Popular baby names in Virginia, 1969

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,053 babies) and Michael for boys (1,892). Social Security records list 70,277 babies born in Virginia in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1969

Names given at least 15 times in Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shelby: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virginia: 130 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leigh: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Iris: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wanda: 122 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelia: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lorrie: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Crystal: 122 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christie: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Vicky: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Hunter: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Randolph: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Otis: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carlton: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Teddy: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Sherman: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wallace: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stuart: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,053	–	1
2	Kimberly	925	–	4
3	Jennifer	712	↑5	3
4	Melissa	666	↑1	5
5	Angela	664	↓2	7
6	Michelle	658	↓2	2
7	Tammy	606	↓1	9
8	Mary	508	↑1	8
9	Karen	500	↓2	13
10	Amy	498	↑2	6
11	Pamela	444	↓1	24
12	Elizabeth	434	↑1	16
13	Susan	401	↓2	11
14	Stephanie	375	↑6	19
15	Cynthia	372	↑2	23
16	Laura	372	↑2	10
17	Sharon	352	↑2	36
18	Tracy	352	↑7	17
19	Teresa	350	↓5	32
20	Donna	349	↓4	26
21	Patricia	345	↓6	18
22	Kelly	329	↑1	15
23	Deborah	304	↓2	27
24	Sandra	279	↑3	25
25	Tina	278	↓3	22
26	Wendy	278	↑4	29
27	Rebecca	271	↓1	28
28	Shannon	269	new	31
29	Robin	261	↓5	46
30	Lori	256	↑9	20
31	Christine	248	–	14
32	Dawn	233	↓3	21
33	Sherry	226	↑1	55
34	Julie	225	↑6	12
35	Rhonda	221	↓3	44
36	Barbara	217	–	39
37	Linda	214	↓4	33
38	Tracey	212	↑9	65
39	Cheryl	210	↓11	41
40	Heather	193	new	34
41	Christina	188	↑8	37
42	Catherine	182	↑1	58
43	Katherine	179	new	70
44	Michele	178	↓6	30
45	Tonya	177	↑1	54
46	Brenda	175	↓11	38
47	Carolyn	171	↓3	71
48	Dana	171	new	60
49	Denise	171	↓4	35
50	Leslie	164	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,892	–	1
2	James	1,550	–	3
3	David	1,481	–	2
4	Robert	1,446	–	5
5	John	1,348	–	4
6	William	1,253	–	6
7	Christopher	950	–	7
8	Charles	731	↑1	19
9	Mark	727	↓1	8
10	Richard	676	–	10
11	Brian	672	↑1	9
12	Jeffrey	663	↑1	11
13	Timothy	602	↓2	17
14	Thomas	600	–	13
15	Kevin	546	–	16
16	Joseph	532	↑2	15
17	Steven	482	–	14
18	Kenneth	454	↓2	23
19	Anthony	437	–	20
20	Gregory	412	–	26
21	Stephen	402	↑1	27
22	Eric	399	↑5	21
23	Scott	392	↑2	12
24	Ronald	344	↓1	29
25	Paul	339	↓4	22
26	Donald	324	↓2	30
27	Daniel	301	↓1	18
28	Edward	274	↑1	32
29	Matthew	270	↑3	24
30	Gary	265	–	35
31	George	259	↓3	38
32	Jason	257	new	25
33	Patrick	246	↑1	31
34	Keith	232	↓1	36
35	Douglas	228	↓4	34
36	Larry	227	–	40
37	Andrew	226	↑1	33
38	Rodney	214	↓3	49
39	Todd	203	↑1	28
40	Jerry	200	↓3	45
41	Troy	181	↑2	42
42	Raymond	180	↑4	50
43	Jonathan	174	↓1	46
44	Dennis	154	↑6	44
45	Sean	154	↑3	37
46	Tony	151	↓7	54
47	Roger	149	↓6	59
48	Jeffery	143	↓4	48
49	Bryan	141	–	51
50	Samuel	138	↓3	64

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