Popular baby names in Virginia, 2016

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2016 were Olivia for girls (486 babies) and William for boys (571). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,752 babies born in Virginia in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2016

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, 4.7× the national rate
Noor: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emely: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kori: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Corinne: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sasha: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mina: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Haley: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kayleigh: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carter: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Rayan: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mohammad: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nasir: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jefferson: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Ayaan: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arjun: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Khalil: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ryland: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trent: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	486	↑1	2
2	Emma	454	↓1	1
3	Ava	439	–	3
4	Charlotte	409	–	7
5	Abigail	383	↑1	8
6	Sophia	373	↓1	4
7	Isabella	332	–	5
8	Harper	327	↑2	11
9	Elizabeth	303	–	13
10	Amelia	302	↑5	10
11	Mia	290	–	6
12	Madison	289	↓4	15
13	Emily	245	↓1	9
14	Evelyn	243	–	12
15	Grace	224	↑1	19
16	Sofia	219	↑1	14
17	Ella	218	↑5	17
18	Lillian	216	↑1	28
19	Skylar	204	↑8	42
20	Hannah	203	↑8	33
21	Riley	203	↑14	22
22	Avery	200	↓9	16
23	Caroline	194	↓5	56
24	Chloe	193	↓1	20
25	Layla	190	–	30
26	Aria	188	↑10	23
27	Natalie	186	↓1	31
28	Aubrey	182	↓7	25
29	Savannah	179	↓9	38
30	Eleanor	172	↑7	41
31	Scarlett	172	↓1	18
32	Lily	171	↑6	24
33	Victoria	168	↓2	21
34	Penelope	163	↑8	27
35	Nora	162	↑10	36
36	Zoe	160	↓7	35
37	Addison	153	↓13	29
38	Zoey	152	↓6	26
39	Anna	149	↑2	49
40	Audrey	149	↓1	39
41	Sadie	148	new	60
42	Genesis	145	↓8	58
43	Claire	143	↓3	40
44	Brooklyn	142	new	34
45	Kennedy	140	↓2	59
46	Sarah	139	new	57
47	Madelyn	137	↑2	62
48	Ariana	136	new	54
49	Leah	135	↓1	37
50	Allison	130	↓17	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	571	–	3
2	Noah	521	–	1
3	James	508	↑1	5
4	Liam	482	↓1	2
5	Mason	434	–	4
6	Jacob	429	↑1	7
7	Elijah	407	↑3	9
8	Jackson	407	↓2	17
9	Benjamin	404	–	6
10	Lucas	371	↑4	14
11	Ethan	367	↑1	10
12	Michael	367	↓4	8
13	Alexander	338	↓2	11
14	Aiden	327	↓1	16
15	Matthew	327	↑2	15
16	Daniel	326	↓1	13
17	Gabriel	322	↑6	25
18	Samuel	310	↑2	21
19	Henry	307	↑3	22
20	John	306	↓2	28
21	Oliver	303	↑12	12
22	Joseph	297	↑5	20
23	Carter	291	↑11	26
24	Logan	290	↓8	18
25	David	279	–	19
26	Owen	276	↑14	24
27	Andrew	272	↓3	34
28	Dylan	270	–	32
29	Christopher	269	↓8	36
30	Caleb	266	–	44
31	Luke	265	↓12	29
32	Thomas	263	↑6	48
33	Joshua	259	↓4	35
34	Wyatt	257	↑2	33
35	Grayson	253	↓3	37
36	Isaac	249	↑9	31
37	Charles	239	↑5	52
38	Christian	237	↓1	46
39	Cameron	226	↑4	57
40	Landon	221	↓14	53
41	Jayden	220	↓2	27
42	Connor	218	↑4	54
43	Levi	214	↓8	42
44	Ryan	212	↓3	40
45	Anthony	211	↓14	30
46	Josiah	209	↑2	55
47	Robert	204	new	62
48	Hunter	203	↓1	45
49	Jack	199	–	38
50	Colton	194	↓6	68

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