State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,199 Virginia births in 2010 across 2,359 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#95Margaret#182 nationally
#98Camden#180 nationally
#73Grayson#122 nationally
#87Kendall#133 nationally
#74Annabelle#117 nationally
#86Patrick#129 nationally
#49Caroline#88 nationally
#93Reagan#127 nationally
#15Charlotte#46 nationally
#80Colin#111 nationally
#82Kennedy#111 nationally
#83Bryce#112 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia495US #4
#2Sophia464US #2
#3Isabella447US #1
#4Emma444US #3
#5Abigail439US #7
#6Madison401US #8
#7Ava397US #5
#8Emily324US #6
#9Chloe320US #9
#10Elizabeth297US #12
#11Addison265US #11
#12Alexis251US #16
#13Ella242US #13
#14Hannah233US #20
#15Charlotte224US #46
#16Lillian219US #22
#17Natalie210US #14
#18Anna202US #27
#19Grace200US #18
#20Sarah196US #26
#21Lily193US #17
#22Allison191US #38
#23Zoe188US #31
#24Alyssa186US #21
#25Samantha185US #15
#26Ashley182US #29
#27Riley180US #40
#28Brianna177US #30
#29Nevaeh174US #25
#30Avery173US #23
#31Claire170US #53
#32Leah167US #24
#33Mia167US #10
#34Savannah163US #44
#35Sydney158US #60
#36Taylor156US #37
#37Julia154US #55
#38Sofia154US #28
#39Makayla152US #43
#40Hailey151US #19
#41Layla151US #36
#42Katherine147US #70
#43Evelyn143US #39
#44Peyton142US #51
#45Gabriella140US #33
#46Morgan140US #63
#47Amelia139US #41
#48Victoria134US #32
#49Caroline132US #88
#50Kylie130US #57
#51Mackenzie130US #68
#52Kaylee129US #35
#53Sophie128US #59
#54Aubrey127US #45
#55Arianna126US #54
#56Zoey124US #47
#57Alexandra123US #64
#58Madeline122US #77
#59Autumn119US #81
#60Audrey118US #52
#61Madelyn116US #76
#62Khloe115US #42
#63Lauren115US #58
#64Brooklyn114US #34
#65Lucy111US #75
#66Kayla109US #49
#67Gabrielle105US #94
#68Genesis105US #89
#69Trinity105US #72
#70Jasmine104US #62
#71Aaliyah102US #56
#72Naomi102US #95
#73Rachel102US #99
#74Annabelle100US #117
#75Faith98US #74
#76Brooke97US #73
#77Eva97US #91
#78Maya97US #66
#79Alexa95US #50
#80Ariana95US #84
#81Bella94US #48
#82Kennedy94US #111
#83London92US #109
#84Bailey90US #78
#85Mary90US #108
#86Kaitlyn89US #90
#87Kendall89US #133
#88Kimberly89US #69
#89Serenity88US #83
#90Jocelyn87US #65
#91Andrea85US #80
#92Molly83US #87
#93Reagan83US #127
#94Jordyn81US #112
#95Margaret81US #182
#96Destiny80US #71
#97Katelyn80US #103
#98Lydia78US #110
#99Sara77US #119
#100Adriana76US #129

Boys

#1William621US #5
#2Jacob547US #1
#3Michael504US #3
#4Alexander453US #6
#5Ethan442US #2
#6James439US #19
#7Noah437US #7
#8Joshua436US #11
#9Christopher429US #13
#10Aiden424US #9
#11Elijah417US #18
#12Jayden408US #4
#13Andrew402US #14
#14Mason392US #12
#15Jackson391US #25
#16Ryan381US #23
#17Matthew362US #16
#18Samuel356US #24
#19Daniel353US #8
#20John353US #26
#21Benjamin348US #22
#22Caleb348US #32
#23Joseph348US #20
#24David342US #15
#25Liam342US #30
#26Gabriel340US #21
#27Logan337US #17
#28Christian330US #29
#29Landon320US #33
#30Anthony316US #10
#31Tyler303US #34
#32Nicholas289US #37
#33Jonathan285US #28
#34Nathan284US #27
#35Lucas273US #35
#36Dylan263US #31
#37Thomas263US #62
#38Luke259US #41
#39Connor253US #49
#40Brayden252US #40
#41Charles250US #63
#42Jeremiah249US #51
#43Isaiah246US #43
#44Zachary239US #61
#45Evan226US #36
#46Cameron222US #60
#47Chase222US #66
#48Owen221US #47
#49Justin216US #50
#50Robert216US #54
#51Gavin215US #38
#52Henry213US #67
#53Brandon208US #44
#54Austin207US #64
#55Kevin201US #59
#56Wyatt197US #57
#57Jason195US #69
#58Hunter192US #58
#59Aaron190US #55
#60Isaac188US #39
#61Jordan186US #46
#62Carter181US #48
#63Jack181US #45
#64Adam175US #80
#65Levi175US #70
#66Josiah169US #77
#67Tristan159US #84
#68Nathaniel155US #81
#69Ian154US #72
#70Colton153US #73
#71Eli147US #65
#72Xavier142US #71
#73Grayson141US #122
#74Cole136US #90
#75Sean135US #102
#76Aidan133US #94
#77Blake133US #87
#78Parker133US #85
#79Dominic129US #74
#80Colin128US #111
#81Micah128US #108
#82Adrian122US #56
#83Bryce122US #112
#84Jaden118US #91
#85Sebastian117US #68
#86Patrick113US #129
#87Cooper112US #75
#88Ayden109US #78
#89Julian109US #53
#90Brian108US #101
#91Brody107US #83
#92Oliver103US #88
#93Hayden102US #96
#94Bryan96US #97
#95Timothy95US #114
#96Angel94US #42
#97Carson94US #82
#98Camden92US #180
#99Eric92US #95
#100Jose91US #52

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑36Zoe#23
↑35Sofia#38
↑21Kylie#50
↑20Evelyn#43
↑19Charlotte#15
↑19Blake#77
↑18Lucy#65
↑18Mason#14

Falling

↓33Kaylee#52
↓32Destiny#96
↓30Kayla#66
↓29Kaitlyn#86
↓24Brooke#76
↓20Timothy#95
↓19Taylor#36
↓19Lauren#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.