State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,845 Virginia births in 2009 across 2,374 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#89Margaret#187 nationally
#97Cheyenne#186 nationally
#84Grayson#172 nationally
#93Aniyah#181 nationally
#90Catherine#176 nationally
#87Mckenzie#155 nationally
#85Jordan#150 nationally
#31Caroline#87 nationally
#74Reagan#127 nationally
#82Kendall#133 nationally
#81Patrick#129 nationally
#78Haley#123 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella478US #1
#2Madison465US #7
#3Emma449US #2
#4Olivia444US #3
#5Abigail431US #8
#6Ava406US #5
#7Sophia406US #4
#8Emily338US #6
#9Elizabeth331US #11
#10Chloe307US #9
#11Addison289US #12
#12Alexis277US #13
#13Sarah271US #21
#14Natalie256US #16
#15Grace235US #17
#16Hannah233US #23
#17Taylor227US #22
#18Ella224US #15
#19Kaylee217US #26
#20Lillian206US #27
#21Samantha205US #14
#22Anna203US #28
#23Lily203US #18
#24Brianna200US #24
#25Savannah200US #39
#26Ashley199US #20
#27Allison196US #30
#28Alyssa195US #19
#29Leah192US #29
#30Mia189US #10
#31Caroline179US #87
#32Katherine176US #60
#33Nevaeh168US #34
#34Charlotte165US #68
#35Claire164US #53
#36Kayla164US #35
#37Hailey163US #25
#38Avery161US #32
#39Makayla161US #44
#40Gabriella155US #33
#41Sydney155US #48
#42Riley154US #38
#43Peyton150US #42
#44Lauren148US #46
#45Layla147US #45
#46Madeline147US #64
#47Victoria146US #31
#48Julia140US #50
#49Madelyn136US #59
#50Mackenzie133US #77
#51Jasmine128US #51
#52Brooke127US #54
#53Trinity123US #74
#54Gabrielle122US #96
#55Morgan121US #57
#56Aaliyah120US #63
#57Kaitlyn120US #67
#58Sophie119US #65
#59Zoe119US #47
#60Genesis118US #83
#61Arianna117US #52
#62Amelia115US #55
#63Evelyn115US #40
#64Destiny114US #56
#65Audrey113US #49
#66Maya113US #61
#67Alexandra110US #69
#68Rachel108US #89
#69Faith107US #79
#70Aubrey106US #41
#71Kylie106US #62
#72Autumn105US #81
#73Sofia105US #36
#74Reagan103US #127
#75Alexa99US #43
#76Mary98US #102
#77Jada95US #113
#78Haley93US #123
#79Brooklyn92US #37
#80Isabelle92US #100
#81Serenity92US #93
#82Kendall90US #133
#83Lucy90US #101
#84Megan90US #105
#85Jordan89US #150
#86Molly88US #92
#87Mckenzie84US #155
#88Jayla83US #128
#89Margaret83US #187
#90Catherine82US #176
#91Eva81US #99
#92Jessica81US #78
#93Aniyah80US #181
#94Ariana80US #82
#95Jocelyn80US #71
#96Michelle80US #104
#97Cheyenne79US #186
#98Katelyn79US #90
#99Rebecca79US #132
#100Kimberly78US #66

Boys

#1William606US #5
#2Jacob535US #1
#3Noah504US #9
#4Michael499US #3
#5Ethan498US #2
#6Christopher471US #10
#7Joshua457US #6
#8Alexander455US #4
#9James450US #18
#10Jayden441US #8
#11John406US #26
#12Andrew404US #16
#13Daniel404US #7
#14Aiden402US #12
#15Matthew399US #13
#16Benjamin395US #19
#17Jackson386US #27
#18Christian384US #23
#19Elijah384US #21
#20David374US #14
#21Logan368US #17
#22Ryan367US #20
#23Anthony355US #11
#24Caleb352US #31
#25Joseph342US #15
#26Gabriel340US #22
#27Samuel336US #24
#28Landon313US #36
#29Nathan308US #25
#30Tyler303US #28
#31Jonathan300US #29
#32Mason294US #34
#33Nicholas276US #32
#34Thomas275US #57
#35Cameron271US #58
#36Dylan267US #30
#37Gavin261US #33
#38Lucas261US #39
#39Liam259US #49
#40Luke256US #47
#41Evan249US #35
#42Jason246US #66
#43Isaiah242US #41
#44Jordan239US #45
#45Zachary239US #53
#46Charles232US #64
#47Jeremiah230US #65
#48Brandon229US #38
#49Robert229US #55
#50Chase228US #61
#51Connor223US #52
#52Brayden219US #48
#53Justin219US #46
#54Austin213US #63
#55Carter212US #50
#56Owen210US #51
#57Hunter209US #56
#58Kevin208US #44
#59Jack193US #42
#60Nathaniel190US #75
#61Henry189US #71
#62Aaron178US #54
#63Isaac175US #40
#64Tristan166US #80
#65Adam164US #74
#66Wyatt164US #60
#67Sean157US #97
#68Ian155US #73
#69Colton145US #93
#70Xavier145US #68
#71Cole140US #82
#72Aidan138US #72
#73Josiah136US #86
#74Brian125US #94
#75Timothy122US #109
#76Colin121US #113
#77Levi121US #85
#78Ayden120US #87
#79Dominic119US #81
#80Sebastian119US #70
#81Patrick117US #129
#82Micah116US #118
#83Eli115US #90
#84Grayson115US #172
#85Hayden115US #91
#86Adrian114US #59
#87Steven114US #106
#88Julian113US #62
#89Bryan112US #92
#90Riley112US #107
#91Jaden107US #101
#92Kaleb106US #108
#93Parker105US #96
#94Angel104US #37
#95Jose104US #43
#96Blake102US #89
#97Brody101US #77
#98Eric101US #95
#99Kyle101US #99
#100Bryce100US #111

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑25Genesis#60
↑23Faith#69
↑21Liam#39
↑20Aaliyah#56
↑19Kaylee#19
↑19Claire#35
↑19Jada#77
↑18Jeremiah#47

Falling

↓43Jessica#92
↓35Kimberly#100
↓34Ariana#94
↓25Kyle#99
↓23Kevin#58
↓19Jose#95
↓18Aidan#72
↓17Katelyn#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.