Popular baby names in Virginia, 1993

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1993 were Ashley for girls (926 babies) and Michael for boys (1,157). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,331 babies born in Virginia in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1993

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: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Virginia: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shaniqua: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashleigh: 98 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eleanor: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
India: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Logan: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cameron: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meredith: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tiara: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jaquan: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Daquan: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifton: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donte: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamar: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stuart: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rashad: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carter: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Malik: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	926	–	2
2	Jessica	837	–	1
3	Sarah	724	↑1	3
4	Brittany	697	↓1	6
5	Emily	645	–	5
6	Taylor	580	↑8	7
7	Samantha	530	–	4
8	Amanda	485	↓2	8
9	Elizabeth	467	–	9
10	Lauren	466	↓2	12
11	Rachel	462	↓1	14
12	Amber	458	↓1	17
13	Megan	458	↓1	11
14	Jasmine	414	↑3	23
15	Kayla	391	↑3	16
16	Victoria	391	↑4	19
17	Courtney	363	↓2	20
18	Katherine	345	↑3	29
19	Mary	327	↑5	36
20	Stephanie	316	↓1	10
21	Hannah	315	↑5	21
22	Rebecca	310	–	22
23	Chelsea	304	↓10	25
24	Jennifer	299	↓8	15
25	Kelsey	298	↑3	24
26	Nicole	296	↑3	13
27	Morgan	290	↑4	34
28	Danielle	289	↓3	18
29	Alexandra	285	↑4	28
30	Tiffany	268	↓3	33
31	Heather	250	↓8	38
32	Alexis	240	new	27
33	Allison	210	↑14	41
34	Erin	198	↓2	48
35	Kimberly	195	–	39
36	Michelle	195	↓2	31
37	Haley	194	new	42
38	Kaitlyn	194	↑7	46
39	Christina	192	↓9	35
40	Caitlin	186	↑8	64
41	Kelly	186	↓4	51
42	Melissa	184	↓6	30
43	Sara	181	↓4	40
44	Laura	179	↓6	43
45	Shannon	179	↓5	53
46	Brooke	173	new	52
47	Anna	171	new	47
48	Catherine	167	new	75
49	Jordan	167	new	58
50	Brianna	166	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	1,157	–	1
2	Christopher	1,127	–	2
3	Joshua	917	–	4
4	Matthew	912	–	3
5	William	850	↑1	18
6	Brandon	812	↑1	6
7	James	783	↓2	14
8	John	727	–	16
9	Zachary	692	↑6	15
10	Tyler	677	↑1	5
11	David	667	↓1	11
12	Andrew	655	↓3	10
13	Ryan	636	↑1	13
14	Daniel	613	↑2	7
15	Robert	605	↓2	17
16	Joseph	597	↓4	12
17	Jacob	587	↑2	9
18	Nicholas	570	–	8
19	Kevin	509	↑5	25
20	Justin	507	↓3	20
21	Jonathan	499	↓1	22
22	Alexander	483	↑1	21
23	Cody	466	↓2	24
24	Kyle	411	↑1	23
25	Thomas	408	↓3	27
26	Anthony	381	↑2	19
27	Benjamin	370	↑2	32
28	Aaron	359	↓2	30
29	Austin	341	↑15	26
30	Charles	339	–	44
31	Timothy	336	↓4	38
32	Brian	330	–	34
33	Eric	321	↓2	29
34	Jordan	314	↑7	28
35	Samuel	312	↑4	37
36	Steven	294	↓2	31
37	Richard	277	–	40
38	Travis	277	↓3	50
39	Dylan	273	↓3	33
40	Stephen	263	↓2	47
41	Adam	254	↓1	39
42	Patrick	253	↓9	43
43	Sean	244	↓1	42
44	Christian	238	↓1	35
45	Mark	206	↑1	49
46	Nathan	203	↓1	41
47	Jeffrey	197	↑3	53
48	Jeremy	191	↓1	46
49	Dustin	190	–	59
50	Kenneth	189	new	60

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