Popular baby names in Virginia, 1995

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1995 were Jessica for girls (674 babies) and Michael for boys (1,049). Social Security records list 73,961 babies born in Virginia in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1995

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: 71 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Baby: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashleigh: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cameron: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Skyler: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ryan: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deja: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Asia: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Logan: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eleanor: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Raekwon: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Baby: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Grayson: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Daquan: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dequan: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaquan: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Travon: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deonte: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tre: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Khalil: 73 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jessica	674	–	1
2	Emily	639	↑1	3
3	Sarah	638	↑1	5
4	Ashley	594	↓2	2
5	Taylor	569	↑1	6
6	Brittany	537	↓1	8
7	Rachel	490	↑3	12
8	Samantha	463	↓1	4
9	Hannah	456	↑5	7
10	Kayla	453	↑1	11
11	Elizabeth	442	↓2	10
12	Megan	397	↑1	13
13	Lauren	379	↓5	15
14	Courtney	376	↑3	17
15	Alexis	366	↑4	14
16	Amanda	366	↓4	9
17	Amber	366	↓1	22
18	Morgan	341	↑6	23
19	Victoria	340	↓4	20
20	Katherine	299	↑1	30
21	Jasmine	296	↓3	25
22	Jennifer	276	↑3	18
23	Rebecca	265	↓3	28
24	Brianna	264	↑8	21
25	Mary	251	↑2	40
26	Alexandra	249	↑4	26
27	Danielle	242	↓4	24
28	Allison	239	↑5	34
29	Kelsey	226	–	33
30	Madison	224	new	29
31	Stephanie	218	↓5	16
32	Anna	212	↑6	31
33	Nicole	208	↓11	19
34	Tiffany	208	↓6	46
35	Erin	206	↑11	49
36	Olivia	203	↑9	39
37	Haley	201	new	32
38	Jordan	200	↓2	50
39	Brooke	197	new	52
40	Kaitlyn	193	↑4	42
41	Abigail	181	new	36
42	Sydney	181	new	43
43	Christina	179	↓8	45
44	Heather	177	↓13	54
45	Kelly	170	↑2	64
46	Sara	169	↓9	48
47	Chelsea	167	↓13	47
48	Katelyn	164	–	59
49	Laura	164	↓7	56
50	Caroline	156	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	1,049	–	1
2	Matthew	930	↑1	2
3	Christopher	895	↓1	3
4	Joshua	820	–	5
5	William	774	–	20
6	Brandon	748	–	8
7	James	723	↑2	17
8	Tyler	710	↓1	6
9	Jacob	695	↑3	4
10	John	672	↓2	13
11	Nicholas	646	↑7	7
12	Zachary	611	↓2	14
13	Andrew	606	↓2	11
14	David	588	↓1	16
15	Austin	578	↑4	10
16	Joseph	578	–	12
17	Justin	578	↑3	18
18	Ryan	577	↓1	15
19	Robert	554	↓5	22
20	Daniel	528	↓5	9
21	Jonathan	464	↑2	23
22	Alexander	450	↓1	21
23	Thomas	409	↓1	27
24	Cody	401	–	26
25	Kevin	397	↑3	25
26	Aaron	381	↓1	30
27	Kyle	374	↓1	24
28	Benjamin	370	↑1	31
29	Anthony	351	↓2	19
30	Samuel	334	↑1	33
31	Charles	308	↑3	44
32	Christian	304	↑4	28
33	Timothy	285	↓1	40
34	Jordan	282	↓4	29
35	Eric	266	–	32
36	Dylan	260	↑2	34
37	Hunter	258	↑8	53
38	Nathan	258	↑3	39
39	Brian	250	↓6	36
40	Patrick	241	↓1	43
41	Steven	237	↓1	37
42	Sean	232	↑1	45
43	Adam	223	↓6	38
44	Richard	217	↑2	42
45	Jason	211	new	41
46	Logan	192	new	51
47	Stephen	192	↓5	57
48	Caleb	188	new	54
49	Cameron	188	↑1	49
50	Corey	188	↓2	74

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