Popular baby names in Virginia, 2011

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2011 were Sophia for girls (510 babies) and William for boys (590). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,349 babies born in Virginia in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2011

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: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Corinne: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorelai: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nylah: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amirah: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zion: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janae: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caroline: 165 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maliyah: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Messiah: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Javion: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendall: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kamari: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amir: 77 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ahmed: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nasir: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amari: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamari: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	510	↑1	1
2	Emma	494	↑2	3
3	Olivia	455	↓2	4
4	Isabella	449	↓1	2
5	Abigail	413	–	7
6	Madison	399	–	8
7	Emily	391	↑1	6
8	Ava	383	↓1	5
9	Elizabeth	340	↑1	11
10	Chloe	309	↓1	10
11	Addison	261	–	13
12	Charlotte	259	↑3	27
13	Natalie	244	↑4	14
14	Hannah	225	–	25
15	Ella	222	↓2	12
16	Lillian	219	–	22
17	Mia	218	↑16	9
18	Zoe	209	↑5	31
19	Avery	207	↑11	18
20	Grace	206	↓1	16
21	Layla	201	↑20	35
22	Alexis	196	↓10	26
23	Lily	194	↓2	15
24	Sarah	186	↓4	39
25	Anna	185	↓7	38
26	Katherine	184	↑16	61
27	Leah	174	↑5	29
28	Aubrey	173	new	20
29	Samantha	173	↓4	17
30	Caroline	165	↑19	87
31	Savannah	165	↑3	41
32	Allison	164	↓10	40
33	Ashley	164	↓7	42
34	Victoria	162	↑14	23
35	Kaylee	161	new	36
36	Riley	160	↓9	47
37	Claire	159	↓6	50
38	Amelia	158	↑9	30
39	Sofia	158	↓1	19
40	Brooklyn	156	new	21
41	Alyssa	152	↓17	37
42	Gabriella	152	↑3	34
43	Evelyn	150	–	24
44	Nevaeh	149	↓15	33
45	Makayla	147	↓6	56
46	Brianna	146	↓18	45
47	Lauren	137	new	62
48	Sydney	134	↓13	65
49	Autumn	133	new	69
50	Taylor	130	↓14	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	590	–	3
2	Jacob	520	–	1
3	Mason	487	↑11	2
4	Noah	478	↑3	5
5	Ethan	438	–	7
6	James	436	–	17
7	Jackson	429	↑8	23
8	Michael	429	↓5	6
9	Jayden	415	↑3	4
10	Alexander	405	↓6	8
11	Liam	405	↑14	15
12	Benjamin	403	↑9	19
13	Andrew	401	–	16
14	Elijah	401	↓3	13
15	Aiden	398	↓5	9
16	Matthew	374	↑1	12
17	John	372	↑3	27
18	Gabriel	356	↑8	24
19	Christopher	355	↓10	20
20	Daniel	354	↓1	10
21	Joshua	346	↓13	14
22	Caleb	344	–	32
23	Landon	340	↑6	34
24	David	339	–	18
25	Ryan	335	↓9	25
26	Logan	332	↑1	21
27	Samuel	309	↓9	26
28	Joseph	306	↓5	22
29	Christian	303	↓1	30
30	Jonathan	299	↑3	31
31	Anthony	289	↓1	11
32	Lucas	275	↑3	29
33	Nathan	264	↑1	28
34	Brayden	263	↑6	36
35	Connor	262	↑4	54
36	Jeremiah	257	↑6	49
37	Isaiah	252	↑6	43
38	Cameron	251	↑8	53
39	Tyler	250	↓8	38
40	Dylan	249	↓4	33
41	Gavin	249	new	37
42	Luke	249	↓4	39
43	Henry	248	new	57
44	Thomas	232	↓7	63
45	Nicholas	231	↓13	42
46	Carter	223	new	41
47	Owen	213	↑1	44
48	Evan	212	↓3	40
49	Jordan	211	new	46
50	Isaac	208	new	35

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