Popular baby names in Virginia, 1980

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,251 babies) and Michael for boys (1,431). Social Security records list 63,694 babies born in Virginia in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1980

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

Girls

Tanesha: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sharonda: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carey: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Demetria: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Virginia: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tameka: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shameka: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Whitney: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 175 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Hunter: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lamont: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnell: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Antoine: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Randolph: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alvin: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Clyde: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Herbert: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,251	–	1
2	Amanda	876	↑1	2
3	Jessica	821	↑1	3
4	Melissa	594	↓2	4
5	Sarah	551	↑2	5
6	Elizabeth	520	↑2	9
7	Crystal	467	↓2	18
8	Heather	467	↑1	6
9	Kimberly	460	↑2	11
10	Amy	437	↓4	8
11	Stephanie	418	↑1	13
12	Christina	405	↑1	15
13	Tiffany	404	↑13	14
14	Rebecca	380	↑2	17
15	Angela	366	↓5	12
16	Mary	365	↑3	25
17	Michelle	352	↓2	10
18	April	316	↑2	26
19	Laura	314	↓1	21
20	Kelly	299	↓6	19
21	Lisa	296	↓4	16
22	Erin	294	↑5	20
23	Shannon	289	↓2	29
24	Nicole	254	↓2	7
25	Katherine	250	↓2	35
26	Rachel	237	↑2	23
27	Megan	223	↑3	30
28	Sara	222	↑5	27
29	Ashley	221	↑14	40
30	Amber	214	↓1	22
31	Kristin	209	new	37
32	Lauren	194	new	38
33	Emily	192	↓8	31
34	Catherine	175	↑4	77
35	Jamie	161	↓11	24
36	Kristen	158	new	39
37	Brandy	157	↓5	42
38	Andrea	153	new	28
39	Kathryn	153	–	50
40	Carrie	150	↓9	46
41	Courtney	146	↑5	48
42	Erica	146	↑6	34
43	Karen	142	↓9	54
44	Christine	140	↑6	41
45	Julie	129	↓3	32
46	Allison	128	new	59
47	Melanie	124	new	60
48	Samantha	122	↓4	58
49	Tracy	122	↓8	56
50	Holly	121	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,431	–	1
2	Christopher	1,291	–	2
3	Jason	1,091	–	3
4	James	1,031	–	5
5	David	983	–	4
6	Robert	840	–	9
7	John	827	–	8
8	William	807	–	14
9	Matthew	790	–	6
10	Joshua	669	↑3	7
11	Brian	655	↓1	12
12	Joseph	591	–	10
13	Jonathan	537	↑4	21
14	Daniel	536	↓3	11
15	Justin	517	↑15	13
16	Kevin	457	↓2	23
17	Timothy	451	↓2	20
18	Charles	445	–	29
19	Thomas	438	↑1	25
20	Travis	417	↑1	37
21	Andrew	409	↑1	19
22	Richard	384	↓3	26
23	Jeremy	382	↓7	18
24	Eric	370	–	16
25	Ryan	359	↑2	15
26	Adam	357	↓1	22
27	Brandon	319	↑8	31
28	Anthony	305	↓5	24
29	Steven	298	↓1	28
30	Jeffrey	291	↓4	27
31	Nicholas	278	↑1	17
32	Benjamin	272	↑2	32
33	Mark	265	↓2	30
34	Stephen	264	↓5	40
35	Paul	251	↑2	35
36	Kenneth	230	↓3	41
37	Aaron	229	↓1	34
38	Patrick	228	↑3	38
39	Nathan	214	↑7	36
40	Gregory	209	–	42
41	Shawn	202	↓2	47
42	Scott	201	↓4	33
43	Bryan	166	↑4	49
44	Sean	165	new	48
45	Chad	160	↑4	39
46	Donald	153	↓3	53
47	Derek	150	new	50
48	Samuel	149	–	54
49	Edward	148	↓7	52
50	George	147	↓6	60

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