Popular baby names in Virginia, 1999

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1999 were Emily for girls (662 babies) and Jacob for boys (910). Social Security records list 74,200 babies born in Virginia in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1999

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

Girls

Nyasia: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ayana: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virginia: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
India: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chyna: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meredith: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dejah: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 216 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Imani: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Tariq: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Daquan: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Grayson: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Khalil: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominique: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tyree: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ahmed: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terrell: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jaquan: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trevon: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	662	–	1
2	Hannah	621	–	2
3	Sarah	536	–	4
4	Taylor	494	–	8
5	Alexis	493	–	3
6	Madison	487	–	7
7	Ashley	423	↑2	6
8	Elizabeth	408	↑2	10
9	Kayla	396	↓2	13
10	Jessica	376	↓2	9
11	Samantha	368	–	5
12	Rachel	356	–	19
13	Lauren	345	–	12
14	Emma	330	↑8	17
15	Abigail	319	↑2	18
16	Olivia	295	↑3	20
17	Victoria	292	↓2	16
18	Megan	287	↓4	15
19	Brianna	286	↑1	14
20	Grace	284	↑25	27
21	Alyssa	278	↑5	11
22	Katherine	278	↓4	36
23	Sydney	277	↑5	23
24	Brittany	246	↓8	35
25	Destiny	245	↑9	28
26	Morgan	243	↓5	24
27	Anna	237	↑3	29
28	Jasmine	236	↓5	26
29	Haley	233	↑8	31
30	Savannah	226	↑10	42
31	Amanda	220	↓7	22
32	Mary	217	↓1	45
33	Caroline	216	↑3	71
34	Kaitlyn	215	↑5	33
35	Amber	211	–	41
36	Allison	210	↓4	40
37	Courtney	199	↓4	44
38	Jennifer	198	↑5	21
39	Rebecca	197	↓12	38
40	Nicole	194	↑2	25
41	Alexandra	186	↓12	32
42	Danielle	178	↓4	43
43	Jordan	174	↓18	48
44	Julia	171	–	30
45	Sierra	161	new	49
46	Natalie	152	–	34
47	Brooke	149	↑1	47
48	Erin	149	↓7	58
49	Makayla	148	new	66
50	Gabrielle	147	↓3	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	910	–	1
2	Michael	807	↑1	2
3	William	778	↑2	14
4	Matthew	757	↓2	3
5	Christopher	700	↑1	6
6	Joshua	679	↓2	4
7	Andrew	632	↑6	7
8	James	607	–	19
9	John	594	–	15
10	Tyler	588	↑1	10
11	Nicholas	576	↓4	5
12	Ryan	563	↑5	12
13	Austin	557	↓3	13
14	Brandon	553	↓2	11
15	Zachary	499	↓1	17
16	Joseph	497	↓1	8
17	Daniel	475	↑2	9
18	Justin	463	–	20
19	David	457	↓3	16
20	Robert	446	–	26
21	Alexander	438	–	21
22	Jonathan	411	–	22
23	Thomas	401	–	31
24	Noah	399	↑1	24
25	Benjamin	377	↓1	29
26	Anthony	375	–	18
27	Hunter	372	↑1	36
28	Jordan	370	↓1	30
29	Christian	369	↑3	25
30	Dylan	367	↑3	23
31	Cameron	363	↓2	33
32	Samuel	347	↓2	27
33	Kyle	305	↓2	28
34	Kevin	286	–	34
35	Caleb	276	↑4	41
36	Nathan	273	↑2	32
37	Ethan	270	↓1	37
38	Logan	264	↑4	42
39	Brian	253	↑1	43
40	Charles	251	↓5	50
41	Aaron	239	↓4	38
42	Isaiah	225	new	51
43	Timothy	222	–	49
44	Jason	214	↓3	40
45	Connor	207	↑1	48
46	Eric	202	↓2	39
47	Cody	195	–	45
48	Sean	195	↓3	56
49	Elijah	192	new	60
50	Evan	191	new	57

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