Popular baby names in Virginia, 1990

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1990 were Brittany for girls (1,230 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,501). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,144 babies born in Virginia in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1990

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

Girls

Baby: 33 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Logan: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ashleigh: 102 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Virginia: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tierra: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shaniqua: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Shante: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Cameron: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Eleanor: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kendall: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 37 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Randolph: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Javon: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Tevin: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hunter: 91 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lamar: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Deshawn: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Terrell: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominique: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clifton: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	1,230	↑1	3
2	Jessica	1,194	↓1	1
3	Ashley	1,162	–	2
4	Amanda	846	–	4
5	Sarah	770	–	6
6	Lauren	577	–	10
7	Samantha	548	↑1	5
8	Megan	544	↑4	11
9	Emily	529	↑5	12
10	Elizabeth	519	–	9
11	Stephanie	492	↑2	7
12	Jennifer	470	↓5	8
13	Amber	459	↓2	15
14	Courtney	448	↑4	17
15	Heather	445	↓6	19
16	Rachel	425	–	16
17	Tiffany	422	↓2	23
18	Katherine	368	↓1	26
19	Rebecca	368	↑2	21
20	Jasmine	365	↑7	28
21	Chelsea	336	↑4	24
22	Kayla	335	↑7	14
23	Danielle	333	↓4	18
24	Mary	327	↓1	35
25	Melissa	306	↑3	20
26	Christina	297	↓2	25
27	Laura	291	↓5	29
28	Nicole	286	↓8	13
29	Michelle	279	↓3	22
30	Kelly	274	–	41
31	Kimberly	258	–	31
32	Kristen	251	–	42
33	Victoria	250	↑4	33
34	Hannah	239	↑9	30
35	Erin	228	↓2	43
36	Caitlin	224	↑4	50
37	Amy	202	↑2	38
38	Sara	202	↓2	34
39	Alexandra	200	new	37
40	Erica	200	↑5	36
41	Lindsey	200	↑8	51
42	Kelsey	194	↑2	32
43	Anna	185	new	45
44	Crystal	185	↓6	39
45	Morgan	185	new	58
46	Whitney	185	↓12	60
47	Brittney	182	↓12	44
48	Kathryn	175	↓1	57
49	Andrea	174	new	40
50	Catherine	173	–	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	1,501	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,479	↓1	1
3	Joshua	1,245	–	4
4	Matthew	1,097	–	3
5	James	1,017	–	8
6	William	843	–	16
7	Robert	837	↑1	13
8	John	811	↑1	12
9	Andrew	806	↑1	7
10	David	780	↓3	6
11	Justin	779	–	9
12	Daniel	743	–	5
13	Joseph	705	↑1	10
14	Ryan	644	↑1	11
15	Jonathan	634	↑1	17
16	Brandon	630	↓3	19
17	Zachary	526	↑6	22
18	Thomas	507	↑1	26
19	Nicholas	496	↓1	14
20	Kevin	478	↓3	23
21	Anthony	449	↑4	15
22	Kyle	438	↑11	18
23	Jacob	436	↑12	20
24	Timothy	431	↓4	30
25	Steven	421	↑2	25
26	Charles	411	↓2	38
27	Benjamin	400	↓5	33
28	Brian	398	↓7	27
29	Travis	397	↓1	42
30	Stephen	381	–	39
31	Tyler	381	↑10	21
32	Eric	369	↓6	24
33	Alexander	355	↓1	28
34	Richard	354	–	35
35	Aaron	350	↓6	34
36	Patrick	318	↑4	36
37	Adam	312	↓6	32
38	Sean	294	↑1	37
39	Mark	280	↑4	47
40	Jeremy	270	↓3	40
41	Jeffrey	269	↓3	43
42	Jordan	268	new	29
43	Cody	266	new	31
44	Samuel	266	↓2	45
45	Corey	264	↑4	56
46	Jason	235	↓10	46
47	Nathan	234	↓1	44
48	Kenneth	228	↓3	52
49	Bryan	202	↓1	57
50	Gregory	201	↓3	51

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