Popular baby names in Virginia, 1975

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,293 babies) and Michael for boys (1,518). Social Security records list 57,907 babies born in Virginia in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1975

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: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Charmaine: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Latanya: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Tomeka: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorrie: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Patrice: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lakeisha: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mitzi: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Crystal: 298 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lakesha: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 26 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Dominique: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Randolph: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antwan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wallace: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carlton: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Antoine: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Scottie: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forrest: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bryant: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,293	–	1
2	Amy	791	↑1	2
3	Angela	654	↓1	5
4	Melissa	564	↑2	4
5	Kimberly	550	↓1	7
6	Michelle	501	↑1	6
7	Heather	492	↓2	3
8	Stephanie	446	–	9
9	Lisa	362	–	8
10	Mary	340	↑1	19
11	Christina	335	↑3	12
12	Rebecca	329	↓2	11
13	Crystal	298	↑4	43
14	Elizabeth	293	↓2	15
15	Sarah	274	↑8	17
16	Amanda	271	↑17	14
17	Kelly	259	↑5	16
18	April	243	↑2	25
19	Shannon	237	–	21
20	Tammy	226	↓5	31
21	Jessica	224	↑16	13
22	Wendy	223	↑4	33
23	Laura	217	↑2	20
24	Susan	211	↓8	32
25	Tonya	211	↓7	45
26	Nicole	208	↑4	10
27	Karen	204	↓14	27
28	Tracy	204	↓7	24
29	Julie	183	↑3	18
30	Tina	180	↓6	35
31	Cynthia	179	↓4	40
32	Dawn	179	↑2	23
33	Tanya	167	↑3	50
34	Christine	166	↓6	22
35	Christy	164	↑4	53
36	Carrie	152	new	29
37	Patricia	151	↓6	36
38	Tiffany	151	↓9	37
39	Rachel	149	new	26
40	Andrea	146	new	28
41	Catherine	145	↑3	73
42	Lori	143	↓1	39
43	Katherine	140	new	58
44	Emily	138	new	48
45	Erin	137	new	38
46	Pamela	134	↓8	70
47	Tara	129	↓7	41
48	Leslie	126	new	71
49	Melanie	126	↓7	52
50	Robin	124	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,518	–	1
2	Christopher	1,405	–	3
3	James	1,114	–	4
4	Jason	991	↑1	2
5	Robert	906	↑1	6
6	David	899	↓2	5
7	John	899	–	7
8	William	836	–	10
9	Brian	684	–	8
10	Matthew	575	↑1	9
11	Kevin	515	↓1	15
12	Joseph	473	↑2	12
13	Charles	458	–	25
14	Thomas	421	↓2	20
15	Timothy	407	↑6	22
16	Richard	398	↑1	16
17	Daniel	392	↓2	11
18	Eric	375	↓2	13
19	Steven	367	–	18
20	Mark	351	↓2	19
21	Jeffrey	344	↓1	14
22	Anthony	332	–	21
23	Jonathan	321	–	30
24	Stephen	294	↑1	34
25	Gregory	256	↑5	33
26	Scott	253	↑1	17
27	Andrew	251	↑2	28
28	Kenneth	245	↓2	35
29	Shawn	244	↓5	31
30	Paul	223	↓2	29
31	Benjamin	212	↑15	36
32	Joshua	206	↑1	26
33	Jeremy	205	↓1	24
34	Ryan	194	↑11	23
35	Aaron	189	↑5	32
36	Patrick	187	↑5	39
37	Keith	184	↓3	49
38	Donald	174	↓7	42
39	Bryan	173	↑3	47
40	Gary	172	↑4	50
41	Larry	169	↓2	56
42	Ronald	167	↓7	46
43	Chad	161	–	27
44	George	160	↓6	53
45	Sean	143	↓8	40
46	Adam	141	↑1	38
47	Rodney	141	new	76
48	Edward	140	↓12	41
49	Travis	139	–	51
50	Justin	136	new	37

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