State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,823 Virginia births in 2006 across 2,340 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#80Margaret#160 nationally
#58Charlotte#125 nationally
#83Kendall#148 nationally
#81Skylar#145 nationally
#66Catherine#121 nationally
#41Caroline#89 nationally
#99Kathryn#143 nationally
#94Lydia#130 nationally
#64Jordan#97 nationally
#55Claire#86 nationally
#63Jada#92 nationally
#84Madelyn#113 nationally

Girls

#1Madison547US #3
#2Emily523US #1
#3Abigail480US #6
#4Emma464US #2
#5Hannah445US #8
#6Sarah389US #15
#7Ava376US #5
#8Olivia370US #7
#9Elizabeth364US #11
#10Isabella331US #4
#11Sophia308US #9
#12Grace301US #16
#13Taylor296US #23
#14Ashley288US #12
#15Katherine288US #37
#16Alexis271US #14
#17Samantha271US #10
#18Natalie255US #17
#19Chloe249US #18
#20Anna246US #22
#21Lauren245US #24
#22Kayla233US #26
#23Brianna231US #20
#24Alyssa220US #19
#25Savannah219US #30
#26Ella217US #21
#27Hailey209US #25
#28Jasmine197US #29
#29Mia193US #13
#30Sydney189US #34
#31Morgan183US #35
#32Lillian182US #38
#33Rachel178US #48
#34Allison173US #47
#35Julia171US #31
#36Makayla170US #45
#37Kaitlyn166US #41
#38Victoria166US #27
#39Riley164US #56
#40Addison163US #28
#41Caroline163US #89
#42Destiny162US #36
#43Lily160US #33
#44Nevaeh159US #43
#45Alexandra158US #40
#46Mackenzie155US #53
#47Trinity155US #64
#48Gabrielle153US #63
#49Zoe151US #54
#50Madeline147US #71
#51Faith144US #62
#52Jessica144US #32
#53Brooke143US #44
#54Megan141US #60
#55Claire139US #86
#56Mary139US #80
#57Haley137US #75
#58Charlotte136US #125
#59Jennifer135US #51
#60Maya134US #57
#61Kaylee132US #42
#62Gabriella123US #50
#63Jada122US #92
#64Jordan122US #97
#65Sara122US #72
#66Catherine120US #121
#67Kimberly116US #58
#68Audrey115US #69
#69Autumn114US #95
#70Kylie113US #67
#71Leah110US #68
#72Sofia109US #55
#73Amelia106US #83
#74Katelyn105US #61
#75Nicole104US #74
#76Avery103US #52
#77Maria103US #46
#78Michelle103US #81
#79Ariana101US #78
#80Margaret101US #160
#81Skylar99US #145
#82Jenna98US #88
#83Kendall96US #148
#84Madelyn96US #113
#85Jayla94US #99
#86Aaliyah92US #90
#87Adriana92US #107
#88Evelyn92US #65
#89Isabelle89US #84
#90Layla89US #101
#91Rebecca89US #96
#92Isabel88US #87
#93Andrea86US #59
#94Lydia85US #130
#95Paige85US #77
#96Stephanie85US #70
#97Arianna84US #76
#98Keira84US #110
#99Kathryn83US #143
#100Angelina81US #49

Boys

#1William666US #10
#2Jacob621US #1
#3Michael585US #2
#4Joshua584US #3
#5Christopher559US #8
#6Ethan540US #4
#7Andrew512US #7
#8Matthew499US #5
#9James498US #16
#10Joseph494US #11
#11John490US #19
#12Daniel465US #6
#13Ryan465US #14
#14Alexander450US #12
#15Tyler445US #18
#16Noah436US #15
#17Christian425US #21
#18Anthony401US #9
#19Benjamin401US #24
#20David392US #13
#21Nicholas380US #17
#22Samuel379US #25
#23Jackson370US #35
#24Logan360US #20
#25Elijah349US #29
#26Nathan348US #23
#27Caleb345US #34
#28Dylan343US #26
#29Jonathan340US #22
#30Zachary322US #33
#31Thomas321US #51
#32Austin306US #41
#33Aiden302US #32
#34Jason297US #55
#35Robert297US #47
#36Aidan294US #44
#37Brandon292US #27
#38Gabriel285US #28
#39Kevin285US #37
#40Hunter274US #54
#41Isaiah274US #39
#42Jayden272US #49
#43Jordan271US #46
#44Luke270US #43
#45Landon268US #50
#46Cameron265US #52
#47Justin262US #45
#48Connor261US #53
#49Charles257US #60
#50Jack255US #36
#51Evan254US #42
#52Mason252US #40
#53Sean230US #68
#54Aaron214US #57
#55Gavin214US #38
#56Nathaniel209US #69
#57Adam206US #64
#58Lucas204US #59
#59Owen199US #58
#60Jeremiah198US #71
#61Ian189US #80
#62Brian186US #72
#63Xavier172US #78
#64Hayden170US #73
#65Chase169US #83
#66Isaac167US #48
#67Bryan161US #66
#68Carter160US #75
#69Brayden153US #79
#70Timothy152US #93
#71Eric148US #77
#72Liam148US #98
#73Jose147US #30
#74Steven144US #90
#75Cole137US #84
#76Diego135US #56
#77Alex134US #67
#78Angel134US #31
#79Henry133US #95
#80Wyatt132US #82
#81Tristan131US #86
#82Patrick130US #110
#83Jaden127US #88
#84Colin126US #111
#85Kyle123US #81
#86Carlos121US #70
#87Richard121US #99
#88Luis118US #62
#89Sebastian117US #76
#90Dominic112US #85
#91Blake108US #97
#92Julian108US #65
#93Seth105US #103
#94Brady104US #106
#95Josiah102US #117
#96Marcus100US #112
#97Bryce99US #109
#98Devin99US #100
#99Kaleb96US #115
#100Carson95US #87

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑20Lillian#32
↑19Skylar#81
↑17Nevaeh#44
↑16Aiden#33
↑15Audrey#68
↑15Brayden#69
↑15Alex#77
↑13Mia#29

Falling

↓34Angelina#100
↓32Stephanie#96
↓28Rebecca#91
↓23Jessica#52
↓19Mary#56
↓19Kyle#85
↓17Justin#47
↓16Haley#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.