Popular baby names in Virginia, 2013

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2013 were Emma for girls (544 babies) and William for boys (598). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,004 babies born in Virginia in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2013

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: 60 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Saniyah: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurel: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Corinne: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryam: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anne: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beatrice: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kayleigh: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Emely: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Milan: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Mohammad: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kamari: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Khalil: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nasir: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jefferson: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamari: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Muhammad: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rayan: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nelson: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abdullah: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	544	–	2
2	Olivia	519	↑1	3
3	Sophia	499	↓1	1
4	Ava	409	↑2	5
5	Abigail	385	↓1	8
6	Isabella	375	↓1	4
7	Charlotte	337	↑2	11
8	Emily	328	–	7
9	Madison	319	↓2	9
10	Elizabeth	273	–	10
11	Chloe	252	–	14
12	Harper	249	↑7	16
13	Hannah	240	↓1	23
14	Mia	239	↑9	6
15	Lillian	231	–	26
16	Avery	228	↓2	12
17	Amelia	222	↑4	17
18	Grace	212	–	22
19	Aubrey	211	↑5	18
20	Ella	205	↓7	15
21	Evelyn	205	↑14	20
22	Addison	201	↓6	19
23	Natalie	197	↓1	21
24	Caroline	192	↑1	63
25	Lily	187	↓8	27
26	Savannah	186	–	36
27	Layla	185	↓7	30
28	Sofia	172	↓1	13
29	Anna	171	↓1	35
30	Zoe	162	↑1	31
31	Samantha	160	↑11	29
32	Audrey	156	↑13	33
33	Genesis	155	↑7	55
34	Katherine	153	–	77
35	Claire	152	↓6	50
36	Skylar	152	new	73
37	Riley	151	new	45
38	Sadie	151	new	49
39	Allison	149	–	34
40	Leah	149	↓7	32
41	Sarah	148	↑7	48
42	Alexis	146	↓10	47
43	Zoey	145	↓6	24
44	Victoria	144	↓8	25
45	Gabriella	143	↓2	38
46	Kennedy	140	new	65
47	Aaliyah	138	↓3	37
48	Ashley	137	↓2	67
49	Brooklyn	136	↓19	28
50	Scarlett	136	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	William	598	–	5
2	Noah	518	↑4	1
3	Liam	516	–	3
4	Mason	477	↓2	4
5	Jacob	471	↓1	2
6	Jackson	448	↑3	16
7	Ethan	440	↑1	6
8	Elijah	435	↓3	11
9	James	426	↓2	13
10	Michael	407	–	7
11	Aiden	374	↑1	12
12	Benjamin	365	↑2	14
13	John	364	↑6	27
14	Alexander	359	↓3	8
15	Gabriel	353	↑8	24
16	Daniel	346	↑9	10
17	Christopher	337	↑1	26
18	Matthew	337	↓3	15
19	Joshua	331	↓2	21
20	Caleb	329	↑1	32
21	David	320	↑7	17
22	Samuel	317	–	25
23	Landon	308	↑7	39
24	Lucas	308	↑5	23
25	Logan	307	↓1	18
26	Jayden	300	↓10	9
27	Luke	300	↑6	34
28	Henry	296	↑9	37
29	Ryan	296	↓9	30
30	Andrew	294	↓17	22
31	Christian	287	↓5	35
32	Joseph	287	↓5	20
33	Nathan	273	↑5	31
34	Anthony	261	↓3	19
35	Hunter	244	↑5	36
36	Dylan	242	–	29
37	Thomas	241	↓5	61
38	Wyatt	238	new	42
39	Gavin	234	↑10	50
40	Cameron	230	↑2	59
41	Charles	230	↑5	57
42	Isaac	230	↑3	28
43	Owen	225	–	38
44	Connor	224	↑4	56
45	Carter	223	↓6	33
46	Jack	222	new	40
47	Brayden	215	↓12	48
48	Jonathan	214	↓14	41
49	Isaiah	212	new	44
50	Zachary	212	new	73

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