State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,738 Virginia births in 2016 across 2,424 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#97Amir#165 nationally
#85Bryce#147 nationally
#52Annabelle#104 nationally
#94Margaret#139 nationally
#57Reagan#98 nationally
#60Ashley#101 nationally
#23Caroline#56 nationally
#59Madeline#90 nationally
#84Micah#115 nationally
#95Mary#126 nationally
#64Bryson#94 nationally
#79Declan#109 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia486US #2
#2Emma454US #1
#3Ava439US #3
#4Charlotte409US #7
#5Abigail383US #8
#6Sophia372US #4
#7Isabella332US #5
#8Harper327US #11
#9Elizabeth303US #13
#10Amelia302US #10
#11Madison289US #15
#12Mia289US #6
#13Emily245US #9
#14Evelyn243US #12
#15Grace224US #19
#16Sofia219US #14
#17Ella218US #17
#18Lillian216US #28
#19Skylar204US #42
#20Hannah203US #33
#21Riley203US #22
#22Avery200US #16
#23Caroline194US #56
#24Chloe192US #20
#25Layla190US #30
#26Aria188US #23
#27Natalie186US #31
#28Aubrey182US #25
#29Savannah179US #38
#30Eleanor172US #41
#31Scarlett172US #18
#32Lily171US #24
#33Victoria168US #21
#34Penelope163US #27
#35Nora162US #36
#36Zoe160US #35
#37Addison153US #29
#38Zoey152US #26
#39Anna149US #49
#40Audrey149US #39
#41Sadie147US #60
#42Genesis145US #58
#43Claire143US #40
#44Brooklyn142US #34
#45Kennedy140US #59
#46Sarah139US #57
#47Madelyn137US #62
#48Ariana136US #54
#49Leah135US #37
#50Allison130US #50
#51Naomi128US #75
#52Annabelle126US #104
#53Lucy124US #55
#54Samantha123US #44
#55Paisley122US #46
#56Hazel121US #52
#57Reagan120US #98
#58Ellie119US #43
#59Madeline119US #90
#60Ashley118US #101
#61Autumn117US #65
#62Gabriella117US #61
#63Adeline116US #63
#64Serenity115US #70
#65Lydia114US #80
#66Stella114US #45
#67Katherine111US #91
#68Mackenzie110US #85
#69Maya110US #64
#70Aaliyah109US #53
#71Peyton109US #81
#72Cora108US #87
#73Taylor107US #89
#74Violet107US #47
#75Clara105US #100
#76Eliana104US #93
#77Julia103US #88
#78Kaylee102US #72
#79Hailey101US #68
#80Camila100US #32
#81Kylie100US #83
#82Brianna99US #97
#83Alexa97US #51
#84Alexandra97US #110
#85Josephine97US #114
#86Alice95US #76
#87Piper94US #67
#88Quinn92US #79
#89Willow92US #96
#90Aurora91US #66
#91Bailey90US #116
#92Eva90US #74
#93Isabelle90US #102
#94Margaret90US #139
#95Mary90US #126
#96Bella89US #78
#97Alexis85US #118
#98Ruby84US #71
#99Alyssa83US #119
#100Aubree83US #84

Boys

#1William571US #3
#2Noah520US #1
#3James508US #5
#4Liam482US #2
#5Mason434US #4
#6Jacob429US #7
#7Elijah407US #9
#8Jackson407US #17
#9Benjamin404US #6
#10Lucas370US #14
#11Ethan367US #10
#12Michael367US #8
#13Alexander338US #11
#14Aiden327US #16
#15Matthew327US #15
#16Daniel326US #13
#17Gabriel322US #25
#18Samuel310US #21
#19Henry307US #22
#20John306US #28
#21Oliver303US #12
#22Joseph297US #20
#23Carter291US #26
#24Logan290US #18
#25David279US #19
#26Owen276US #24
#27Andrew272US #34
#28Dylan270US #32
#29Christopher269US #36
#30Caleb266US #44
#31Luke265US #29
#32Thomas263US #48
#33Joshua259US #35
#34Wyatt257US #33
#35Grayson253US #37
#36Isaac249US #31
#37Charles239US #52
#38Christian237US #46
#39Cameron226US #57
#40Landon221US #53
#41Jayden220US #27
#42Connor218US #54
#43Levi214US #42
#44Anthony211US #30
#45Ryan211US #40
#46Josiah209US #55
#47Robert204US #62
#48Hunter203US #45
#49Jack199US #38
#50Colton194US #68
#51Nathan194US #43
#52Jeremiah191US #58
#53Jaxon190US #41
#54Sebastian189US #23
#55Jonathan183US #56
#56Isaiah182US #47
#57Eli177US #50
#58Brayden172US #64
#59Lincoln162US #51
#60Julian158US #39
#61Chase155US #86
#62Parker154US #87
#63Easton152US #66
#64Bryson151US #94
#65Jason150US #84
#66Aaron149US #49
#67Adam144US #75
#68Theodore143US #83
#69Jordan140US #65
#70Zachary139US #89
#71Tyler136US #91
#72Hudson135US #61
#73Nicholas133US #63
#74Cooper132US #79
#75Nolan131US #67
#76Asher129US #71
#77Austin127US #73
#78Evan127US #69
#79Declan125US #109
#80Jaxson124US #82
#81Nathaniel122US #103
#82Dominic119US #72
#83Mateo118US #59
#84Micah118US #115
#85Bryce116US #147
#86Adrian115US #60
#87Tristan114US #108
#88Gavin113US #80
#89Jace113US #76
#90Carson110US #81
#91Ian110US #78
#92Roman109US #98
#93Ezra108US #85
#94Kayden107US #101
#95Maxwell107US #111
#96Sawyer107US #97
#97Amir106US #165
#98Justin106US #112
#99Kevin106US #90
#100Wesley106US #117

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑38Hazel#56
↑30Ellie#58
↑29Lincoln#59
↑27Annabelle#52
↑21Madeline#59
↑21Easton#63
↑21Theodore#68
↑20Camila#80

Falling

↓24Mackenzie#68
↓22Alexa#83
↓21Katherine#67
↓19Gavin#88
↓18Brianna#82
↓18Alyssa#99
↓17Allison#50
↓17Piper#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.