Popular baby names in Virginia, 2019

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2019 were Ava for girls (461 babies) and Liam for boys (583). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 74,781 babies born in Virginia in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2019

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: 56 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Waverly: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Noor: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Angie: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aniya: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aya: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Emely: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carter: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ainsley: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kori: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Muhammad: 68 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hassan: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mohammad: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sincere: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rhys: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rayan: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Braden: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eliel: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Yusuf: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vihaan: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Ava	461	–	3
2	Charlotte	436	↑2	6
3	Olivia	428	↓1	1
4	Emma	394	↓1	2
5	Sophia	343	–	4
6	Harper	310	↑3	9
7	Amelia	301	–	7
8	Isabella	285	↓2	5
9	Mia	273	↑4	8
10	Evelyn	268	–	10
11	Abigail	260	↓3	11
12	Elizabeth	248	↓1	14
13	Madison	209	↓1	26
14	Ella	206	↑3	13
15	Emily	198	↑1	12
16	Avery	197	↓1	18
17	Scarlett	195	↑12	21
18	Eleanor	189	↓4	27
19	Sofia	180	↑11	17
20	Aria	179	–	20
21	Layla	177	↑3	23
22	Lillian	176	↑5	37
23	Chloe	170	↑10	24
24	Hannah	170	↓3	32
25	Caroline	168	↓7	61
26	Grace	167	↓7	28
27	Riley	162	↑1	30
28	Luna	161	↑7	16
29	Natalie	161	↑14	41
30	Nora	159	↓5	29
31	Aubrey	158	↑6	46
32	Penelope	157	–	22
33	Willow	155	new	45
34	Zoe	155	↓3	38
35	Genesis	150	↓9	58
36	Zoey	145	↑10	31
37	Lily	144	↓1	34
38	Camila	141	–	15
39	Naomi	140	↑9	59
40	Mila	138	↓18	19
41	Lucy	131	↑4	48
42	Skylar	130	↓19	56
43	Hazel	129	↑4	33
44	Addison	127	↓3	47
45	Victoria	127	↓11	25
46	Audrey	126	↓6	49
47	Aurora	126	new	39
48	Kinsley	123	new	74
49	Stella	122	↓7	40
50	Bella	121	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	583	↑1	1
2	William	518	↓1	4
3	Noah	514	–	2
4	James	431	–	6
5	Lucas	387	↑1	8
6	Elijah	380	↑2	5
7	Oliver	358	↑4	3
8	Jackson	345	↑4	17
9	Benjamin	333	↓2	7
10	Henry	319	↑6	13
11	Ethan	299	↑4	11
12	Alexander	294	↓7	10
13	Mason	292	↓3	9
14	John	288	↑3	28
15	Logan	282	↓2	16
16	Carter	273	↑15	30
17	Levi	271	↑15	25
18	Jacob	270	↓9	12
19	Joseph	263	↑2	24
20	Owen	259	↑5	21
21	Theodore	259	↑18	36
22	Aiden	258	↑2	20
23	Daniel	256	↓3	15
24	Michael	253	↓10	14
25	David	249	↑1	27
26	Wyatt	248	↓8	29
27	Grayson	247	↓4	33
28	Luke	241	↓6	32
29	Dylan	240	↓1	39
30	Samuel	236	↓11	22
31	Matthew	234	↓1	23
32	Gabriel	216	↓5	37
33	Caleb	214	↓4	51
34	Christopher	212	–	44
35	Jack	208	↑10	19
36	Thomas	207	↓3	47
37	Isaac	206	↑1	34
38	Andrew	203	↑11	46
39	Charles	202	↓3	52
40	Asher	186	–	43
41	Lincoln	185	new	41
42	Jayden	184	↑4	35
43	Colton	180	new	59
44	Jaxon	178	↓3	42
45	Joshua	178	↓10	48
46	Ryan	178	↓4	54
47	Sebastian	177	↓10	18
48	Josiah	173	↑2	45
49	Ezra	172	new	49
50	Nolan	172	new	65

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