Popular baby names in Virginia, 2006

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2006 were Madison for girls (547 babies) and William for boys (666). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,826 babies born in Virginia in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2006

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: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virginia: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abigayle: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carrie: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Saniya: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Iyana: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amiyah: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Taniya: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ashleigh: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaniya: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emerson: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ahmed: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mohammad: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Javion: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Khalil: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathanael: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Grayson: 86 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Walter: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anderson: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	547	↑1	3
2	Emily	523	↓1	1
3	Abigail	480	↑2	6
4	Emma	464	↓1	2
5	Hannah	445	↓1	8
6	Sarah	389	–	15
7	Ava	376	↑8	5
8	Olivia	370	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	364	↓1	11
10	Isabella	331	↑2	4
11	Sophia	308	↓1	9
12	Grace	301	↑1	16
13	Taylor	296	↑5	23
14	Ashley	288	↓3	12
15	Katherine	288	↓1	37
16	Alexis	271	↓7	14
17	Samantha	271	↓1	10
18	Natalie	255	↑3	17
19	Chloe	249	↑7	18
20	Anna	246	↑2	22
21	Lauren	245	↓4	24
22	Kayla	233	↓2	26
23	Brianna	231	↑5	20
24	Alyssa	220	↓1	19
25	Savannah	219	↑7	30
26	Ella	217	↑7	21
27	Hailey	209	↓2	25
28	Jasmine	197	↑2	29
29	Mia	193	↑13	13
30	Sydney	189	↓11	34
31	Morgan	183	↑7	35
32	Lillian	182	new	38
33	Rachel	178	↓2	48
34	Allison	173	↑10	47
35	Julia	171	↓1	31
36	Makayla	170	↓9	45
37	Kaitlyn	166	↑6	41
38	Victoria	166	↓14	27
39	Riley	164	↑7	56
40	Addison	163	new	28
41	Caroline	163	↓6	89
42	Destiny	162	↓6	36
43	Lily	160	↑4	33
44	Nevaeh	159	new	43
45	Alexandra	158	↓6	40
46	Mackenzie	155	↓6	53
47	Trinity	155	new	64
48	Gabrielle	153	new	63
49	Zoe	151	–	54
50	Madeline	147	–	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	666	–	10
2	Jacob	621	–	1
3	Michael	585	–	2
4	Joshua	584	–	3
5	Christopher	559	↑2	8
6	Ethan	540	–	4
7	Andrew	512	↑1	7
8	Matthew	499	↓3	5
9	James	498	↑1	16
10	Joseph	494	↑3	11
11	John	490	↑1	19
12	Daniel	465	↑2	6
13	Ryan	465	↓4	14
14	Alexander	450	↓3	12
15	Tyler	445	–	18
16	Noah	436	↑6	15
17	Christian	425	↑2	21
18	Anthony	401	↑2	9
19	Benjamin	401	↓1	24
20	David	392	↓3	13
21	Nicholas	380	↓5	17
22	Samuel	379	↓1	25
23	Jackson	370	↑8	35
24	Logan	360	↑8	20
25	Elijah	349	↑3	29
26	Nathan	348	↓3	23
27	Caleb	345	–	34
28	Dylan	343	↓2	26
29	Jonathan	340	↓5	22
30	Zachary	322	↓5	33
31	Thomas	321	↑2	51
32	Austin	306	↑5	41
33	Aiden	302	↑16	32
34	Jason	297	↑7	55
35	Robert	297	↑1	47
36	Aidan	294	↑7	44
37	Brandon	292	↓8	27
38	Gabriel	285	↓3	28
39	Kevin	285	↓5	37
40	Hunter	274	↑4	54
41	Isaiah	274	↑5	39
42	Jayden	272	new	49
43	Jordan	271	↑7	46
44	Luke	270	↓4	43
45	Landon	268	new	50
46	Cameron	265	↓8	52
47	Justin	262	↓17	45
48	Connor	261	↓6	53
49	Charles	257	↓2	60
50	Jack	255	↓5	36

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