Popular baby names in Virginia, 2014

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2014 were Emma for girls (541 babies) and William for boys (596). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,631 babies born in Virginia in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2014

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: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zahra: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aadhya: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Corinne: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Anne: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amirah: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kayleigh: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Emely: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Caitlin: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ayaan: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamari: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rayan: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jasiah: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yusuf: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hamza: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ryland: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nasir: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Muhammad: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Emma	541	–	1
2	Olivia	541	–	2
3	Ava	445	↑1	5
4	Sophia	426	↓1	3
5	Abigail	405	–	8
6	Isabella	379	–	4
7	Charlotte	354	–	10
8	Madison	324	↑1	9
9	Emily	323	↓1	7
10	Harper	304	↑2	11
11	Elizabeth	254	↓1	13
12	Avery	244	↑4	14
13	Mia	241	↑1	6
14	Evelyn	239	↑7	16
15	Lillian	236	–	25
16	Amelia	235	↑1	15
17	Chloe	231	↓6	18
18	Sofia	225	↑10	12
19	Grace	218	↓1	20
20	Addison	206	↑2	24
21	Natalie	204	↑2	23
22	Caroline	203	↑2	59
23	Anna	202	↑6	34
24	Hannah	202	↓11	28
25	Zoe	200	↑5	32
26	Layla	199	↑1	29
27	Ella	192	↓7	17
28	Lily	192	↓3	27
29	Aubrey	189	↓10	21
30	Savannah	188	↓4	38
31	Sadie	183	↑7	46
32	Victoria	170	↑12	19
33	Ariana	166	new	37
34	Zoey	166	↑9	22
35	Scarlett	160	↑15	30
36	Brooklyn	156	↑13	26
37	Skylar	156	↓1	48
38	Audrey	155	↓6	36
39	Riley	154	↓2	47
40	Peyton	153	new	56
41	Allison	152	↓2	39
42	Claire	150	↓7	44
43	Kennedy	149	↑3	54
44	Mackenzie	145	new	69
45	Madelyn	145	new	60
46	Sarah	145	↓5	50
47	Eleanor	141	new	78
48	Autumn	139	new	71
49	Genesis	138	↓16	68
50	Annabelle	135	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	596	–	5
2	Liam	522	↑1	2
3	Mason	494	↑1	3
4	Noah	487	↓2	1
5	James	467	↑4	9
6	Jackson	428	–	18
7	Elijah	427	↑1	11
8	Michael	425	↑2	7
9	Jacob	415	↓4	4
10	Alexander	403	↑4	8
11	Ethan	401	↓4	6
12	Logan	378	↑13	13
13	John	370	–	26
14	Aiden	369	↓3	14
15	Benjamin	354	↓3	12
16	Lucas	340	↑8	19
17	Joshua	339	↑2	25
18	Gabriel	337	↓3	24
19	Matthew	333	↓1	16
20	Luke	327	↑7	28
21	Caleb	324	↓1	35
22	Andrew	321	↑8	22
23	Dylan	313	↑13	29
24	Joseph	307	↑8	20
25	David	303	↓4	17
26	Carter	302	↑19	27
27	Christopher	295	↓10	30
28	Daniel	295	↓12	10
29	Samuel	277	↓7	23
30	Christian	274	↑1	42
31	Landon	267	↓8	43
32	Henry	264	↓4	33
33	Ryan	258	↓4	37
34	Levi	255	new	45
35	Connor	248	↑9	52
36	Thomas	248	↑1	54
37	Jayden	246	↓11	15
38	Wyatt	246	–	39
39	Anthony	245	↓5	21
40	Hunter	244	↓5	40
41	Grayson	240	new	63
42	Robert	236	new	60
43	Charles	235	↓2	51
44	Owen	232	↓1	36
45	Nathan	223	↓12	38
46	Oliver	222	new	32
47	Cameron	220	↓7	53
48	Isaac	219	↓6	31
49	Jack	217	↓3	41
50	Jeremiah	210	new	56

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