Popular baby names in Virginia, 1981

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,198 babies) and Michael for boys (1,409). Social Security records list 64,621 babies born in Virginia in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1981

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

Girls

Cameron: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tawanda: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sherita: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tierra: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tameka: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shameka: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shamika: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leigh: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patrice: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ashleigh: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Garland: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Hunter: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Antoine: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnell: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Randolph: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lamont: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Antwan: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Stuart: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Dwayne: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,198	–	1
2	Jessica	908	↑1	2
3	Amanda	805	↓1	3
4	Sarah	661	↑1	4
5	Melissa	532	↓1	5
6	Elizabeth	482	–	9
7	Kimberly	481	↑2	13
8	Crystal	477	↓1	16
9	Stephanie	444	↑2	8
10	Amy	440	–	6
11	Heather	435	↓3	10
12	Tiffany	418	↑1	14
13	Rebecca	368	↑1	12
14	April	356	↑4	25
15	Angela	355	–	15
16	Mary	346	–	27
17	Christina	345	↓5	17
18	Michelle	330	↓1	11
19	Nicole	299	↑5	7
20	Ashley	288	↑9	34
21	Kelly	287	↓1	23
22	Laura	287	↓3	21
23	Erin	280	↓1	19
24	Katherine	263	↑1	39
25	Shannon	258	↓2	32
26	Rachel	256	–	22
27	Lisa	253	↓6	18
28	Emily	245	↑5	29
29	Kristin	220	↑2	31
30	Sara	220	↓2	26
31	Amber	218	↓1	20
32	Lauren	210	–	35
33	Brandy	206	↑4	41
34	Andrea	203	↑4	24
35	Latoya	194	new	69
36	Megan	190	↓9	33
37	Kristen	169	↓1	38
38	Courtney	166	↑3	43
39	Jamie	166	↓4	28
40	Erica	154	↑2	36
41	Brandi	145	new	50
42	Danielle	143	new	30
43	Christine	137	↑1	42
44	Julie	135	↑1	37
45	Catherine	134	↓11	73
46	Kathryn	134	↓7	48
47	Lindsay	124	new	47
48	Pamela	122	new	76
49	Samantha	122	↓1	51
50	Allison	121	↓4	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,409	–	1
2	Christopher	1,255	–	2
3	Jason	1,092	–	4
4	James	1,046	–	7
5	David	944	–	5
6	Matthew	909	↑3	3
7	John	898	–	8
8	Robert	829	↓2	9
9	William	818	↓1	15
10	Joshua	763	–	6
11	Joseph	627	↑1	11
12	Jonathan	608	↑1	16
13	Brian	603	↓2	14
14	Justin	566	↑1	12
15	Daniel	532	↓1	10
16	Brandon	494	↑11	19
17	Charles	445	↑1	31
18	Kevin	436	↓2	25
19	Timothy	430	↓2	24
20	Thomas	429	↓1	26
21	Andrew	409	–	18
22	Ryan	397	↑3	13
23	Jeremy	389	–	22
24	Richard	381	↓2	27
25	Eric	379	↓1	17
26	Adam	363	–	20
27	Steven	341	↑2	28
28	Benjamin	337	↑4	32
29	Anthony	331	↓1	23
30	Travis	311	↓10	40
31	Stephen	310	↑3	39
32	Jeffrey	286	↓2	29
33	Nicholas	285	↓2	21
34	Mark	277	↓1	33
35	Aaron	268	↑2	30
36	Kenneth	251	–	41
37	Paul	240	↓2	35
38	Nathan	226	↑1	36
39	Patrick	225	↓1	38
40	Scott	208	↑2	34
41	Gregory	194	↓1	46
42	Shawn	187	↓1	49
43	Jesse	182	new	37
44	Bryan	176	↓1	48
45	Sean	163	↓1	44
46	Edward	160	↑3	51
47	Chad	157	↓2	47
48	Donald	151	↓2	56
49	Samuel	148	↓1	54
50	George	145	–	61

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