Popular baby names in Virginia, 1984

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1984 were Jessica for girls (1,181 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,603). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,303 babies born in Virginia in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1984

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

Girls

Ladonna: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shanika: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shamika: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Tameka: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Latonya: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lakisha: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ashleigh: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latrice: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dominique: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Hunter: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamar: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sterling: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carlton: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Antwan: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Lamont: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Antoine: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clarence: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Howard: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	1,181	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	1,159	↓1	1
3	Ashley	1,077	–	3
4	Amanda	817	–	4
5	Sarah	619	–	5
6	Heather	575	↑2	9
7	Stephanie	519	↑2	6
8	Crystal	471	↓1	12
9	Elizabeth	465	↓3	10
10	Tiffany	464	–	14
11	Melissa	411	–	8
12	Lauren	405	↑4	21
13	Megan	390	↑10	11
14	Laura	378	↑11	19
15	Christina	355	↓2	20
16	Kimberly	348	↓4	22
17	Amy	346	↓3	13
18	Rachel	339	↑6	15
19	Rebecca	337	↓4	23
20	Michelle	334	↓1	17
21	Nicole	327	↓4	7
22	Mary	311	↓1	33
23	Emily	310	↑4	24
24	Katherine	304	↑2	30
25	Erin	303	↓7	25
26	Danielle	302	↑7	16
27	Kelly	279	↓7	27
28	Shannon	276	–	37
29	Angela	273	↓7	26
30	Amber	253	↓1	18
31	Latoya	223	↑17	60
32	April	209	↓2	42
33	Courtney	201	↑5	46
34	Samantha	198	↑3	39
35	Kristen	194	↑1	38
36	Sara	184	↓5	32
37	Lisa	181	↓5	29
38	Kathryn	180	↑4	48
39	Lindsey	180	↑2	35
40	Lindsay	178	↓5	36
41	Jamie	172	↓7	31
42	Erica	168	↓3	34
43	Kristin	167	↓3	47
44	Alicia	152	↑3	40
45	Brandy	151	↓2	64
46	Holly	149	–	53
47	Brittany	148	new	41
48	Allison	143	new	51
49	Brandi	139	↓4	61
50	Catherine	137	↓6	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,603	–	2
2	Michael	1,462	–	1
3	Matthew	1,085	–	3
4	James	1,013	–	7
5	David	941	–	5
6	Joshua	917	↑4	4
7	John	871	–	8
8	William	838	–	16
9	Robert	831	–	9
10	Daniel	751	↑2	6
11	Jason	743	↓5	11
12	Brandon	717	↓1	15
13	Jonathan	663	↑2	19
14	Justin	660	↓1	13
15	Brian	599	↑1	17
16	Joseph	596	↓2	10
17	Andrew	520	–	14
18	Adam	518	–	18
19	Ryan	499	↑3	12
20	Charles	446	↑1	33
21	Kevin	444	↓1	24
22	Thomas	429	↓3	25
23	Timothy	402	↑2	26
24	Steven	399	–	23
25	Anthony	385	↑2	21
26	Richard	370	↓3	27
27	Eric	369	↓1	22
28	Travis	327	↑1	42
29	Benjamin	313	↑2	30
30	Nicholas	313	↑5	20
31	Stephen	307	↓3	35
32	Jeremy	296	↓2	31
33	Aaron	291	↑1	29
34	Mark	275	↓2	32
35	Patrick	264	↑1	36
36	Jeffrey	263	↓3	28
37	Sean	237	↑3	43
38	Kenneth	225	↓1	46
39	Paul	215	↓1	40
40	Bryan	211	↑2	48
41	Gregory	200	↓2	44
42	Jacob	196	↑4	37
43	Nathan	190	↓2	38
44	Marcus	189	new	57
45	Dustin	179	–	41
46	Kyle	160	↑1	34
47	Zachary	158	↑3	45
48	Edward	153	new	58
49	Samuel	152	new	55
50	Alexander	145	new	54

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