Popular baby names in Virginia, 2004

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2004 were Emily for girls (646 babies) and Jacob for boys (749). Social Security records list 79,646 babies born in Virginia in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2004

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: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryam: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Iyana: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Taniya: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virginia: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Amani: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Haleigh: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sanaa: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Casey: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jamari: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyree: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ahmed: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Grayson: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Graham: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Khalil: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marquis: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trevon: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nasir: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darius: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	646	–	1
2	Madison	644	↑1	3
3	Emma	539	↓1	2
4	Hannah	462	–	5
5	Olivia	416	↑1	4
6	Abigail	400	↓1	6
7	Elizabeth	397	↑2	10
8	Sarah	380	↓1	12
9	Alexis	366	↑1	11
10	Grace	346	↓2	13
11	Ashley	343	–	8
12	Lauren	308	↑1	16
13	Kayla	305	↓1	18
14	Anna	298	↑5	20
15	Isabella	291	–	7
16	Samantha	289	↑1	9
17	Sydney	287	↑1	27
18	Taylor	284	↓4	22
19	Katherine	270	↓3	35
20	Brianna	256	↑3	17
21	Alyssa	252	↑1	14
22	Sophia	251	↑3	15
23	Victoria	240	↑5	28
24	Rachel	210	↓4	34
25	Jessica	209	↓1	21
26	Natalie	209	↑9	19
27	Caroline	205	↓1	74
28	Chloe	205	↑5	23
29	Hailey	204	↑2	24
30	Kaitlyn	201	↓3	33
31	Morgan	201	↓1	31
32	Jasmine	200	↑8	26
33	Ella	198	↑17	29
34	Savannah	191	↑2	41
35	Megan	190	↓6	36
36	Alexandra	188	↓2	37
37	Allison	187	↑6	40
38	Ava	186	new	25
39	Makayla	181	↓1	47
40	Haley	180	↓19	44
41	Julia	175	↓4	32
42	Jordan	172	↓10	71
43	Mackenzie	170	↓2	45
44	Mary	165	↓2	62
45	Trinity	162	new	48
46	Brooke	148	↓2	46
47	Faith	144	new	52
48	Destiny	143	↓9	38
49	Katelyn	137	new	59
50	Leah	136	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Jacob	749	–	1
2	William	747	–	8
3	Joshua	655	↑1	3
4	Michael	638	↓1	2
5	Ethan	605	↑4	5
6	Christopher	595	↓1	10
7	John	589	↑4	17
8	Matthew	585	↓2	4
9	Ryan	585	↑1	12
10	James	563	↓2	18
11	Andrew	560	↓4	6
12	Joseph	492	↑1	9
13	Alexander	482	↑1	15
14	Tyler	467	↑1	16
15	Nicholas	458	↓3	13
16	Daniel	450	–	7
17	David	438	–	14
18	Nathan	401	↑13	20
19	Anthony	398	↑3	11
20	Zachary	395	↓2	26
21	Samuel	385	↑3	23
22	Christian	380	↓1	24
23	Dylan	380	↓4	19
24	Benjamin	373	↑1	25
25	Brandon	372	↓5	22
26	Caleb	360	↑2	33
27	Jonathan	351	↓4	21
28	Logan	337	↑2	27
29	Robert	336	–	36
30	Thomas	333	↓4	37
31	Elijah	330	↑2	31
32	Noah	325	–	29
33	Justin	319	↓6	30
34	Austin	313	↑2	35
35	Kevin	302	↓1	34
36	Connor	296	↑8	38
37	Jordan	287	↑2	43
38	Gabriel	285	↓3	32
39	Jackson	285	↑4	48
40	Aidan	278	–	40
41	Hunter	266	↓3	49
42	Evan	264	↑6	39
43	Jason	258	↓2	47
44	Charles	254	↑2	56
45	Cameron	246	↓8	50
46	Isaiah	246	↓4	45
47	Luke	238	↓2	41
48	Sean	219	↓1	64
49	Jack	218	↑1	42
50	Aiden	214	new	60

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