Popular baby names in Virginia, 2012

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2012 were Emma for girls (519 babies) and William for boys (647). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,207 babies born in Virginia in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2012

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

Girls

Ariyana: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Virginia: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Campbell: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zaniyah: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michaela: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Saniyah: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 187 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lindsay: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clare: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rayan: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamir: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nasir: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamari: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Muhammad: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Khalil: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rohan: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arjun: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ibrahim: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	519	↑1	2
2	Sophia	513	↓1	1
3	Olivia	496	–	4
4	Abigail	404	↑1	7
5	Isabella	390	↓1	3
6	Ava	388	↑2	5
7	Madison	365	↓1	9
8	Emily	323	↓1	6
9	Charlotte	309	↑3	19
10	Elizabeth	267	↓1	10
11	Chloe	265	↓1	11
12	Hannah	253	↑2	22
13	Ella	249	↑2	12
14	Avery	243	↑5	13
15	Lillian	237	↑1	25
16	Addison	230	↓5	14
17	Lily	224	↑6	16
18	Grace	223	↑2	21
19	Harper	215	new	24
20	Layla	212	↑1	31
21	Amelia	209	↑17	23
22	Natalie	208	↓9	17
23	Mia	199	↓6	8
24	Aubrey	197	↑4	15
25	Caroline	187	↑5	80
26	Savannah	183	↑5	43
27	Sofia	179	↑12	18
28	Anna	172	↓3	34
29	Claire	168	↑8	45
30	Brooklyn	165	↑10	29
31	Zoe	165	↓13	30
32	Alexis	164	↓10	40
33	Leah	163	↓6	33
34	Katherine	162	↓8	64
35	Evelyn	161	↑8	27
36	Victoria	159	↓2	28
37	Zoey	156	new	20
38	Taylor	153	↑12	46
39	Allison	152	↓7	38
40	Genesis	152	new	56
41	Hailey	148	new	32
42	Samantha	148	↓13	26
43	Gabriella	145	↓1	37
44	Aaliyah	144	new	36
45	Audrey	142	new	41
46	Ashley	140	↓13	50
47	Nevaeh	140	↓3	39
48	Sarah	140	↓24	42
49	Kaylee	138	↓14	35
50	Mackenzie	136	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	647	–	5
2	Mason	546	↑1	2
3	Liam	502	↑8	6
4	Jacob	487	↓2	1
5	Elijah	483	↑9	13
6	Noah	471	↓2	4
7	James	464	↓1	14
8	Ethan	432	↓3	3
9	Jackson	424	↓2	21
10	Michael	423	↓2	7
11	Alexander	402	↓1	9
12	Aiden	383	↑3	10
13	Andrew	371	–	18
14	Benjamin	364	↓2	16
15	Matthew	364	↑1	12
16	Jayden	362	↓7	8
17	Joshua	355	↑4	17
18	Christopher	342	↑1	23
19	John	340	↓2	28
20	Ryan	329	↑5	26
21	Caleb	328	↑1	32
22	Samuel	327	↑5	25
23	Gabriel	324	↓5	24
24	Logan	322	↑2	22
25	Daniel	318	↓5	11
26	Christian	314	↑3	33
27	Joseph	294	↑1	19
28	David	293	↓4	20
29	Lucas	292	↑3	27
30	Landon	284	↓7	35
31	Anthony	276	–	15
32	Thomas	259	↑12	63
33	Luke	255	↑9	37
34	Jonathan	252	↓4	34
35	Brayden	249	↓1	39
36	Dylan	244	↑4	31
37	Henry	244	↑6	44
38	Nathan	244	↓5	29
39	Carter	241	↑7	36
40	Hunter	235	new	45
41	Jeremiah	235	↓5	52
42	Cameron	231	↓4	54
43	Owen	229	↑4	38
44	Evan	225	↑4	47
45	Isaac	223	↑5	30
46	Charles	214	new	62
47	Levi	213	new	55
48	Connor	211	↓13	59
49	Gavin	208	↓8	40
50	Austin	206	new	58

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