State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,775 Virginia births in 2007 across 2,398 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#99Skylar#171 nationally
#75Catherine#142 nationally
#46Charlotte#101 nationally
#48Caroline#99 nationally
#55Jordan#100 nationally
#92Lydia#124 nationally
#34Mackenzie#65 nationally
#59Autumn#90 nationally
#89Colin#119 nationally
#97Micah#126 nationally
#57Nathaniel#82 nationally
#68Mary#93 nationally

Girls

#1Madison495US #5
#2Abigail472US #8
#3Emily465US #1
#4Olivia435US #7
#5Emma418US #3
#6Isabella407US #2
#7Hannah386US #9
#8Elizabeth383US #10
#9Ava382US #4
#10Sophia372US #6
#11Sarah312US #18
#12Addison306US #11
#13Samantha304US #12
#14Ashley286US #13
#15Chloe280US #16
#16Grace269US #20
#17Kayla260US #26
#18Taylor258US #24
#19Natalie252US #17
#20Alyssa251US #14
#21Katherine245US #39
#22Anna236US #25
#23Brianna227US #22
#24Alexis225US #19
#25Ella225US #21
#26Lauren217US #28
#27Savannah216US #30
#28Lillian208US #33
#29Sydney206US #37
#30Jasmine201US #32
#31Victoria191US #29
#32Hailey189US #23
#33Makayla176US #47
#34Mackenzie173US #65
#35Allison172US #46
#36Nevaeh169US #31
#37Riley168US #52
#38Madeline166US #61
#39Julia164US #34
#40Lily158US #27
#41Mia156US #15
#42Kaitlyn153US #44
#43Kaylee153US #35
#44Alexandra146US #49
#45Claire144US #66
#46Charlotte143US #101
#47Brooke141US #45
#48Caroline137US #99
#49Avery135US #48
#50Gabriella134US #38
#51Gabrielle134US #68
#52Rachel134US #59
#53Audrey132US #51
#54Trinity130US #72
#55Jordan127US #100
#56Haley126US #76
#57Morgan126US #43
#58Zoe125US #56
#59Autumn124US #90
#60Isabelle123US #79
#61Maya123US #62
#62Jennifer122US #64
#63Jessica122US #42
#64Kimberly120US #54
#65Sofia118US #36
#66Destiny117US #41
#67Layla116US #85
#68Mary115US #93
#69Evelyn112US #55
#70Aaliyah110US #83
#71Kylie109US #63
#72Katelyn108US #75
#73Leah108US #67
#74Nicole107US #86
#75Catherine106US #142
#76Arianna105US #70
#77Sophie105US #82
#78Amelia104US #77
#79Megan102US #78
#80Jada101US #95
#81Rebecca100US #105
#82Ariana98US #73
#83Diana98US #106
#84Sara98US #80
#85Faith97US #74
#86Aubrey95US #69
#87Maria93US #53
#88Brooklyn92US #57
#89Stephanie92US #88
#90Jocelyn91US #50
#91Alexa89US #40
#92Lydia89US #124
#93Mya89US #102
#94Sadie89US #107
#95Madelyn88US #104
#96Isabel86US #87
#97Kennedy86US #110
#98Bailey85US #84
#99Skylar85US #171
#100Andrea83US #60

Boys

#1William693US #8
#2Jacob626US #1
#3Christopher612US #6
#4Joshua574US #4
#5Michael549US #2
#6Ethan547US #3
#7James538US #15
#8Matthew500US #9
#9Ryan496US #16
#10Daniel477US #5
#11John474US #19
#12Alexander470US #11
#13Andrew462US #10
#14Noah447US #14
#15Joseph421US #13
#16Anthony411US #7
#17Logan406US #17
#18David384US #12
#19Nicholas378US #20
#20Tyler374US #21
#21Jayden369US #18
#22Christian365US #22
#23Benjamin364US #26
#24Elijah363US #30
#25Samuel354US #25
#26Jonathan352US #23
#27Aiden347US #27
#28Caleb344US #36
#29Dylan344US #29
#30Jackson344US #33
#31Nathan338US #24
#32Brandon324US #31
#33Gabriel321US #28
#34Gavin312US #32
#35Justin304US #45
#36Robert304US #47
#37Zachary290US #42
#38Isaiah288US #43
#39Kevin288US #39
#40Luke279US #46
#41Mason279US #37
#42Landon272US #49
#43Jordan269US #44
#44Thomas264US #52
#45Austin260US #48
#46Evan259US #40
#47Cameron257US #50
#48Connor245US #55
#49Aidan243US #54
#50Jack239US #38
#51Charles237US #62
#52Jason232US #59
#53Hunter227US #57
#54Sean225US #76
#55Lucas218US #53
#56Aaron209US #51
#57Nathaniel208US #82
#58Owen201US #56
#59Ian200US #75
#60Jeremiah196US #67
#61Adam189US #65
#62Xavier179US #68
#63Isaac172US #41
#64Brayden171US #64
#65Liam169US #89
#66Brian163US #81
#67Hayden162US #71
#68Bryan160US #78
#69Henry160US #90
#70Jaden158US #74
#71Chase154US #79
#72Tristan150US #87
#73Eric147US #83
#74Jose146US #35
#75Brady144US #93
#76Carter142US #80
#77Angel141US #34
#78Kyle140US #86
#79Cole138US #84
#80Wyatt136US #69
#81Timothy131US #99
#82Richard128US #101
#83Carlos125US #70
#84Steven124US #97
#85Alex123US #72
#86Blake122US #88
#87Josiah121US #105
#88Caden119US #92
#89Colin119US #119
#90Julian119US #66
#91Sebastian118US #73
#92Patrick117US #116
#93Devin116US #100
#94Dominic114US #85
#95Riley114US #109
#96Luis109US #60
#97Micah108US #126
#98Seth107US #115
#99Diego105US #58
#100Bryce103US #111

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑29Isabelle#60
↑28Addison#12
↑27Avery#49
↑23Layla#67
↑21Arianna#76
↑21Jayden#21
↑21Gavin#34
↑19Evelyn#69

Falling

↓34Faith#85
↓26Morgan#57
↓25Megan#79
↓24Destiny#66
↓23Diego#99
↓19Rachel#52
↓19Sara#84
↓18Skylar#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.