Popular baby names in Virginia, 1991

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1991 were Ashley for girls (1,134 babies) and Michael for boys (1,391). Social Security records list 78,970 babies born in Virginia in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1991

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: 34 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Logan: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Virginia: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tiara: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Blair: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Lakeisha: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Meredith: 83 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kierra: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kiara: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shaniqua: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Laquan: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baby: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Trevon: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daquan: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Donte: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaquan: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carter: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deshawn: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Stuart: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tyree: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	1,134	↑2	1
2	Jessica	1,065	–	2
3	Brittany	958	↓2	3
4	Sarah	739	↑1	6
5	Amanda	679	↓1	4
6	Samantha	600	↑1	5
7	Emily	566	↑2	10
8	Elizabeth	533	↑2	9
9	Megan	502	↓1	11
10	Lauren	501	↓4	13
11	Amber	467	↑2	16
12	Jennifer	453	–	8
13	Rachel	453	↑3	14
14	Kayla	437	↑8	12
15	Stephanie	409	↓4	7
16	Tiffany	373	↑1	27
17	Katherine	369	↑1	25
18	Courtney	368	↓4	19
19	Chelsea	366	↑2	18
20	Heather	365	↓5	23
21	Jasmine	361	↓1	24
22	Rebecca	357	↓3	21
23	Victoria	351	↑10	28
24	Mary	308	–	38
25	Danielle	301	↓2	17
26	Laura	268	↑1	35
27	Melissa	261	↓2	20
28	Kelsey	258	↑14	26
29	Nicole	257	↓1	15
30	Christina	255	↓4	31
31	Taylor	254	new	32
32	Hannah	251	↑2	29
33	Michelle	240	↓4	22
34	Kelly	238	↓4	42
35	Morgan	233	↑10	49
36	Kimberly	214	↓5	34
37	Alexandra	211	↑2	36
38	Caitlin	206	↓2	55
39	Erin	203	↓4	44
40	Lindsey	203	↑1	52
41	Kristen	199	↓9	48
42	Erica	195	↓2	40
43	Sara	195	↓5	37
44	Kathryn	185	↑4	57
45	Whitney	183	↑1	68
46	Crystal	173	↓2	41
47	Amy	170	↓10	43
48	Alexis	166	new	47
49	Allison	164	new	50
50	Brittney	160	↓3	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,391	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,375	↓1	2
3	Joshua	1,151	–	4
4	Matthew	1,062	–	3
5	James	988	–	7
6	William	849	–	19
7	John	786	↑1	10
8	Andrew	755	↑1	5
9	Justin	732	↑2	14
10	Robert	731	↓3	13
11	Brandon	722	↑5	15
12	David	718	↓2	8
13	Daniel	659	↓1	6
14	Joseph	647	↓1	9
15	Ryan	634	↓1	11
16	Jonathan	556	↓1	20
17	Zachary	545	–	22
18	Tyler	534	↑13	16
19	Nicholas	525	–	12
20	Kevin	516	–	23
21	Jacob	511	↑2	17
22	Thomas	450	↓4	28
23	Brian	438	↑5	30
24	Timothy	410	–	32
25	Eric	402	↑7	25
26	Benjamin	396	↑1	33
27	Anthony	390	↓6	18
28	Kyle	382	↓6	21
29	Charles	378	↓3	38
30	Alexander	377	↑3	26
31	Cody	376	↑12	24
32	Travis	373	↓3	44
33	Steven	358	↓8	27
34	Patrick	326	↑2	35
35	Aaron	323	–	31
36	Richard	309	↓2	34
37	Stephen	304	↓7	41
38	Jordan	297	↑4	29
39	Adam	292	↓2	36
40	Samuel	265	↑4	39
41	Sean	263	↓3	40
42	Jeremy	236	↓2	43
43	Jeffrey	227	↓2	45
44	Mark	227	↓5	47
45	Kenneth	226	↑3	54
46	Jason	223	–	49
47	Nathan	220	–	42
48	Corey	195	↓3	58
49	Austin	192	new	50
50	Paul	192	new	53

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