Popular baby names in Virginia, 2001

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2001 were Emily for girls (621 babies) and Jacob for boys (878). Social Security records list 75,883 babies born in Virginia in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2001

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

Girls

Akira: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Iyana: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Virginia: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Amani: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nyasia: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aniyah: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mariam: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Ayanna: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlotte: 74 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Daquan: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dashawn: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trevon: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Khalil: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Grayson: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keshawn: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mohamed: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shaun: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jaheim: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	621	↑1	1
2	Hannah	575	↓1	3
3	Madison	574	↑1	2
4	Sarah	515	↓1	6
5	Kayla	409	↑3	17
6	Abigail	408	↑6	8
7	Taylor	402	↑2	12
8	Alexis	399	↓3	5
9	Lauren	368	↑1	15
10	Elizabeth	363	↓4	9
11	Olivia	359	↑4	10
12	Jessica	350	↓1	11
13	Ashley	344	↓6	4
14	Emma	338	↓1	13
15	Anna	326	↑1	19
16	Grace	325	↑3	16
17	Rachel	308	↓3	24
18	Sydney	301	–	23
19	Samantha	299	↓2	7
20	Katherine	292	↑3	35
21	Brianna	266	–	18
22	Morgan	260	↑3	29
23	Megan	255	↑1	20
24	Haley	246	↓4	34
25	Alyssa	244	↑1	14
26	Victoria	244	↓4	21
27	Caroline	238	–	62
28	Destiny	238	–	22
29	Julia	224	–	27
30	Jasmine	217	↑1	25
31	Mary	209	↑3	48
32	Savannah	207	–	42
33	Kaitlyn	203	↓3	31
34	Jordan	187	↑1	47
35	Isabella	185	new	28
36	Chloe	182	new	30
37	Makayla	178	↑13	54
38	Rebecca	175	↓5	46
39	Sophia	175	new	37
40	Allison	174	↑2	44
41	Jennifer	171	↓2	26
42	Hailey	170	↓5	33
43	Alexandra	169	↓3	38
44	Faith	161	new	53
45	Amanda	159	↓9	39
46	Sierra	158	new	55
47	Brooke	154	↓2	57
48	Mackenzie	153	↓1	40
49	Madeline	153	new	56
50	Nicole	151	↓9	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	878	–	1
2	William	795	–	10
3	Michael	790	–	2
4	Joshua	713	↑2	4
5	Matthew	712	↓1	3
6	Christopher	673	↓1	5
7	John	628	–	14
8	Nicholas	572	–	6
9	Joseph	551	↑3	8
10	James	550	–	19
11	Andrew	537	↓2	7
12	Zachary	508	↓1	16
13	Tyler	491	↑1	13
14	Ryan	469	↓1	15
15	David	461	↑1	12
16	Brandon	459	↓1	18
17	Ethan	444	↑13	17
18	Alexander	425	↑1	20
19	Justin	420	↓1	22
20	Daniel	419	↓3	9
21	Benjamin	403	↓1	27
22	Jonathan	400	↑6	23
23	Thomas	398	↑3	33
24	Noah	391	–	28
25	Dylan	382	–	21
26	Samuel	378	↑6	26
27	Austin	371	↓4	25
28	Christian	367	↓1	24
29	Robert	362	↓8	30
30	Anthony	352	↑3	11
31	Hunter	339	↓9	36
32	Caleb	329	↑5	37
33	Logan	315	↑8	29
34	Kevin	310	–	32
35	Nathan	302	–	31
36	Cameron	299	↓7	35
37	Jordan	290	↓6	39
38	Jason	270	↑5	41
39	Isaiah	251	↑6	43
40	Charles	247	–	55
41	Elijah	245	↑7	45
42	Kyle	232	↓6	40
43	Aaron	226	↓4	42
44	Gabriel	225	new	38
45	Brian	221	↓7	46
46	Connor	207	new	49
47	Nathaniel	207	↓1	61
48	Luke	201	new	50
49	Adam	195	↓2	51
50	Jack	188	new	48

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