Popular baby names in Virginia, 2018

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2018 were Ava for girls (465 babies) and William for boys (512). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,682 babies born in Virginia in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2018

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: 67 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Waverly: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
India: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryam: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elisabeth: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Saoirse: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurel: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kori: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Emely: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caroline: 200 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Arjun: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yusuf: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mohammad: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Braden: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zain: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keith: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ibrahim: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Anderson: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nasir: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ahmad: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	465	↑1	3
2	Olivia	449	↓1	2
3	Emma	443	–	1
4	Charlotte	428	–	6
5	Sophia	353	↑1	5
6	Isabella	344	↓1	4
7	Amelia	320	↑3	8
8	Abigail	314	–	11
9	Harper	308	↓2	9
10	Evelyn	294	↓1	10
11	Elizabeth	278	–	13
12	Madison	250	–	22
13	Mia	223	–	7
14	Eleanor	219	↑9	32
15	Avery	214	–	16
16	Emily	213	↓2	12
17	Ella	204	↑2	15
18	Caroline	200	↑6	56
19	Grace	198	↓3	24
20	Aria	192	↑6	19
21	Hannah	184	↓1	33
22	Mila	183	new	14
23	Skylar	181	↓1	49
24	Layla	179	↑6	27
25	Nora	171	↑3	30
26	Genesis	168	↑3	57
27	Lillian	166	↓10	34
28	Riley	165	↓10	28
29	Scarlett	163	↓2	20
30	Sofia	163	↓9	17
31	Zoe	163	↑7	40
32	Penelope	159	↑5	26
33	Chloe	158	↑1	25
34	Victoria	155	↑2	21
35	Luna	152	↑15	23
36	Lily	150	↓3	31
37	Aubrey	143	↓2	37
38	Camila	143	↑4	18
39	Claire	143	↓7	50
40	Audrey	141	new	46
41	Addison	140	↓10	35
42	Stella	140	new	38
43	Natalie	139	↓4	39
44	Savannah	139	↓19	45
45	Lucy	138	↓1	51
46	Zoey	138	↓5	29
47	Hazel	136	new	42
48	Naomi	132	↓5	64
49	Anna	130	↓3	54
50	Brooklyn	129	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	512	↑1	3
2	Liam	505	↓1	1
3	Noah	472	–	2
4	James	432	–	4
5	Alexander	369	↑6	11
6	Lucas	369	–	8
7	Benjamin	354	↓2	6
8	Elijah	351	–	7
9	Jacob	340	↑3	13
10	Mason	339	↓3	9
11	Oliver	338	↑3	5
12	Jackson	322	↓2	17
13	Logan	310	–	10
14	Michael	303	↓5	14
15	Ethan	302	↑1	12
16	Henry	301	↑1	16
17	John	296	↓2	26
18	Wyatt	285	↑1	27
19	Samuel	284	↑1	21
20	Daniel	273	↑4	15
21	Joseph	272	↑12	23
22	Luke	271	↑5	30
23	Grayson	270	↑2	32
24	Aiden	269	↓6	19
25	Owen	265	↑5	25
26	David	257	↑6	22
27	Gabriel	253	↑4	35
28	Dylan	250	↓2	31
29	Caleb	249	–	45
30	Matthew	248	↓8	20
31	Carter	242	↓10	24
32	Levi	239	↑4	33
33	Thomas	232	↑14	49
34	Christopher	230	↓6	42
35	Joshua	223	↓12	40
36	Charles	219	↓1	53
37	Sebastian	219	↑6	18
38	Isaac	218	↓4	34
39	Theodore	216	new	44
40	Asher	212	new	47
41	Jaxon	212	↑5	39
42	Ryan	205	↓2	46
43	Connor	203	↓1	58
44	Landon	197	↑5	61
45	Jack	195	↓1	28
46	Jayden	193	↓7	29
47	Anthony	191	↓10	38
48	Christian	191	↓3	54
49	Andrew	188	↓8	43
50	Josiah	188	↓12	52

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