Popular baby names in Virginia, 2005

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2005 were Emily for girls (593 babies) and William for boys (746). William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,171 babies born in Virginia in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2005

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

Girls

Saniyah: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Taniyah: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Anne: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virginia: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amani: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shaniya: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Saniya: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Imani: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cameron: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ayana: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Milton: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harold: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nasir: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Davion: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mohamed: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Grayson: 70 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trevon: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamari: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anderson: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Franklin: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	593	–	1
2	Madison	570	–	3
3	Emma	510	–	2
4	Hannah	476	–	7
5	Abigail	450	↑1	4
6	Sarah	388	↑2	15
7	Olivia	385	↓2	5
8	Elizabeth	377	↓1	11
9	Alexis	331	–	13
10	Sophia	320	↑12	12
11	Ashley	312	–	10
12	Isabella	309	↑3	6
13	Grace	302	↓3	14
14	Katherine	294	↑5	36
15	Ava	290	↑23	9
16	Samantha	287	–	8
17	Lauren	285	↓5	21
18	Taylor	269	–	24
19	Sydney	257	↓2	30
20	Kayla	255	↓7	25
21	Natalie	255	↑5	18
22	Anna	245	↓8	22
23	Alyssa	239	↓2	16
24	Victoria	220	↓1	28
25	Hailey	217	↑4	26
26	Chloe	203	↑2	19
27	Makayla	203	↑12	44
28	Brianna	201	↓8	20
29	Jessica	201	↓4	27
30	Jasmine	199	↑2	29
31	Rachel	196	↓7	38
32	Savannah	194	↑2	35
33	Ella	192	–	23
34	Julia	185	↑7	31
35	Caroline	184	↓8	83
36	Destiny	178	↑12	32
37	Mary	176	↑7	72
38	Morgan	167	↓7	33
39	Alexandra	166	↓3	37
40	Mackenzie	165	↑3	51
41	Haley	162	↓1	53
42	Mia	160	new	17
43	Kaitlyn	159	↓13	34
44	Allison	154	↓7	45
45	Megan	154	↓10	41
46	Riley	151	new	54
47	Lily	150	new	39
48	Kaylee	148	new	40
49	Zoe	145	new	58
50	Madeline	144	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	746	↑1	11
2	Jacob	733	↓1	1
3	Michael	666	↑1	2
4	Joshua	632	↓1	3
5	Matthew	568	↑3	4
6	Ethan	567	↓1	5
7	Christopher	563	↓1	10
8	Andrew	551	↑3	6
9	Ryan	524	–	14
10	James	509	–	17
11	Alexander	500	↑2	13
12	John	487	↓5	18
13	Joseph	480	↓1	9
14	Daniel	464	↑2	7
15	Tyler	452	↓1	16
16	Nicholas	449	↓1	15
17	David	441	–	12
18	Benjamin	416	↑6	25
19	Christian	412	↑3	22
20	Anthony	389	↓1	8
21	Samuel	381	–	21
22	Noah	380	↑10	23
23	Nathan	371	↓5	20
24	Jonathan	368	↑3	19
25	Zachary	364	↓5	29
26	Dylan	359	↓3	24
27	Caleb	334	↓1	35
28	Elijah	325	↑3	31
29	Brandon	317	↓4	27
30	Justin	316	↑3	36
31	Jackson	314	↑8	44
32	Logan	314	↓4	26
33	Thomas	312	↓3	40
34	Kevin	303	↑1	33
35	Gabriel	291	↑3	28
36	Robert	290	↓7	37
37	Austin	281	↓3	38
38	Cameron	281	↑7	52
39	Evan	274	↑3	39
40	Luke	260	↑7	41
41	Jason	259	↑2	51
42	Connor	258	↓6	48
43	Aidan	254	↓3	43
44	Hunter	253	↓3	53
45	Jack	251	↑4	34
46	Isaiah	250	–	45
47	Charles	240	↓3	56
48	Mason	240	new	42
49	Aiden	237	↑1	50
50	Jordan	228	↓13	46

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