Popular baby names in Virginia, 2009

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2009 were Isabella for girls (478 babies) and William for boys (606). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,852 babies born in Virginia in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2009

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: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nyasia: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Yasmine: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amina: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Taniyah: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
India: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Ayanna: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Saniyah: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zaniyah: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alisson: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Muhammad: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nasir: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kamari: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sincere: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Khalil: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Terrell: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Davion: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Grayson: 115 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mekhi: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	478	↑5	1
2	Madison	465	↑1	7
3	Emma	449	↓2	2
4	Olivia	444	↑1	3
5	Abigail	431	↓3	8
6	Ava	406	↑2	5
7	Sophia	406	–	4
8	Emily	338	↓4	6
9	Elizabeth	331	–	11
10	Chloe	307	–	9
11	Addison	289	↑2	12
12	Alexis	277	↑3	13
13	Sarah	271	↓1	21
14	Natalie	256	↑4	16
15	Grace	235	↑2	17
16	Hannah	234	↓5	23
17	Taylor	227	↓3	22
18	Ella	224	↑4	15
19	Kaylee	217	↑19	26
20	Lillian	206	↑4	27
21	Samantha	205	↓2	14
22	Anna	203	↑3	28
23	Lily	203	↑3	18
24	Brianna	200	↑4	24
25	Savannah	200	↑5	39
26	Ashley	199	↓10	20
27	Allison	196	↓6	30
28	Alyssa	195	↓8	19
29	Leah	192	↑8	29
30	Mia	189	↑5	10
31	Caroline	179	↑2	87
32	Katherine	176	↓9	60
33	Nevaeh	168	↑9	34
34	Charlotte	165	↑5	68
35	Claire	164	new	53
36	Kayla	164	↓9	35
37	Hailey	163	↓3	25
38	Avery	161	↑9	32
39	Makayla	161	↓10	44
40	Sydney	156	↓9	48
41	Gabriella	155	↑5	33
42	Riley	154	↓10	38
43	Peyton	150	↑2	42
44	Lauren	148	↓4	46
45	Layla	147	new	45
46	Madeline	147	↓2	64
47	Victoria	146	↓11	31
48	Julia	140	↓7	50
49	Madelyn	136	new	59
50	Mackenzie	133	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	606	–	5
2	Jacob	535	–	1
3	Noah	504	↑9	9
4	Michael	499	↑1	3
5	Ethan	498	↓2	2
6	Christopher	471	–	10
7	Joshua	457	↓3	6
8	Alexander	455	↑2	4
9	James	450	↓2	18
10	Jayden	441	↓1	8
11	John	406	↑2	26
12	Andrew	404	↓1	16
13	Daniel	404	↑1	7
14	Aiden	402	↑4	12
15	Matthew	399	↓7	13
16	Benjamin	395	↑4	19
17	Jackson	386	↑7	27
18	Christian	384	↑1	23
19	Elijah	384	↓3	21
20	David	374	↑2	14
21	Logan	368	↑4	17
22	Ryan	367	↓5	20
23	Anthony	355	↓2	11
24	Caleb	352	↑8	31
25	Joseph	342	↓10	15
26	Gabriel	340	–	22
27	Samuel	336	↑4	24
28	Landon	313	↑6	36
29	Nathan	308	–	25
30	Tyler	303	↓7	28
31	Jonathan	300	↓4	29
32	Mason	294	↑6	34
33	Nicholas	276	↓3	32
34	Thomas	275	↑2	57
35	Cameron	271	↑8	58
36	Dylan	267	↓8	30
37	Gavin	261	↑3	33
38	Lucas	261	new	39
39	Liam	259	new	49
40	Luke	256	↓1	47
41	Evan	249	↑4	35
42	Jason	246	↑5	66
43	Isaiah	242	↓2	41
44	Jordan	239	↑6	45
45	Zachary	239	↓1	53
46	Charles	232	new	64
47	Jeremiah	230	new	65
48	Brandon	229	↓15	38
49	Robert	229	↓7	55
50	Chase	228	new	61

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