Popular baby names in Virginia, 2003

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2003 were Emily for girls (671 babies) and Jacob for boys (796). Social Security records list 77,497 babies born in Virginia in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2003

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

Girls

Virginia: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nyasia: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Campbell: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Taniyah: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janiyah: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Imani: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ayana: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meredith: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ayanna: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurel: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Khalil: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mohammad: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaquan: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamari: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Grayson: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Trevon: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amari: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kendall: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	671	↑1	1
2	Emma	615	↑5	2
3	Madison	555	↓2	3
4	Hannah	525	↓1	4
5	Abigail	460	–	6
6	Olivia	421	↑3	5
7	Sarah	411	↓3	11
8	Grace	360	↑3	13
9	Elizabeth	347	↓3	9
10	Alexis	346	↓2	7
11	Ashley	333	↑2	8
12	Kayla	332	↓2	16
13	Lauren	322	↑1	15
14	Taylor	313	↓2	19
15	Isabella	283	↑8	12
16	Katherine	282	↑3	35
17	Samantha	279	–	10
18	Sydney	277	↑2	25
19	Anna	276	↓4	21
20	Rachel	270	↑1	28
21	Haley	258	↑8	34
22	Alyssa	248	↑3	14
23	Brianna	244	↓5	17
24	Jessica	224	↓8	18
25	Sophia	223	↑10	20
26	Caroline	217	↑4	68
27	Kaitlyn	217	–	32
28	Victoria	217	↓6	22
29	Megan	214	↓5	30
30	Morgan	212	↓4	29
31	Hailey	205	↑9	26
32	Jordan	201	↓4	48
33	Chloe	193	↓2	24
34	Alexandra	190	↑4	38
35	Natalie	190	↑7	23
36	Savannah	182	↓2	41
37	Julia	180	↓1	33
38	Makayla	178	↑5	51
39	Destiny	172	↓6	37
40	Jasmine	172	↓8	27
41	Mackenzie	169	↓2	45
42	Mary	166	↓5	59
43	Allison	164	↑2	46
44	Brooke	159	new	43
45	Nicole	154	↑2	40
46	Madeline	152	–	61
47	Jada	151	new	79
48	Rebecca	149	–	63
49	Jennifer	148	↓8	31
50	Ella	143	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	796	–	1
2	William	754	↑1	11
3	Michael	729	↓1	2
4	Joshua	686	–	3
5	Christopher	631	↑2	9
6	Matthew	618	–	4
7	Andrew	599	↑3	5
8	James	577	–	18
9	Ethan	572	↓4	7
10	Ryan	547	↑2	13
11	John	541	↓2	17
12	Nicholas	506	↓1	12
13	Joseph	470	–	6
14	Alexander	464	↑4	16
15	Tyler	439	↓1	15
16	Daniel	426	↑1	8
17	David	416	↓1	14
18	Zachary	413	↓3	20
19	Dylan	405	↑10	19
20	Brandon	398	↓1	21
21	Christian	394	↑4	25
22	Anthony	387	↑5	10
23	Jonathan	385	↑3	22
24	Samuel	385	↓4	23
25	Benjamin	375	↓1	24
26	Thomas	361	↑2	36
27	Justin	356	↓5	27
28	Caleb	350	↑3	34
29	Robert	345	↓8	35
30	Logan	334	–	28
31	Nathan	331	↑7	26
32	Noah	329	↑1	31
33	Elijah	315	↑4	37
34	Kevin	306	–	32
35	Gabriel	299	↑4	29
36	Austin	298	↓13	33
37	Cameron	286	↓5	40
38	Hunter	276	↓3	41
39	Jordan	276	↓3	38
40	Aidan	275	new	39
41	Jason	271	↓1	42
42	Isaiah	258	–	49
43	Jackson	255	↑1	52
44	Connor	254	↑5	43
45	Luke	249	↑1	46
46	Charles	248	↓5	57
47	Sean	234	↑1	61
48	Evan	233	new	44
49	Aaron	208	↑1	50
50	Jack	203	new	45

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