Popular baby names in Virginia, 1976

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,330 babies) and Michael for boys (1,469). Social Security records list 57,402 babies born in Virginia in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1976

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

Girls

Katina: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Whitney: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kesha: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dominique: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Virginia: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Crystal: 370 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kisha: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latonya: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lakeisha: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latanya: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Hunter: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Avery: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lamont: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Antoine: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Randolph: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donnell: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Garry: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scottie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gordon: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Calvin: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,330	–	1
2	Amy	746	–	2
3	Angela	592	–	5
4	Melissa	563	–	3
5	Heather	543	↑2	4
6	Kimberly	508	↓1	7
7	Michelle	403	↓1	6
8	Shannon	395	↑11	17
9	Stephanie	385	↓1	11
10	Christina	382	↑1	14
11	Crystal	370	↑2	36
12	Amanda	332	↑4	10
13	Lisa	330	↓4	9
14	Elizabeth	325	–	16
15	Rebecca	321	↓3	12
16	Sarah	315	↓1	15
17	Jessica	299	↑4	8
18	Mary	285	↓8	22
19	Kelly	276	↓2	19
20	Laura	256	↑3	20
21	Nicole	215	↑5	13
22	Tiffany	212	↑16	32
23	April	205	↓5	30
24	Karen	204	↑3	31
25	Susan	196	↓1	40
26	Wendy	192	↓4	39
27	Tammy	183	↓7	41
28	Tonya	183	↓3	58
29	Cynthia	180	↑2	44
30	Jamie	178	new	18
31	Tracy	177	↓3	37
32	Katherine	168	↑11	57
33	Erin	163	↑12	24
34	Carrie	161	↑2	28
35	Julie	161	↓6	21
36	Jaime	151	new	29
37	Rachel	151	↑2	23
38	Catherine	146	↑3	72
39	Christine	144	↓5	26
40	Christy	142	↓5	60
41	Tina	140	↓11	48
42	Melanie	135	↑7	53
43	Emily	131	↑1	50
44	Lori	127	↓2	47
45	Dawn	126	↓13	35
46	Sara	122	new	27
47	Patricia	121	↓10	43
48	Tanya	121	↓15	61
49	Danielle	119	new	33
50	Tara	116	↓3	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,469	–	1
2	Christopher	1,248	–	3
3	Jason	1,089	↑1	2
4	James	1,066	↓1	5
5	David	960	↑1	4
6	John	873	↑1	6
7	William	859	↑1	11
8	Robert	796	↓3	7
9	Brian	710	–	8
10	Matthew	593	–	9
11	Kevin	512	–	15
12	Joseph	466	–	12
13	Charles	444	–	26
14	Richard	426	↑2	19
15	Thomas	410	↓1	23
16	Daniel	408	↑1	10
17	Timothy	408	↓2	21
18	Eric	385	–	13
19	Jonathan	341	↑4	31
20	Steven	338	↓1	20
21	Anthony	326	↑1	22
22	Mark	322	↓2	25
23	Jeffrey	318	↓2	17
24	Jeremy	315	↑9	14
25	Stephen	269	↓1	37
26	Shawn	265	↑3	34
27	Andrew	264	–	27
28	Joshua	244	↑4	18
29	Kenneth	242	↓1	38
30	Benjamin	238	↑1	32
31	Gregory	228	↓6	35
32	Scott	222	↓6	24
33	Paul	214	↓3	28
34	Ryan	206	–	16
35	Aaron	202	–	30
36	Sean	177	↑9	42
37	Bryan	174	↑2	43
38	Adam	172	↑8	36
39	Edward	172	↑9	45
40	Donald	169	↓2	47
41	Travis	166	↑8	46
42	George	165	↑2	53
43	Patrick	156	↓7	41
44	Chad	155	↓1	29
45	Keith	152	↓8	48
46	Justin	150	↑4	33
47	Ronald	149	↓5	49
48	Brandon	148	new	40
49	Larry	137	↓8	60
50	Gary	134	↓10	52

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