State roster

Top names in Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2019 Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,758 Virginia births in 2019 across 2,410 distinct names.

Distinctively Virginia

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

#88Amir#131 nationally
#95Ashley#137 nationally
#81Katherine#120 nationally
#25Caroline#61 nationally
#91Margaret#127 nationally
#78Mackenzie#111 nationally
#64Declan#95 nationally
#70Brayden#101 nationally
#72Bryson#102 nationally
#79Micah#109 nationally
#87Kingston#117 nationally
#74Reagan#102 nationally

Girls

#1Ava461US #3
#2Charlotte436US #6
#3Olivia428US #1
#4Emma394US #2
#5Sophia342US #4
#6Harper310US #9
#7Amelia301US #7
#8Isabella285US #5
#9Mia273US #8
#10Evelyn268US #10
#11Abigail260US #11
#12Elizabeth248US #14
#13Madison209US #26
#14Ella206US #13
#15Emily198US #12
#16Avery197US #18
#17Scarlett195US #21
#18Eleanor189US #27
#19Sofia180US #17
#20Aria179US #20
#21Layla177US #23
#22Lillian176US #37
#23Chloe170US #24
#24Hannah170US #32
#25Caroline168US #61
#26Grace166US #28
#27Riley162US #30
#28Luna161US #16
#29Natalie161US #41
#30Nora159US #29
#31Aubrey158US #46
#32Penelope157US #22
#33Willow155US #45
#34Zoe155US #38
#35Genesis150US #58
#36Zoey145US #31
#37Lily144US #34
#38Camila141US #15
#39Naomi140US #59
#40Mila138US #19
#41Lucy131US #48
#42Skylar130US #56
#43Hazel128US #33
#44Addison127US #47
#45Victoria127US #25
#46Audrey126US #49
#47Aurora126US #39
#48Kinsley123US #74
#49Stella122US #40
#50Bella121US #50
#51Savannah119US #54
#52Cora118US #71
#53Isla117US #57
#54Ellie116US #35
#55Emilia115US #44
#56Kennedy114US #68
#57Leah113US #43
#58Brooklyn112US #52
#59Alice110US #73
#60Maya109US #64
#61Sadie108US #87
#62Nova107US #51
#63Anna106US #63
#64Madelyn105US #72
#65Violet105US #36
#66Claire102US #55
#67Josephine102US #90
#68Everly101US #42
#69Allison100US #78
#70Paisley100US #53
#71Aaliyah97US #70
#72Ariana97US #69
#73Elena97US #60
#74Reagan96US #102
#75Autumn95US #82
#76Hailey95US #76
#77Eliana94US #62
#78Mackenzie93US #111
#79Clara90US #95
#80Julia90US #99
#81Katherine90US #120
#82Sarah90US #81
#83Peyton89US #97
#84Serenity89US #77
#85Adeline88US #91
#86Ivy87US #67
#87Sophie86US #85
#88Eva85US #86
#89Gabriella85US #75
#90Quinn85US #83
#91Margaret84US #127
#92Piper84US #84
#93Lydia83US #94
#94Madeline82US #98
#95Ashley81US #137
#96Valentina79US #65
#97Brielle77US #101
#98Nevaeh77US #89
#99Everleigh76US #108
#100Isabelle76US #117

Boys

#1Liam583US #1
#2William518US #4
#3Noah514US #2
#4James431US #6
#5Lucas387US #8
#6Elijah379US #5
#7Oliver358US #3
#8Jackson345US #17
#9Benjamin333US #7
#10Henry319US #13
#11Ethan299US #11
#12Alexander294US #10
#13Mason291US #9
#14John288US #28
#15Logan282US #16
#16Carter273US #30
#17Levi271US #25
#18Jacob270US #12
#19Joseph263US #24
#20Owen259US #21
#21Theodore259US #36
#22Aiden258US #20
#23Daniel256US #15
#24Michael253US #14
#25David249US #27
#26Wyatt248US #29
#27Grayson247US #33
#28Luke241US #32
#29Dylan240US #39
#30Samuel236US #22
#31Matthew233US #23
#32Gabriel216US #37
#33Caleb214US #51
#34Christopher212US #44
#35Jack208US #19
#36Thomas207US #47
#37Isaac206US #34
#38Andrew203US #46
#39Charles202US #52
#40Asher186US #43
#41Lincoln185US #41
#42Jayden184US #35
#43Colton180US #59
#44Jaxon178US #42
#45Joshua178US #48
#46Ryan178US #54
#47Sebastian177US #18
#48Josiah173US #45
#49Ezra172US #49
#50Leo171US #40
#51Nolan171US #65
#52Cameron168US #67
#53Connor168US #68
#54Robert167US #76
#55Hudson166US #50
#56Landon165US #63
#57Christian161US #57
#58Mateo160US #26
#59Anthony157US #38
#60Isaiah156US #53
#61Jonathan153US #64
#62Julian153US #31
#63Nathan148US #55
#64Declan141US #95
#65Roman141US #72
#66Adam140US #91
#67Easton140US #74
#68Aaron138US #61
#69Maverick136US #58
#70Brayden134US #101
#71Carson132US #82
#72Bryson130US #102
#73Miles130US #75
#74Jeremiah129US #69
#75Eli125US #62
#76Hunter123US #66
#77Ian123US #81
#78Cooper122US #80
#79Micah122US #109
#80Dominic121US #85
#81Nicholas120US #78
#82Elias119US #60
#83Austin117US #88
#84Silas117US #105
#85Wesley117US #99
#86Luca115US #87
#87Kingston114US #117
#88Amir110US #131
#89Everett110US #94
#90Ezekiel109US #71
#91Kai109US #100
#92Adrian108US #56
#93Chase108US #121
#94Jaxson108US #83
#95Jameson107US #77
#96George104US #120
#97Bennett103US #108
#98Greyson103US #79
#99Jordan103US #89
#100Sawyer103US #106

On the move since 2018

Rising

↑43Emilia#55
↑30Nova#62
↑28Willow#33
↑25Isla#53
↑24Leo#50
↑20Kinsley#48
↑19Hailey#76
↑19Miles#73

Falling

↓31Ashley#95
↓28Madeline#94
↓27Claire#66
↓24Autumn#75
↓23Sarah#82
↓22Adrian#92
↓19Skylar#42
↓18Mila#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2018 rankings.