Popular baby names in Virginia, 2008

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2008 were Emma for girls (467 babies) and William for boys (679). William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,592 babies born in Virginia in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2008

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: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Makiyah: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Iyana: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shaniya: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Taniyah: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Campbell: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ashleigh: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charity: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amani: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amiya: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nelson: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kamari: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamari: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ryland: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Franklin: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Muhammad: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Malik: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Amir: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamal: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	467	↑4	1
2	Abigail	461	–	8
3	Madison	455	↓2	6
4	Emily	434	↓1	3
5	Olivia	406	↓1	4
6	Isabella	388	–	2
7	Sophia	375	↑3	7
8	Ava	361	↑1	5
9	Elizabeth	348	↓1	9
10	Chloe	329	↑5	10
11	Hannah	292	↓4	17
12	Sarah	273	↓1	20
13	Addison	272	↓1	12
14	Taylor	271	↑4	22
15	Alexis	269	↑9	15
16	Ashley	256	↓2	18
17	Grace	250	↓1	21
18	Natalie	245	↑1	13
19	Samantha	236	↓6	11
20	Alyssa	230	–	16
21	Allison	221	↑14	32
22	Ella	221	↑3	19
23	Katherine	221	↓2	45
24	Lillian	216	↑4	29
25	Anna	211	↓3	26
26	Lily	202	↑14	24
27	Kayla	194	↓10	28
28	Brianna	191	↓5	23
29	Makayla	184	↑4	37
30	Savannah	180	↓3	33
31	Sydney	174	↓2	49
32	Riley	170	↑5	39
33	Caroline	169	↑15	94
34	Hailey	169	↓2	25
35	Mia	166	↑6	14
36	Victoria	166	↓5	27
37	Leah	163	new	40
38	Kaylee	162	↑5	31
39	Charlotte	161	↑7	86
40	Lauren	160	↓14	30
41	Julia	154	↓2	41
42	Nevaeh	154	↓6	34
43	Kaitlyn	150	↓1	53
44	Madeline	148	↓6	56
45	Peyton	146	new	60
46	Gabriella	143	↑4	35
47	Avery	142	↑2	38
48	Gabrielle	142	new	79
49	Jessica	140	new	59
50	Morgan	140	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	679	–	8
2	Jacob	595	–	1
3	Ethan	552	↑3	3
4	Joshua	552	–	4
5	Michael	549	–	2
6	Christopher	522	↓3	9
7	James	472	–	17
8	Matthew	467	–	10
9	Jayden	451	↑12	11
10	Alexander	440	↑2	6
11	Andrew	433	↑2	12
12	Noah	432	↑2	15
13	John	425	↓2	20
14	Daniel	422	↓4	5
15	Joseph	410	–	13
16	Elijah	407	↑8	22
17	Ryan	403	↓8	18
18	Aiden	383	↑9	16
19	Christian	383	↑3	23
20	Benjamin	372	↑3	25
21	Anthony	369	↓5	7
22	David	347	↓4	14
23	Tyler	345	↓3	28
24	Jackson	344	↑6	32
25	Logan	332	↓8	19
26	Gabriel	328	↑7	24
27	Jonathan	323	↓1	26
28	Dylan	321	↑1	31
29	Nathan	317	↑2	21
30	Nicholas	316	↓11	29
31	Samuel	307	↓6	27
32	Caleb	299	↓4	34
33	Brandon	286	↓1	33
34	Landon	285	↑8	45
35	Kevin	283	↑4	41
36	Thomas	279	↑8	52
37	Justin	275	↓2	44
38	Mason	270	↑3	35
39	Luke	254	↑1	43
40	Gavin	249	↓6	30
41	Isaiah	247	↓3	42
42	Robert	247	↓6	49
43	Cameron	239	↑4	53
44	Zachary	237	↓7	47
45	Evan	232	↑1	38
46	Austin	229	↓1	55
47	Jason	229	new	60
48	Connor	226	–	57
49	Hunter	211	new	54
50	Jordan	210	↓7	48

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