Popular baby names in Virginia, 2010

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2010 were Olivia for girls (495 babies) and William for boys (621). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,206 babies born in Virginia in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2010

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

Girls

Zahra: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virginia: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Iyanna: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mariam: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meredith: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Lina: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Zaniyah: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janiyah: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaliyah: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Muhammad: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rayan: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jefferson: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kamari: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Javon: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sincere: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Omari: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamari: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ryland: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Amir: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Olivia	495	↑3	4
2	Sophia	464	↑5	2
3	Isabella	447	↓2	1
4	Emma	444	↓1	3
5	Abigail	439	–	7
6	Madison	401	↓4	8
7	Ava	397	↓1	5
8	Emily	324	–	6
9	Chloe	320	↑1	9
10	Elizabeth	297	↓1	12
11	Addison	265	–	11
12	Alexis	251	–	16
13	Ella	242	↑5	13
14	Hannah	233	↑2	20
15	Charlotte	224	↑19	46
16	Lillian	219	↑4	22
17	Natalie	210	↓3	14
18	Anna	202	↑4	27
19	Grace	200	↓4	18
20	Sarah	196	↓7	26
21	Lily	193	↑2	17
22	Allison	191	↑5	38
23	Zoe	188	new	31
24	Alyssa	186	↑4	21
25	Samantha	185	↓4	15
26	Ashley	182	–	29
27	Riley	180	↑15	40
28	Brianna	177	↓4	30
29	Nevaeh	174	↑4	25
30	Avery	173	↑8	23
31	Claire	170	↑4	53
32	Leah	167	↓3	24
33	Mia	167	↓3	10
34	Savannah	163	↓9	44
35	Sydney	158	↑5	60
36	Taylor	156	↓19	37
37	Julia	154	↑11	55
38	Sofia	154	new	28
39	Makayla	152	–	43
40	Hailey	151	↓3	19
41	Layla	151	↑4	36
42	Katherine	147	↓10	70
43	Evelyn	143	new	39
44	Peyton	142	↓1	51
45	Gabriella	140	↓4	33
46	Morgan	140	new	63
47	Amelia	139	new	41
48	Victoria	134	↓1	32
49	Caroline	132	↓18	88
50	Kylie	130	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	621	–	5
2	Jacob	547	–	1
3	Michael	505	↑1	3
4	Alexander	453	↑4	6
5	Ethan	442	–	2
6	James	439	↑3	19
7	Noah	437	↓4	7
8	Joshua	436	↓1	11
9	Christopher	429	↓3	13
10	Aiden	424	↑4	9
11	Elijah	417	↑8	18
12	Jayden	408	↓2	4
13	Andrew	402	↓1	14
14	Mason	392	↑18	12
15	Jackson	391	↑2	25
16	Ryan	381	↑6	23
17	Matthew	362	↓2	16
18	Samuel	356	↑9	24
19	Daniel	353	↓6	8
20	John	353	↓9	26
21	Benjamin	348	↓5	22
22	Caleb	348	↑2	32
23	Joseph	348	↑2	20
24	David	342	↓4	15
25	Liam	342	↑14	30
26	Gabriel	340	–	21
27	Logan	337	↓6	17
28	Christian	330	↓10	29
29	Landon	320	↓1	33
30	Anthony	316	↓7	10
31	Tyler	303	↓1	34
32	Nicholas	289	↑1	37
33	Jonathan	285	↓2	28
34	Nathan	284	↓5	27
35	Lucas	273	↑3	35
36	Dylan	263	–	31
37	Thomas	263	↓3	62
38	Luke	260	↑2	41
39	Connor	253	new	49
40	Brayden	252	new	40
41	Charles	250	↑5	63
42	Jeremiah	249	↑5	51
43	Isaiah	246	–	43
44	Zachary	239	↑1	61
45	Evan	226	↓4	36
46	Cameron	222	↓11	60
47	Chase	222	↑3	66
48	Owen	221	new	47
49	Justin	217	new	50
50	Robert	216	↓1	54

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