Popular baby names in Virginia, 1977

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,271 babies) and Michael for boys (1,514). Social Security records list 60,742 babies born in Virginia in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1977

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

Girls

Tawanda: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tomeka: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terry: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lakeisha: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keisha: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Virginia: 81 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latanya: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chrystal: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Raven: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 24 babies, 15× the national rate
Sterling: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scottie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Randolph: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antwan: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lamont: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Stewart: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dwayne: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Antoine: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Derick: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,271	–	1
2	Amy	661	–	3
3	Heather	592	↑2	5
4	Melissa	560	–	2
5	Angela	544	↓2	6
6	Kimberly	497	–	8
7	Jessica	468	↑10	4
8	Kelly	438	↑11	10
9	Elizabeth	415	↑5	13
10	Amanda	408	↑2	9
11	Crystal	407	–	25
12	Sarah	406	↑4	11
13	Stephanie	391	↓4	14
14	Michelle	373	↓7	7
15	Shannon	359	↓7	19
16	Christina	354	↓6	16
17	Mary	327	↑1	21
18	Rebecca	320	↓3	17
19	Lisa	295	↓6	12
20	Laura	252	–	20
21	April	251	↑2	29
22	Nicole	207	↓1	15
23	Karen	206	↑1	32
24	Susan	201	↑1	45
25	Carrie	197	↑9	28
26	Erin	194	↑7	23
27	Emily	188	↑16	37
28	Jamie	187	↑2	18
29	Julie	176	↑6	22
30	Tiffany	173	↓8	34
31	Katherine	161	↑1	44
32	Rachel	160	↑5	26
33	Wendy	158	↓7	49
34	Tonya	156	↓6	64
35	Tracy	155	↓4	50
36	Cynthia	154	↓7	48
37	Sara	154	↑9	27
38	Tara	154	↑12	35
39	Andrea	144	new	24
40	Catherine	144	↓2	75
41	Christine	144	↓2	30
42	Stacy	134	new	42
43	Tammy	133	↓16	55
44	Melanie	131	↓2	53
45	Dawn	126	–	43
46	Monica	126	new	39
47	Patricia	126	–	47
48	Holly	124	new	52
49	Misty	119	new	40
50	Tanya	115	↓2	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,514	–	1
2	Christopher	1,336	–	3
3	Jason	1,230	–	2
4	James	1,081	–	5
5	David	963	–	4
6	John	875	–	7
7	Robert	840	↑1	6
8	William	833	↓1	12
9	Brian	765	–	8
10	Kevin	669	↑1	13
11	Matthew	653	↓1	9
12	Daniel	508	↑4	11
13	Joseph	505	↓1	10
14	Charles	479	↓1	26
15	Thomas	440	–	22
16	Timothy	427	↑1	18
17	Eric	381	↑1	17
18	Jeremy	366	↑6	15
19	Richard	363	↓5	20
20	Steven	363	–	23
21	Jonathan	354	↓2	28
22	Joshua	348	↑6	14
23	Jeffrey	323	–	19
24	Anthony	318	↓3	21
25	Andrew	303	↑2	24
26	Mark	302	↓4	25
27	Benjamin	280	↑3	29
28	Kenneth	272	↑1	39
29	Ryan	267	↑5	16
30	Stephen	263	↓5	38
31	Shawn	254	↓5	37
32	Gregory	249	↓1	35
33	Paul	228	–	31
34	Scott	205	↓2	27
35	Adam	194	↑3	33
36	Aaron	190	↓1	32
37	Bryan	190	–	42
38	Patrick	187	↑5	40
39	Justin	172	↑7	30
40	Nathan	171	new	36
41	Travis	170	–	44
42	Corey	162	new	52
43	George	160	↓1	57
44	Ronald	160	↑3	53
45	Donald	157	↓5	46
46	Edward	154	↓7	47
47	Brandon	152	↑1	41
48	Sean	147	↓12	43
49	Wesley	145	new	66
50	Gary	141	–	58

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