#16Daniel450US #7
#17David438US #14
#18Nathan401US #20
#19Anthony398US #11
#20Zachary395US #26
#21Samuel385US #23
#22Christian380US #24
#23Dylan380US #19
#24Benjamin373US #25
#25Brandon372US #22
#26Caleb360US #33
#27Jonathan351US #21
#28Logan337US #27
#29Robert336US #36
#30Thomas333US #37
#31Elijah330US #31
#32Noah325US #29
#33Justin319US #30
#34Austin313US #35
#35Kevin302US #34
#36Connor296US #38
#37Jordan287US #43
#38Gabriel285US #32
#39Jackson285US #48
#40Aidan278US #40
#41Hunter266US #49
#42Evan264US #39
#43Jason258US #47
#44Charles254US #56
#45Cameron246US #50
#46Isaiah246US #45
#47Luke238US #41
#48Sean219US #64
#49Jack218US #42
#50Aiden214US #60
#51Nathaniel214US #68
#52Aaron208US #53
#53Mason208US #51
#54Brian205US #59
#55Adam204US #58
#56Gavin197US #52
#57Kyle195US #55
#58Jose171US #28
#59Owen169US #67
#60Ian166US #69
#61Carter164US #89
#62Jayden164US #62
#63Colin160US #85
#64Lucas155US #66
#65Timothy152US #79
#66Xavier150US #88
#67Chase146US #82
#68Eric145US #61
#69Landon144US #86
#70Isaac142US #46
#71Devin141US #81
#72Richard141US #92
#73Jaden140US #83
#74Trevor139US #110
#75Ashton137US #76
#76Bryan137US #65
#77Jeremiah137US #77
#78Cody128US #84
#79Patrick125US #100
#80Henry124US #109
#81Alex123US #63
#82Seth121US #80
#83Cole117US #75
#84Blake116US #95
#85Antonio115US #93
#86Bryce114US #108
#87Steven113US #78
#88Paul110US #127
#89Carlos105US #71
#90Riley105US #106
#91Wyatt103US #90
#92Liam97US #112
#93Jeffrey96US #149
#94Collin94US #130
#95Kenneth94US #119
#96Stephen94US #140
#97Jeremy92US #111
#98Marcus92US #116
#99Angel91US #44
#100Dominic91US #91

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑33Lily#66
↑26Katelyn#49
↑25Carter#61
↑21Leah#50
↑20Ava#38
↑19Jose#58
↑18Jayden#62
↑17Ella#33

Falling

↓26Paige#100
↓24Madeline#70
↓22Kathryn#94
↓21Danielle#87
↓21Courtney#91
↓20Steven#87
↓19Haley#40
↓19Margaret#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.