State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2011 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,345 Virginia births in 2011 across 2,332 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#87Catherine#161 nationally
#82Eleanor#150 nationally
#91Haley#158 nationally
#99Camden#160 nationally
#63Reagan#122 nationally
#30Caroline#87 nationally
#71Gabrielle#119 nationally
#98Skylar#145 nationally
#85Sean#125 nationally
#75Mary#112 nationally
#26Katherine#61 nationally
#89Timothy#123 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia510US #1
#2Emma494US #3
#3Olivia455US #4
#4Isabella449US #2
#5Abigail413US #7
#6Madison399US #8
#7Emily391US #6
#8Ava383US #5
#9Elizabeth340US #11
#10Chloe309US #10
#11Addison261US #13
#12Charlotte259US #27
#13Natalie244US #14
#14Hannah225US #25
#15Ella222US #12
#16Lillian219US #22
#17Mia218US #9
#18Zoe209US #31
#19Avery207US #18
#20Grace206US #16
#21Layla201US #35
#22Alexis196US #26
#23Lily194US #15
#24Sarah186US #39
#25Anna185US #38
#26Katherine184US #61
#27Leah174US #29
#28Aubrey173US #20
#29Samantha173US #17
#30Caroline165US #87
#31Savannah165US #41
#32Allison164US #40
#33Ashley164US #42
#34Victoria162US #23
#35Kaylee161US #36
#36Riley160US #47
#37Claire159US #50
#38Amelia158US #30
#39Sofia158US #19
#40Brooklyn156US #21
#41Alyssa152US #37
#42Gabriella152US #34
#43Evelyn150US #24
#44Nevaeh149US #33
#45Makayla147US #56
#46Brianna146US #45
#47Lauren137US #62
#48Sydney134US #65
#49Autumn133US #69
#50Taylor130US #44
#51Audrey129US #43
#52Harper128US #54
#53Mackenzie128US #68
#54Hailey127US #32
#55Madeline126US #85
#56Peyton126US #53
#57Aaliyah125US #46
#58Kayla125US #59
#59Trinity123US #77
#60Zoey123US #28
#61Sophie117US #51
#62Julia116US #58
#63Reagan113US #122
#64Lucy112US #73
#65Brooke111US #86
#66Molly111US #78
#67Jasmine106US #72
#68Naomi106US #93
#69Arianna105US #52
#70Alexandra104US #76
#71Gabrielle104US #119
#72Kylie104US #57
#73Morgan103US #75
#74Khloe99US #49
#75Mary99US #112
#76Genesis98US #81
#77Piper98US #110
#78Madelyn96US #79
#79Eva95US #83
#80Maya95US #64
#81Serenity94US #66
#82Eleanor93US #150
#83Kennedy92US #91
#84Faith91US #70
#85Rachel91US #116
#86Bella89US #60
#87Catherine89US #161
#88Katelyn89US #106
#89Camila86US #48
#90Ariana85US #84
#91Haley84US #158
#92Kendall84US #124
#93Kaitlyn83US #100
#94Annabelle82US #111
#95Jocelyn82US #71
#96Jordyn81US #121
#97Payton81US #95
#98Skylar81US #145
#99Stella81US #74
#100Kimberly80US #67

Boys

#1William590US #3
#2Jacob520US #1
#3Mason487US #2
#4Noah478US #5
#5Ethan438US #7
#6James436US #17
#7Jackson429US #23
#8Michael429US #6
#9Jayden415US #4
#10Alexander405US #8
#11Liam405US #15
#12Benjamin403US #19
#13Andrew401US #16
#14Elijah401US #13
#15Aiden398US #9
#16Matthew374US #12
#17John372US #27
#18Christopher355US #20
#19Gabriel355US #24
#20Daniel354US #10
#21Joshua346US #14
#22Caleb344US #32
#23Landon340US #34
#24David339US #18
#25Ryan335US #25
#26Logan332US #21
#27Samuel309US #26
#28Joseph306US #22
#29Christian303US #30
#30Jonathan299US #31
#31Anthony289US #11
#32Lucas275US #29
#33Nathan264US #28
#34Brayden263US #36
#35Connor262US #54
#36Jeremiah257US #49
#37Isaiah252US #43
#38Cameron251US #53
#39Tyler250US #38
#40Dylan249US #33
#41Gavin249US #37
#42Luke249US #39
#43Henry248US #57
#44Thomas232US #63
#45Nicholas231US #42
#46Carter223US #41
#47Owen213US #44
#48Evan212US #40
#49Jordan211US #46
#50Isaac208US #35
#51Zachary208US #64
#52Hunter205US #55
#53Charles199US #61
#54Robert196US #62
#55Wyatt196US #48
#56Brandon195US #47
#57Chase194US #69
#58Jack192US #45
#59Justin190US #59
#60Colton189US #74
#61Austin187US #60
#62Jason185US #71
#63Levi177US #66
#64Josiah168US #80
#65Blake165US #73
#66Aaron164US #51
#67Adam163US #81
#68Eli163US #58
#69Kevin159US #67
#70Grayson158US #98
#71Ian154US #72
#72Ayden152US #70
#73Nathaniel149US #84
#74Tristan149US #87
#75Xavier141US #76
#76Micah137US #102
#77Hayden136US #90
#78Julian135US #50
#79Dominic131US #77
#80Adrian129US #56
#81Bentley127US #75
#82Parker127US #79
#83Sebastian126US #68
#84Oliver124US #78
#85Sean124US #125
#86Cole119US #94
#87Bryce116US #114
#88Bryson105US #97
#89Timothy104US #123
#90Aidan103US #107
#91Brody102US #83
#92Cooper102US #82
#93Colin100US #121
#94Eric100US #104
#95Jaden98US #100
#96Brian97US #122
#97Miles96US #115
#98Bryan95US #110
#99Camden95US #160
#100Carson95US #85

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑30Reagan#63
↑26Aubrey#28
↑26Molly#66
↑24Brooklyn#40
↑20Layla#21
↑19Caroline#30
↑17Kaylee#35
↑16Mia#17

Falling

↓27Morgan#73
↓25Julia#62
↓22Kylie#72
↓20Annabelle#94
↓18Brianna#46
↓17Alyssa#41
↓17Madelyn#78
↓15Nevaeh#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.