Popular baby names in Virginia, 2015

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2015 were Emma for girls (467 babies) and William for boys (555). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,897 babies born in Virginia in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2015

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: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aadhya: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zainab: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corinne: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christine: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lina: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathleen: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Madeleine: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anya: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Caroline: 213 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Rayan: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nasir: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamir: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Ryland: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mekhi: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kamari: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Hamza: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jefferson: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ahmad: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Muhammad: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	467	–	1
2	Olivia	461	–	2
3	Ava	458	–	4
4	Charlotte	404	↑3	9
5	Sophia	396	↓1	3
6	Abigail	367	↓1	7
7	Isabella	327	↓1	5
8	Madison	306	–	11
9	Elizabeth	305	↑2	13
10	Harper	300	–	10
11	Mia	286	↑2	6
12	Emily	276	↓3	8
13	Avery	254	↓1	16
14	Evelyn	240	–	15
15	Amelia	238	↑1	12
16	Grace	224	↑3	19
17	Sofia	224	↑1	14
18	Caroline	213	↑4	62
19	Lillian	204	↓4	26
20	Savannah	201	↑10	38
21	Aubrey	198	↑8	21
22	Ella	195	↑5	18
23	Chloe	194	↓6	17
24	Addison	193	↓4	24
25	Layla	191	↑1	30
26	Natalie	191	↓5	27
27	Skylar	191	↑10	42
28	Hannah	188	↓4	28
29	Zoe	179	↓4	33
30	Scarlett	175	↑5	22
31	Victoria	170	↑1	20
32	Zoey	166	↑2	23
33	Allison	164	↑8	39
34	Genesis	164	↑15	65
35	Riley	162	↑4	35
36	Aria	159	new	29
37	Eleanor	158	↑10	60
38	Lily	158	↓10	25
39	Audrey	156	↓1	37
40	Claire	154	↑2	49
41	Anna	152	↓18	44
42	Penelope	152	new	34
43	Kennedy	147	–	58
44	Mackenzie	146	–	73
45	Nora	146	new	41
46	Katherine	143	new	84
47	Autumn	139	↑1	69
48	Leah	137	new	36
49	Madelyn	135	↓4	59
50	Samantha	135	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	555	–	5
2	Noah	520	↑2	1
3	Liam	512	↓1	2
4	James	499	↑1	7
5	Mason	450	↓2	3
6	Jackson	424	–	17
7	Jacob	411	↑2	4
8	Michael	390	–	9
9	Benjamin	388	↑6	10
10	Elijah	388	↓3	11
11	Alexander	372	↓1	8
12	Ethan	368	↓1	6
13	Aiden	361	↑1	13
14	Lucas	341	↑2	16
15	Daniel	337	↑13	12
16	Logan	334	↓4	14
17	Matthew	331	↑2	15
18	John	328	↓5	26
19	Luke	321	↑1	28
20	Samuel	321	↑9	23
21	Christopher	316	↑6	32
22	Henry	315	↑10	29
23	Gabriel	313	↓5	22
24	Andrew	303	↓2	30
25	David	301	–	18
26	Landon	300	↑5	46
27	Joseph	298	↓3	21
28	Dylan	284	↓5	27
29	Joshua	283	↓12	33
30	Caleb	276	↓9	37
31	Anthony	272	↑8	25
32	Grayson	269	↑9	47
33	Oliver	267	↑13	19
34	Carter	266	↓8	24
35	Levi	255	↓1	42
36	Wyatt	252	↑2	34
37	Christian	251	↓7	43
38	Thomas	248	↓2	51
39	Jayden	247	↓2	20
40	Owen	244	↑4	36
41	Ryan	236	↓8	39
42	Charles	233	↑1	50
43	Cameron	230	↑4	56
44	Colton	229	new	60
45	Isaac	227	↑3	31
46	Connor	225	↓11	55
47	Hunter	224	↓7	41
48	Josiah	221	new	57
49	Jack	214	–	40
50	Isaiah	208	new	49

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