Popular baby names in Virginia
In 2025, Virginia's top baby names were Charlotte for girls and Liam for boys. Below: this year's top 20, the names Virginia likes far more than the rest of the country, the number-one names decade by decade, and every year's list back to 1910.
Top 20 names in Virginia, 2025
Names Virginia likes more than the rest of the country
Signature names, rare elsewhere
Given to at least 50 babies in the state in 2021–2025, at least three times as common there as in the rest of the US, and rare nationally (under 200 babies per million).
- Ayat (girls): 58 babies in 2021–2025, 4.2× the rest-of-US rate
- Sultan (boys): 57 babies in 2021–2025, 4× the rest-of-US rate
- Yusra (girls): 86 babies in 2021–2025, 3.9× the rest-of-US rate
- Sana (girls): 56 babies in 2021–2025, 3.7× the rest-of-US rate
- Mirha (girls): 51 babies in 2021–2025, 3.6× the rest-of-US rate
- Azlan (boys): 53 babies in 2021–2025, 3.4× the rest-of-US rate
- Jad (boys): 53 babies in 2021–2025, 3× the rest-of-US rate
Number-one baby names in Virginia by decade
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