Popular baby names in Virginia, 1970

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (953 babies) and Michael for boys (1,840). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,626 babies born in Virginia in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1970

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

Girls

Whitney: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelby: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Benita: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tamela: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexis: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patsy: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Virginia: 123 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Courtney: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tabatha: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Delores: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 33 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Carroll: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willard: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Randolph: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carlton: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cecil: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Preston: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lewis: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clifton: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	953	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	943	↑1	1
3	Lisa	898	↓2	2
4	Angela	769	↑1	6
5	Michelle	696	↑1	4
6	Melissa	652	↓2	7
7	Tammy	634	–	8
8	Amy	583	↑2	5
9	Mary	537	↓1	9
10	Karen	488	↓1	12
11	Elizabeth	446	↑1	18
12	Stephanie	424	↑2	17
13	Susan	418	–	15
14	Tracy	409	↑4	10
15	Pamela	397	↓4	26
16	Laura	363	–	13
17	Teresa	352	↑2	34
18	Shannon	328	↑10	22
19	Sharon	328	↓2	37
20	Wendy	327	↑6	28
21	Heather	324	↑19	19
22	Dawn	320	↑10	16
23	Patricia	320	↓2	24
24	Cynthia	319	↓9	25
25	Tina	303	–	21
26	Donna	290	↓6	32
27	Rebecca	282	–	29
28	Julie	273	↑6	11
29	Sandra	270	↓5	27
30	Kelly	267	↓8	20
31	Deborah	244	↓8	33
32	Christine	232	↓1	14
33	Robin	231	↓4	51
34	Tonya	230	↑11	49
35	Lori	228	↓5	23
36	Rhonda	223	↓1	46
37	Catherine	212	↑5	59
38	Sherry	203	↓5	60
39	Linda	199	↓2	38
40	Katherine	195	↑3	67
41	Barbara	192	↓5	41
42	Tracey	189	↓4	55
43	Cheryl	181	↓4	44
44	Nicole	171	new	30
45	Brenda	166	↑1	40
46	Christina	166	↓5	35
47	Leslie	165	↑3	64
48	Denise	159	↑1	36
49	Michele	155	↓5	31
50	Dana	152	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,840	–	1
2	James	1,666	–	2
3	David	1,377	–	3
4	Robert	1,377	–	5
5	William	1,329	↑1	7
6	John	1,298	↓1	4
7	Christopher	1,153	–	6
8	Mark	736	↑1	9
9	Charles	731	↓1	21
10	Brian	696	↑1	8
11	Richard	684	↓1	10
12	Kevin	662	↑3	14
13	Jeffrey	658	↓1	11
14	Thomas	638	–	17
15	Timothy	574	↓2	20
16	Joseph	539	–	16
17	Steven	495	–	15
18	Anthony	473	↑1	22
19	Eric	467	↑3	18
20	Kenneth	456	↓2	25
21	Gregory	444	↓1	26
22	Stephen	402	↓1	27
23	Matthew	398	↑6	24
24	Scott	392	↓1	12
25	Paul	369	–	23
26	Jason	348	↑6	13
27	Daniel	343	–	19
28	Ronald	324	↓4	29
29	Edward	306	↓1	31
30	Donald	303	↓4	30
31	Gary	283	↓1	35
32	George	273	↓1	40
33	Douglas	246	↑2	36
34	Jonathan	236	↑9	42
35	Keith	227	↓1	38
36	Larry	225	–	43
37	Shawn	217	new	34
38	Patrick	213	↓5	33
39	Andrew	203	↓2	32
40	Rodney	189	↓2	55
41	Jerry	187	↓1	45
42	Sean	187	↑3	37
43	Todd	186	↓4	28
44	Dennis	168	–	46
45	Bryan	161	↑4	53
46	Troy	158	↓5	41
47	Raymond	156	↓5	49
48	Terry	151	new	54
49	Walter	145	new	89
50	Tony	142	↓4	57

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