Popular baby names in Virginia, 1996

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1996 were Emily for girls (647 babies) and Michael for boys (910). Social Security records list 73,159 babies born in Virginia in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1996

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: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Virginia: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
India: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ashleigh: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Deja: 93 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meredith: 66 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tierra: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bria: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cameron: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Corinne: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Raekwon: 49 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Baby: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaquan: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Stuart: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daquan: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevon: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dashawn: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tevin: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deshawn: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Grayson: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	647	↑1	1
2	Sarah	601	↑1	4
3	Taylor	564	↑2	6
4	Jessica	555	↓3	2
5	Ashley	516	↓1	3
6	Rachel	511	↑1	9
7	Hannah	492	↑2	7
8	Kayla	480	↑2	11
9	Elizabeth	468	↑2	10
10	Brittany	455	↓4	14
11	Samantha	444	↓3	5
12	Alexis	410	↑3	8
13	Megan	401	↓1	12
14	Lauren	346	↓1	16
15	Victoria	338	↑4	18
16	Amanda	323	–	13
17	Courtney	323	↓3	21
18	Madison	319	↑12	15
19	Katherine	302	↑1	31
20	Jasmine	296	↑1	28
21	Amber	295	↓4	27
22	Rebecca	295	↑1	24
23	Morgan	283	↓5	25
24	Jennifer	250	↓2	19
25	Brianna	249	↓1	17
26	Mary	249	↓1	44
27	Kelsey	242	↑2	36
28	Anna	239	↑4	33
29	Alexandra	233	↓3	26
30	Abigail	229	↑11	32
31	Haley	229	↑6	30
32	Danielle	226	↓5	29
33	Allison	208	↓5	38
34	Nicole	207	↓1	22
35	Savannah	200	new	43
36	Jordan	199	↑2	49
37	Kaitlyn	197	↑3	40
38	Olivia	193	↓2	34
39	Sydney	188	↑3	39
40	Alyssa	181	new	23
41	Stephanie	176	↓10	20
42	Chelsea	170	↑5	55
43	Caroline	169	↑7	78
44	Heather	167	–	71
45	Erin	165	↓10	51
46	Laura	162	↑3	66
47	Tiffany	160	↓13	52
48	Julia	159	new	48
49	Kimberly	158	new	41
50	Emma	156	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	910	–	1
2	Christopher	851	↑1	4
3	Matthew	823	↓1	2
4	Joshua	800	–	5
5	William	798	–	18
6	Jacob	766	↑3	3
7	John	732	↑3	15
8	Brandon	695	↓2	8
9	Tyler	665	↓1	7
10	James	652	↓3	17
11	Andrew	639	↑2	10
12	Zachary	605	–	14
13	Nicholas	591	↓2	6
14	Joseph	559	↑2	12
15	Austin	557	–	9
16	Ryan	550	↑2	16
17	Daniel	537	↑3	11
18	Justin	525	↓1	20
19	David	516	↓5	13
20	Robert	507	↓1	23
21	Jonathan	451	–	21
22	Benjamin	391	↑6	29
23	Thomas	388	–	28
24	Alexander	375	↓2	22
25	Anthony	341	↑4	19
26	Kevin	330	↓1	26
27	Kyle	326	–	25
28	Dylan	317	↑8	33
29	Samuel	314	↑1	30
30	Jordan	310	↑4	27
31	Christian	296	↑1	24
32	Aaron	295	↓6	34
33	Charles	295	↓2	43
34	Hunter	288	↑3	47
35	Cody	286	↓11	31
36	Eric	283	↓1	35
37	Brian	258	↑2	36
38	Patrick	237	↑2	44
39	Timothy	232	↓6	40
40	Nathan	225	↓2	37
41	Adam	222	↑2	39
42	Steven	221	↓1	38
43	Richard	211	↑1	45
44	Caleb	204	↑4	48
45	Cameron	204	↑4	49
46	Logan	201	–	42
47	Jason	196	↓2	41
48	Sean	196	↓6	46
49	Malik	188	new	97
50	Stephen	183	↓3	59

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