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Most Popular Names in Virginia

The most common baby names registered in Virginia across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Virginia account for 2,960,879 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 152,175
2 William 128,153
3 John 110,824
4 Robert 105,546
5 Mary 96,903
6 Michael 91,416
7 David 78,202
8 Charles 67,175
9 Christopher 56,212
10 Thomas 56,072
11 Joseph 51,172
12 Richard 46,957
13 Elizabeth 46,031
14 George 38,632
15 Matthew 37,978
16 Daniel 35,488
17 Margaret 32,672
18 Linda 32,545
19 Barbara 32,292
20 Jennifer 32,032
21 Patricia 31,633
22 Sarah 31,561
23 Joshua 30,950
24 Andrew 30,596
25 Virginia 29,011
26 Kenneth 27,969
27 Betty 27,187
28 Dorothy 27,173
29 Edward 26,873
30 Anthony 26,011
31 Kevin 25,901
32 Donald 25,506
33 Timothy 25,499
34 Brian 24,578
35 Mark 24,551
36 Samuel 24,523
37 Jessica 24,491
38 Paul 24,117
39 Nancy 23,410
40 Jason 23,282
41 Steven 23,253
42 Ashley 23,026
43 Jacob 22,851
44 Emily 22,778
45 Benjamin 22,488
46 Jonathan 22,191
47 Shirley 21,968
48 Ryan 21,937
49 Rebecca 21,870
50 Brenda 21,434
51 Ronald 21,239
52 Kimberly 21,163
53 Helen 21,048
54 Susan 20,772
55 Deborah 20,263
56 Katherine 20,215
57 Brandon 20,164
58 Larry 20,145
59 Jeffrey 19,970
60 Lisa 19,860
61 Stephen 19,675
62 Sandra 19,521
63 Frances 19,414
64 Henry 19,282
65 Justin 19,009
66 Karen 18,861
67 Amanda 18,631
68 Emma 18,631
69 Carolyn 17,838
70 Alexander 17,824
71 Ruth 17,567
72 Angela 17,560
73 Laura 17,371
74 Nicholas 17,310
75 Eric 17,295
76 Catherine 17,289
77 Donna 17,259
78 Cynthia 16,996
79 Gary 16,959
80 Walter 16,845
81 Melissa 16,762
82 Evelyn 16,677
83 Sharon 16,531
84 Anna 16,497
85 Stephanie 16,440
86 Joyce 16,128
87 Raymond 15,921
88 Amy 15,594
89 Michelle 15,493
90 Rachel 15,225
91 Willie 15,216
92 Jerry 14,997
93 Alice 14,859
94 Martha 14,849
95 Gregory 14,760
96 Pamela 14,579
97 Tyler 14,468
98 Zachary 14,463
99 Olivia 14,234
100 Charlotte 14,115