Popular baby names in Virginia, 2017
The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2017 were Olivia for girls (474 babies) and Liam for boys (545). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,784 babies born in Virginia in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Virginia in 2017
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: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Zainab: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Harmoni: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Emely: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
- Kassidy: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Noor: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Kori: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Lina: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Aya: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Ryleigh: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Boys
- Nasir: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Mohammad: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Langston: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jefferson: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Kareem: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Sincere: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Ahmed: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Rayan: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Jasiah: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Kamari: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2017
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 474 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Ava | 462 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | Emma | 439 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 420 | – | 7 |
| 5 | Isabella | 352 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sophia | 332 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Harper | 315 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 8 | Abigail | 310 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 293 | ↑5 | 9 |
| 10 | Amelia | 292 | – | 8 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 290 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 12 | Madison | 274 | – | 17 |
| 13 | Mia | 268 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 14 | Emily | 250 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 15 | Avery | 216 | ↑7 | 14 |
| 16 | Grace | 215 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 17 | Lillian | 206 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 18 | Riley | 202 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 19 | Ella | 197 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 20 | Hannah | 188 | – | 32 |
| 21 | Sofia | 182 | ↓5 | 15 |
| 22 | Skylar | 179 | ↓3 | 48 |
| 23 | Eleanor | 178 | ↑7 | 36 |
| 24 | Caroline | 177 | ↓1 | 55 |
| 25 | Savannah | 177 | ↑4 | 38 |
| 26 | Aria | 176 | – | 20 |
| 27 | Scarlett | 175 | ↑4 | 18 |
| 28 | Nora | 168 | ↑7 | 29 |
| 29 | Genesis | 167 | ↑13 | 56 |
| 30 | Layla | 164 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 31 | Addison | 163 | ↑6 | 34 |
| 32 | Claire | 163 | ↑11 | 49 |
| 33 | Lily | 162 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 34 | Chloe | 157 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 35 | Aubrey | 154 | ↓7 | 31 |
| 36 | Victoria | 152 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 37 | Penelope | 149 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 38 | Zoe | 147 | ↓2 | 41 |
| 39 | Natalie | 145 | ↓12 | 35 |
| 40 | Kennedy | 143 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 41 | Zoey | 137 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 42 | Camila | 132 | new | 23 |
| 43 | Naomi | 129 | new | 69 |
| 44 | Lucy | 128 | new | 52 |
| 45 | Sadie | 128 | ↓4 | 71 |
| 46 | Anna | 126 | ↓7 | 53 |
| 47 | Samantha | 126 | new | 54 |
| 48 | Bella | 125 | new | 50 |
| 49 | Brooklyn | 125 | ↓5 | 39 |
| 50 | Luna | 125 | new | 37 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 545 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 2 | William | 525 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 3 | Noah | 500 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | James | 473 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Benjamin | 372 | ↑4 | 6 |
| 6 | Lucas | 366 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 7 | Mason | 362 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 8 | Elijah | 359 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 9 | Michael | 344 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 10 | Jackson | 342 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 11 | Alexander | 338 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 12 | Jacob | 332 | ↓6 | 9 |
| 13 | Logan | 327 | ↑11 | 5 |
| 14 | Oliver | 321 | ↑7 | 10 |
| 15 | John | 319 | ↑5 | 27 |
| 16 | Ethan | 309 | ↓5 | 14 |
| 17 | Henry | 309 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 18 | Aiden | 305 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 19 | Wyatt | 303 | ↑15 | 25 |
| 20 | Samuel | 300 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 21 | Carter | 288 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 22 | Matthew | 287 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 23 | Joshua | 285 | ↑10 | 38 |
| 24 | Daniel | 283 | ↓8 | 15 |
| 25 | Grayson | 280 | ↑10 | 34 |
| 26 | Dylan | 278 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 27 | Luke | 274 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 28 | Christopher | 269 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 29 | Caleb | 262 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 30 | Owen | 262 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 31 | Gabriel | 258 | ↓14 | 31 |
| 32 | David | 250 | ↓7 | 22 |
| 33 | Joseph | 250 | ↓11 | 18 |
| 34 | Isaac | 235 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 35 | Charles | 230 | ↑2 | 48 |
| 36 | Levi | 230 | ↑7 | 35 |
| 37 | Anthony | 219 | ↑8 | 33 |
| 38 | Josiah | 219 | ↑8 | 51 |
| 39 | Jayden | 217 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 40 | Ryan | 215 | ↑4 | 44 |
| 41 | Andrew | 210 | ↓14 | 40 |
| 42 | Connor | 209 | – | 56 |
| 43 | Sebastian | 204 | new | 23 |
| 44 | Jack | 203 | ↑5 | 36 |
| 45 | Christian | 200 | ↓7 | 52 |
| 46 | Jaxon | 196 | new | 43 |
| 47 | Thomas | 194 | ↓15 | 49 |
| 48 | Cameron | 190 | ↓9 | 60 |
| 49 | Landon | 188 | ↓9 | 57 |
| 50 | Jonathan | 187 | new | 55 |
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