Popular baby names in Virginia, 2000

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2000 were Hannah for girls (708 babies) and Jacob for boys (869). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,565 babies born in Virginia in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2000

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: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Virginia: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ayana: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Armani: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Tiara: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Destini: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kenya: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Logan: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amari: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chyna: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Daquan: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jaquan: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keshawn: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nasir: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dashawn: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mohammad: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trevon: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Khalil: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ahmed: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Davon: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	708	↑1	2
2	Emily	597	↓1	1
3	Sarah	544	–	5
4	Madison	499	↑2	3
5	Alexis	450	–	6
6	Elizabeth	443	↑2	9
7	Ashley	419	–	4
8	Kayla	418	↑1	13
9	Taylor	409	↓5	10
10	Lauren	399	↑3	11
11	Jessica	368	↓1	8
12	Abigail	367	↑3	14
13	Emma	349	↑1	17
14	Rachel	343	↓2	21
15	Olivia	327	↑1	16
16	Anna	312	↑11	22
17	Samantha	303	↓6	7
18	Sydney	301	↑5	23
19	Grace	298	↑1	19
20	Haley	293	↑9	28
21	Brianna	291	↓2	15
22	Victoria	284	↓5	20
23	Katherine	279	↓1	33
24	Megan	274	↓6	18
25	Morgan	268	↑1	25
26	Alyssa	253	↓5	12
27	Caroline	237	↑6	65
28	Destiny	230	↓3	24
29	Julia	230	↑15	29
30	Kaitlyn	230	↑4	30
31	Jasmine	228	↓3	27
32	Savannah	223	↓2	37
33	Rebecca	222	↑6	39
34	Mary	219	↓2	46
35	Jordan	217	↑8	50
36	Amanda	191	↓5	32
37	Hailey	191	new	35
38	Amber	190	↓3	47
39	Jennifer	188	↓1	26
40	Alexandra	182	↑1	36
41	Nicole	178	↓1	31
42	Allison	176	↓6	44
43	Brittany	176	↓19	60
44	Gabrielle	174	↑6	49
45	Brooke	167	↑2	51
46	Erin	165	↑2	61
47	Mackenzie	157	new	43
48	Natalie	153	↓2	34
49	Courtney	144	↓12	59
50	Makayla	142	↓1	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	869	–	1
2	William	785	↑1	11
3	Michael	777	↓1	2
4	Matthew	739	–	3
5	Christopher	735	–	5
6	Joshua	728	–	4
7	John	638	↑2	14
8	Nicholas	620	↑3	6
9	Andrew	616	↓2	7
10	James	589	↓2	18
11	Zachary	576	↑4	15
12	Joseph	555	↑4	8
13	Ryan	549	↓1	13
14	Tyler	544	↓4	10
15	Brandon	500	↓1	12
16	David	476	↑3	16
17	Daniel	470	–	9
18	Justin	443	–	19
19	Alexander	438	↑2	20
20	Benjamin	432	↑5	26
21	Robert	422	↓1	29
22	Hunter	405	↑5	35
23	Austin	404	↓10	23
24	Noah	401	–	27
25	Dylan	399	↑5	24
26	Thomas	397	↓3	33
27	Christian	396	↑2	22
28	Jonathan	387	↓6	21
29	Cameron	380	↑2	31
30	Ethan	362	↑7	25
31	Jordan	352	↓3	36
32	Samuel	330	–	28
33	Anthony	316	↓7	17
34	Kevin	313	–	32
35	Nathan	298	↑1	30
36	Kyle	282	↓3	37
37	Caleb	277	↓2	38
38	Brian	233	↑1	43
39	Aaron	228	↑2	41
40	Charles	227	–	51
41	Logan	226	↓3	40
42	Eric	224	↑4	42
43	Jason	224	↑1	39
44	Timothy	222	↓1	58
45	Isaiah	212	↓3	47
46	Nathaniel	205	new	61
47	Adam	201	new	45
48	Elijah	199	↑1	52
49	Sean	196	↓1	57
50	Ian	190	new	73

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