Popular baby names in Virginia, 1997

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1997 were Emily for girls (670 babies) and Michael for boys (899). Social Security records list 71,856 babies born in Virginia in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1997

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: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Virginia: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Helena: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
India: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tamia: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joyce: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deja: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charlotte: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 218 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bria: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Shaquan: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Raekwon: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Daquan: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Travon: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Khalil: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Deshawn: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Grayson: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Juwan: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	670	–	1
2	Sarah	582	–	4
3	Hannah	571	↑4	5
4	Taylor	566	↓1	7
5	Ashley	464	–	3
6	Alexis	461	↑6	8
7	Jessica	455	↓3	2
8	Kayla	438	–	12
9	Rachel	427	↓3	13
10	Samantha	414	↑1	6
11	Madison	388	↑7	10
12	Elizabeth	386	↓3	9
13	Lauren	367	↑1	14
14	Megan	351	↓1	11
15	Brittany	334	↓5	20
16	Victoria	329	↓1	19
17	Morgan	303	↑6	22
18	Katherine	300	↑1	32
19	Amanda	280	↓3	16
20	Jasmine	266	–	24
21	Rebecca	263	↑1	25
22	Amber	255	↓1	29
23	Courtney	252	↓6	28
24	Abigail	239	↑6	26
25	Jordan	236	↑11	40
26	Brianna	234	↓1	17
27	Mary	233	↓1	46
28	Haley	229	↑3	31
29	Olivia	224	↑9	27
30	Caroline	218	↑13	75
31	Alyssa	216	↑9	15
32	Kaitlyn	212	↑5	41
33	Allison	210	–	39
34	Alexandra	202	↓5	30
35	Danielle	202	↓3	34
36	Sydney	201	↑3	35
37	Brooke	200	new	45
38	Jennifer	199	↓14	18
39	Emma	195	↑11	36
40	Savannah	194	↓5	47
41	Anna	193	↓13	33
42	Stephanie	190	↓1	23
43	Nicole	182	↓9	21
44	Kelsey	171	↓17	57
45	Julia	168	↑3	37
46	Sierra	164	new	56
47	Erin	162	↓2	52
48	Tiffany	156	↓1	61
49	Madeline	149	new	59
50	Sara	145	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	899	–	1
2	Matthew	844	↑1	3
3	Jacob	841	↑3	2
4	Christopher	814	↓2	4
5	William	764	–	19
6	Joshua	760	↓2	5
7	James	687	↑3	17
8	John	682	↓1	15
9	Nicholas	617	↑4	6
10	Tyler	615	↓1	10
11	Zachary	600	↑1	13
12	Andrew	594	↓1	7
13	Brandon	591	↓5	8
14	Austin	577	↑1	9
15	Joseph	540	↓1	12
16	Ryan	527	–	16
17	David	526	↑2	14
18	Daniel	504	↓1	11
19	Justin	480	↓1	20
20	Robert	454	–	23
21	Jonathan	433	–	21
22	Alexander	396	↑2	22
23	Thomas	390	–	31
24	Samuel	379	↑5	27
25	Benjamin	375	↓3	29
26	Kyle	366	↑1	24
27	Jordan	343	↑3	26
28	Anthony	339	↓3	18
29	Dylan	321	↓1	30
30	Christian	312	↑1	25
31	Hunter	301	↑3	44
32	Kevin	297	↓6	28
33	Aaron	280	↓1	33
34	Charles	262	↓1	49
35	Cody	260	–	36
36	Patrick	252	↑2	50
37	Noah	249	new	38
38	Nathan	238	↑2	34
39	Timothy	238	–	43
40	Brian	232	↓3	37
41	Caleb	232	↑3	47
42	Cameron	219	↑3	45
43	Logan	219	↑3	42
44	Adam	216	↓3	39
45	Eric	210	↓9	35
46	Jason	208	↑1	41
47	Ethan	197	new	46
48	Stephen	190	↑2	68
49	Sean	189	↓1	48
50	Richard	185	↓7	51

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