Popular baby names in Virginia, 1986

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,437 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,510). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,548 babies born in Virginia in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1986

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: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kia: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Tiara: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tierra: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marquita: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Latrice: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Virginia: 81 babies, 3× the national rate
Chiquita: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelley: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lakisha: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Donte: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamar: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hunter: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradford: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Antoine: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leslie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clifton: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dexter: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,437	–	2
2	Jessica	1,333	–	1
3	Amanda	971	–	3
4	Jennifer	807	–	4
5	Sarah	735	–	5
6	Heather	575	–	9
7	Brittany	533	↑7	8
8	Megan	486	↑1	11
9	Lauren	480	↑3	14
10	Stephanie	480	↓3	6
11	Elizabeth	469	↓3	10
12	Tiffany	435	↓1	17
13	Laura	392	↑5	20
14	Amber	382	↑12	13
15	Rachel	369	↑6	15
16	Kimberly	349	↓3	18
17	Crystal	348	↓7	25
18	Emily	341	↑9	24
19	Katherine	331	↑5	28
20	Melissa	326	↓3	12
21	Whitney	326	↑25	32
22	Danielle	323	↑1	16
23	Rebecca	318	↓4	26
24	Kelly	313	↓2	29
25	Samantha	311	↑5	21
26	Nicole	308	↓10	7
27	Amy	296	↓7	22
28	Christina	295	↓13	19
29	Courtney	289	↑7	35
30	Michelle	286	↓1	23
31	Mary	284	↓6	37
32	Shannon	242	–	44
33	Erin	239	↓5	30
34	Sara	239	↓3	27
35	Angela	216	↑2	33
36	Kristen	213	↓3	41
37	Lindsey	211	↑2	39
38	Erica	208	↑5	31
39	Kathryn	180	↑3	48
40	Kristin	180	↑8	50
41	April	175	↓7	53
42	Jamie	172	↓7	34
43	Lindsay	169	↑1	46
44	Allison	167	↓6	42
45	Lisa	161	–	40
46	Holly	147	new	63
47	Katie	146	new	38
48	Catherine	144	↑2	67
49	Christine	142	↓2	47
50	Victoria	141	↓1	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	1,510	–	2
2	Michael	1,454	–	1
3	James	1,045	↑2	7
4	Matthew	1,042	↓1	3
5	Joshua	922	↓1	4
6	David	897	–	5
7	Brandon	884	↑1	13
8	William	869	↑2	15
9	Robert	838	–	9
10	John	815	↓3	10
11	Andrew	786	↑3	8
12	Daniel	760	↓1	6
13	Justin	674	↓1	14
14	Jonathan	662	↑2	16
15	Joseph	630	–	12
16	Ryan	568	↑2	11
17	Jason	526	↓4	18
18	Kevin	525	↑4	21
19	Brian	518	↓2	20
20	Thomas	473	↓1	26
21	Timothy	431	↓1	27
22	Eric	406	↓1	22
23	Anthony	405	↑3	19
24	Richard	395	↑3	29
25	Charles	391	↓1	34
26	Steven	380	↓3	25
27	Adam	376	↓2	24
28	Benjamin	359	↑1	30
29	Jeremy	353	↑5	28
30	Nicholas	340	↓2	17
31	Stephen	332	↓1	36
32	Kyle	303	↑5	23
33	Jeffrey	302	↓2	32
34	Travis	294	↓2	49
35	Mark	279	↓2	35
36	Zachary	278	↑4	38
37	Patrick	268	↓2	39
38	Aaron	259	–	33
39	Sean	248	↓3	37
40	Dustin	233	↑6	42
41	Jacob	230	↑4	31
42	Kenneth	230	↓3	50
43	Bryan	225	↓2	47
44	Alexander	219	↑6	41
45	Paul	216	↓2	45
46	Gregory	196	↓4	46
47	Shawn	191	↑1	55
48	Nathan	190	↓1	43
49	Samuel	186	–	52
50	Jesse	177	new	48

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