Popular baby names in Virginia, 1992

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1992 were Ashley for girls (950 babies) and Michael for boys (1,321). Social Security records list 78,555 babies born in Virginia in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1992

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: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tiera: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cameron: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Virginia: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eleanor: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leigh: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Shaniqua: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tiara: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kendall: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 56 babies, 8× the national rate
Jaquan: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Daquan: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trevon: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Raheem: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarence: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Deonte: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Devonte: 79 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamar: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dominique: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	950	–	1
2	Jessica	888	–	2
3	Brittany	854	–	4
4	Sarah	681	–	5
5	Emily	601	↑2	7
6	Amanda	564	↓1	3
7	Samantha	546	↓1	6
8	Lauren	538	↑2	12
9	Elizabeth	515	↓1	9
10	Rachel	494	↑3	16
11	Amber	453	–	19
12	Megan	442	↓3	10
13	Chelsea	410	↑6	15
14	Taylor	404	↑17	17
15	Courtney	400	↑3	21
16	Jennifer	398	↓4	11
17	Jasmine	384	↑4	28
18	Kayla	379	↓4	13
19	Stephanie	371	↓4	8
20	Victoria	367	↑3	22
21	Katherine	358	↓4	27
22	Rebecca	329	–	20
23	Heather	327	↓3	31
24	Mary	313	–	36
25	Danielle	312	–	18
26	Hannah	294	↑6	26
27	Tiffany	282	↓11	32
28	Kelsey	277	–	23
29	Nicole	264	–	14
30	Christina	252	–	33
31	Morgan	241	↑4	41
32	Erin	233	↑7	46
33	Alexandra	226	↑4	29
34	Michelle	224	↓1	25
35	Kimberly	223	↑1	35
36	Melissa	209	↓9	24
37	Kelly	207	↓3	47
38	Laura	199	↓12	38
39	Sara	186	↑4	37
40	Shannon	185	new	66
41	Erica	181	↑1	44
42	Kathryn	181	↑2	60
43	Olivia	171	new	58
44	Shelby	171	new	34
45	Kaitlyn	170	new	42
46	Lindsey	170	↓6	57
47	Allison	169	↑2	48
48	Caitlin	169	↓10	62
49	Kristen	167	↓8	53
50	Katelyn	163	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	1,321	–	1
2	Christopher	1,268	–	2
3	Joshua	1,016	–	4
4	Matthew	975	–	3
5	James	869	–	9
6	William	858	–	20
7	Brandon	820	↑4	6
8	John	789	↓1	14
9	Andrew	755	↓1	5
10	David	697	↑2	10
11	Tyler	694	↑7	8
12	Joseph	667	↑2	11
13	Robert	657	↓3	17
14	Ryan	655	↑1	13
15	Zachary	639	↑2	16
16	Daniel	638	↓3	7
17	Justin	580	↓8	18
18	Nicholas	578	↑1	12
19	Jacob	519	↑2	15
20	Jonathan	486	↓4	21
21	Cody	477	↑10	24
22	Thomas	456	–	27
23	Alexander	453	↑7	23
24	Kevin	449	↓4	25
25	Kyle	408	↑3	22
26	Aaron	405	↑9	30
27	Timothy	390	↓3	34
28	Anthony	388	↓1	19
29	Benjamin	386	↓3	33
30	Charles	384	↓1	43
31	Eric	377	↓6	26
32	Brian	344	↓9	31
33	Patrick	332	↑1	39
34	Steven	332	↓1	29
35	Travis	325	↓3	48
36	Dylan	305	new	28
37	Richard	299	↓1	41
38	Stephen	279	↓1	45
39	Samuel	273	↑1	40
40	Adam	270	↓1	36
41	Jordan	268	↓3	32
42	Sean	268	↓1	42
43	Christian	263	new	35
44	Austin	240	↑5	38
45	Nathan	236	↑2	44
46	Mark	224	↓2	49
47	Jeremy	211	↓5	47
48	Corey	208	–	65
49	Dustin	206	new	58
50	Jeffrey	204	↓7	51

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