Popular baby names in Virginia, 2007

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2007 were Madison for girls (495 babies) and William for boys (693). Madison ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,781 babies born in Virginia in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2007

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

Girls

Iyana: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nyasia: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virginia: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaliyah: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cameron: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Campbell: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shannon: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamia: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaleigh: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Corinne: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Hamza: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amare: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jefferson: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emerson: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ahmad: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Amari: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Walter: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kamari: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nasir: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Khalil: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Madison	495	–	5
2	Abigail	472	↑1	8
3	Emily	465	↓1	1
4	Olivia	435	↑4	7
5	Emma	418	↓1	3
6	Isabella	407	↑4	2
7	Hannah	387	↓2	9
8	Elizabeth	383	↑1	10
9	Ava	382	↓2	4
10	Sophia	372	↑1	6
11	Sarah	312	↓5	18
12	Addison	306	↑28	11
13	Samantha	304	↑4	12
14	Ashley	286	–	13
15	Chloe	280	↑4	16
16	Grace	269	↓4	20
17	Kayla	260	↑5	26
18	Taylor	258	↓5	24
19	Natalie	252	↓1	17
20	Alyssa	251	↑4	14
21	Katherine	245	↓6	39
22	Anna	236	↓2	25
23	Brianna	227	–	22
24	Alexis	225	↓8	19
25	Ella	225	↑1	21
26	Lauren	217	↓5	28
27	Savannah	216	↓2	30
28	Lillian	208	↑4	33
29	Sydney	206	↑1	37
30	Jasmine	201	↓2	32
31	Victoria	191	↑7	29
32	Hailey	189	↓5	23
33	Makayla	176	↑3	47
34	Mackenzie	173	↑12	65
35	Allison	172	↓1	46
36	Nevaeh	169	↑8	31
37	Riley	168	↑2	52
38	Madeline	166	↑12	61
39	Julia	164	↓4	34
40	Lily	158	↑3	27
41	Mia	156	↓12	15
42	Kaitlyn	153	↓5	44
43	Kaylee	153	new	35
44	Alexandra	146	↑1	49
45	Claire	144	new	66
46	Charlotte	143	new	>100
47	Brooke	141	new	45
48	Caroline	137	↓7	99
49	Avery	135	new	48
50	Gabriella	134	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	William	693	–	8
2	Jacob	626	–	1
3	Christopher	612	↑2	6
4	Joshua	574	–	4
5	Michael	549	↓2	2
6	Ethan	547	–	3
7	James	538	↑2	15
8	Matthew	500	–	9
9	Ryan	496	↑4	16
10	Daniel	477	↑2	5
11	John	474	–	19
12	Alexander	470	↑2	11
13	Andrew	462	↓6	10
14	Noah	447	↑2	14
15	Joseph	421	↓5	13
16	Anthony	411	↑2	7
17	Logan	406	↑7	17
18	David	384	↑2	12
19	Nicholas	378	↑2	20
20	Tyler	374	↓5	21
21	Jayden	369	↑21	18
22	Christian	365	↓5	22
23	Benjamin	364	↓4	26
24	Elijah	363	↑1	30
25	Samuel	354	↓3	25
26	Jonathan	352	↑3	23
27	Aiden	347	↑6	27
28	Caleb	344	↓1	36
29	Dylan	344	↓1	29
30	Jackson	344	↓7	33
31	Nathan	338	↓5	24
32	Brandon	324	↑5	31
33	Gabriel	321	↑5	28
34	Gavin	312	new	32
35	Justin	304	↑12	45
36	Robert	304	↓1	47
37	Zachary	290	↓7	42
38	Isaiah	288	↑3	43
39	Kevin	288	–	39
40	Luke	279	↑4	46
41	Mason	279	new	37
42	Landon	272	↑3	49
43	Jordan	269	–	44
44	Thomas	264	↓13	52
45	Austin	260	↓13	48
46	Evan	259	new	40
47	Cameron	257	↓1	50
48	Connor	245	–	55
49	Aidan	243	↓13	54
50	Jack	239	–	38

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