State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,170 Virginia births in 2005 across 2,251 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#65Charlotte#135 nationally
#85Margaret#151 nationally
#93Courtney#157 nationally
#100Malachi#162 nationally
#100Skylar#154 nationally
#57Catherine#109 nationally
#35Caroline#83 nationally
#92Kendall#132 nationally
#99Reagan#139 nationally
#37Mary#72 nationally
#79Erin#112 nationally
#98Peyton#131 nationally

Girls

#1Emily593US #1
#2Madison570US #3
#3Emma510US #2
#4Hannah476US #7
#5Abigail450US #4
#6Sarah388US #15
#7Olivia385US #5
#8Elizabeth377US #11
#9Alexis331US #13
#10Sophia320US #12
#11Ashley312US #10
#12Isabella309US #6
#13Grace302US #14
#14Katherine294US #36
#15Ava290US #9
#16Samantha287US #8
#17Lauren285US #21
#18Taylor269US #24
#19Sydney257US #30
#20Kayla255US #25
#21Natalie255US #18
#22Anna245US #22
#23Alyssa239US #16
#24Victoria220US #28
#25Hailey217US #26
#26Chloe203US #19
#27Makayla203US #44
#28Brianna201US #20
#29Jessica201US #27
#30Jasmine199US #29
#31Rachel196US #38
#32Savannah194US #35
#33Ella192US #23
#34Julia185US #31
#35Caroline184US #83
#36Destiny178US #32
#37Mary176US #72
#38Morgan167US #33
#39Alexandra166US #37
#40Mackenzie165US #51
#41Haley162US #53
#42Mia160US #17
#43Kaitlyn159US #34
#44Allison154US #45
#45Megan154US #41
#46Riley151US #54
#47Lily150US #39
#48Kaylee148US #40
#49Zoe145US #58
#50Madeline144US #70
#51Trinity142US #48
#52Lillian141US #50
#53Brooke137US #47
#54Jennifer135US #42
#55Faith134US #49
#56Leah131US #68
#57Catherine130US #109
#58Gabrielle124US #55
#59Jordan124US #86
#60Sara121US #75
#61Nevaeh117US #69
#62Jada116US #76
#63Rebecca116US #81
#64Stephanie116US #64
#65Charlotte112US #135
#66Angelina111US #43
#67Claire110US #95
#68Kylie108US #57
#69Jenna107US #62
#70Maria107US #46
#71Amelia106US #84
#72Maya105US #73
#73Katelyn104US #59
#74Gabriella103US #61
#75Sofia103US #52
#76Autumn102US #90
#77Kimberly102US #63
#78Evelyn100US #71
#79Erin99US #112
#80Nicole98US #56
#81Avery97US #67
#82Ariana96US #82
#83Audrey95US #77
#84Madelyn95US #107
#85Margaret93US #151
#86Michelle92US #74
#87Aaliyah91US #93
#88Andrea91US #65
#89Danielle91US #102
#90Jocelyn91US #87
#91Paige90US #60
#92Kendall89US #132
#93Courtney88US #157
#94Amanda87US #79
#95Katie84US #99
#96Sierra84US #105
#97Kathryn83US #125
#98Peyton83US #131
#99Reagan81US #139
#100Skylar81US #154

Boys

#1William746US #11
#2Jacob733US #1
#3Michael666US #2
#4Joshua632US #3
#5Matthew568US #4
#6Ethan567US #5
#7Christopher563US #10
#8Andrew551US #6
#9Ryan524US #14
#10James509US #17
#11Alexander500US #13
#12John487US #18
#13Joseph480US #9
#14Daniel464US #7
#15Tyler452US #16
#16Nicholas449US #15
#17David441US #12
#18Benjamin416US #25
#19Christian412US #22
#20Anthony389US #8
#21Samuel381US #21
#22Noah380US #23
#23Nathan371US #20
#24Jonathan368US #19
#25Zachary364US #29
#26Dylan359US #24
#27Caleb334US #35
#28Elijah325US #31
#29Brandon317US #27
#30Justin316US #36
#31Jackson314US #44
#32Logan314US #26
#33Thomas312US #40
#34Kevin303US #33
#35Gabriel291US #28
#36Robert290US #37
#37Austin281US #38
#38Cameron281US #52
#39Evan274US #39
#40Luke260US #41
#41Jason259US #51
#42Connor258US #48
#43Aidan254US #43
#44Hunter253US #53
#45Jack251US #34
#46Isaiah250US #45
#47Charles240US #56
#48Mason240US #42
#49Aiden237US #50
#50Jordan228US #46
#51Jayden220US #54
#52Ian211US #68
#53Nathaniel205US #67
#54Owen201US #60
#55Aaron200US #57
#56Lucas200US #58
#57Gavin199US #47
#58Landon198US #61
#59Adam195US #64
#60Brian189US #63
#61Sean171US #75
#62Carter167US #77
#63Eric167US #66
#64Chase158US #82
#65Jose158US #30
#66Kyle150US #69
#67Steven149US #83
#68Jeremiah146US #78
#69Colin144US #95
#70Timothy144US #84
#71Isaac143US #49
#72Bryan141US #72
#73Liam141US #104
#74Hayden140US #76
#75Richard133US #94
#76Xavier132US #87
#77Angel129US #32
#78Patrick127US #108
#79Cole123US #79
#80Antonio122US #92
#81Blake122US #99
#82Devin122US #90
#83Wyatt122US #81
#84Brayden121US #80
#85Jaden120US #88
#86Seth119US #91
#87Trevor118US #112
#88Henry117US #102
#89Tristan111US #113
#90Dominic110US #85
#91Carlos109US #70
#92Alex108US #71
#93Ashton106US #107
#94Parker105US #119
#95Riley103US #106
#96Cody102US #96
#97Kenneth102US #122
#98Carson96US #101
#99Juan96US #55
#100Malachi96US #162

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑26Amelia#71
↑24Nevaeh#61
↑23Ava#15
↑22Angel#77
↑20Madeline#50
↑20Steven#67
↑19Lily#47
↑19Liam#73

Falling

↓26Amanda#94
↓24Katelyn#73
↓21Erin#79
↓21Sierra#96
↓18Nicole#80
↓18Ashton#93
↓18Cody#96
↓17Jordan#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.