Popular baby names in Virginia, 1994

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1994 were Jessica for girls (750 babies) and Michael for boys (1,099). Social Security records list 76,251 babies born in Virginia in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1994

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

Girls

Virginia: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Baby: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cameron: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meredith: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joy: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Blair: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Margaret: 159 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Casey: 138 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bria: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charlotte: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Javonte: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Daquan: 59 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dequan: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Baby: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dashawn: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mohammad: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Coleman: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trevon: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jessica	750	↑1	1
2	Ashley	729	↓1	2
3	Emily	678	↑2	3
4	Sarah	651	↓1	5
5	Brittany	642	↓1	7
6	Taylor	552	–	6
7	Samantha	517	–	4
8	Lauren	497	↑2	14
9	Elizabeth	472	–	9
10	Rachel	455	↑1	13
11	Kayla	447	↑4	12
12	Amanda	441	↓4	8
13	Megan	426	–	10
14	Hannah	413	↑7	16
15	Victoria	372	↑1	19
16	Amber	364	↓4	21
17	Courtney	337	–	22
18	Jasmine	331	↓4	23
19	Alexis	327	↑13	18
20	Rebecca	325	↑2	24
21	Katherine	316	↓3	30
22	Nicole	297	↑4	11
23	Danielle	294	↑5	20
24	Morgan	292	↑3	25
25	Jennifer	279	↓1	17
26	Stephanie	278	↓6	15
27	Mary	274	↓8	37
28	Tiffany	257	↑2	35
29	Kelsey	252	↓4	29
30	Alexandra	250	↓1	28
31	Heather	250	–	44
32	Brianna	240	↑18	27
33	Allison	227	–	34
34	Chelsea	223	↓11	38
35	Christina	208	↑4	39
36	Jordan	194	↑13	52
37	Sara	191	↑6	43
38	Anna	187	↑9	41
39	Kimberly	186	↓4	32
40	Kristen	186	new	55
41	Shannon	184	↑4	60
42	Laura	183	↑2	46
43	Alyssa	182	new	26
44	Kaitlyn	182	↓6	48
45	Olivia	182	new	50
46	Erin	181	↓12	45
47	Kelly	181	↓6	62
48	Katelyn	176	new	58
49	Caitlin	171	↓9	78
50	Michelle	169	↓14	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	1,099	–	1
2	Christopher	1,005	–	2
3	Matthew	925	↑1	3
4	Joshua	922	↓1	4
5	William	834	–	19
6	Brandon	799	–	6
7	Tyler	783	↑3	5
8	John	729	–	15
9	James	726	↓2	14
10	Zachary	686	↓1	12
11	Andrew	683	↑1	10
12	Jacob	668	↑5	7
13	David	623	↓2	13
14	Robert	622	↑1	21
15	Daniel	581	↓1	8
16	Joseph	571	–	11
17	Ryan	569	↓4	16
18	Nicholas	548	–	9
19	Austin	506	↑10	17
20	Justin	500	–	20
21	Alexander	455	↑1	22
22	Thomas	433	↑3	27
23	Jonathan	418	↓2	23
24	Cody	407	↓1	25
25	Aaron	393	↑3	28
26	Kyle	392	↓2	24
27	Anthony	390	↓1	18
28	Kevin	377	↓9	26
29	Benjamin	360	↓2	31
30	Jordan	324	↑4	29
31	Samuel	320	↑4	33
32	Timothy	305	↓1	39
33	Brian	291	↓1	37
34	Charles	290	↓4	43
35	Eric	282	↓2	30
36	Christian	262	↑8	35
37	Adam	258	↑4	38
38	Dylan	254	↑1	32
39	Patrick	254	↑3	42
40	Steven	249	↓4	34
41	Nathan	248	↑5	40
42	Stephen	237	↓2	49
43	Sean	225	–	44
44	Travis	224	↓6	53
45	Hunter	220	new	67
46	Richard	212	↓9	41
47	Jeremy	209	↑1	47
48	Corey	192	new	73
49	Kenneth	190	↑1	65
50	Cameron	181	new	52

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