Popular baby names in Virginia, 2020

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2020 were Charlotte for girls (457 babies) and Liam for boys (515). Charlotte ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,802 babies born in Virginia in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2020

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: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Zainab: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marleigh: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kori: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Noor: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Emely: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Yara: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ainsley: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anne: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aurelia: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Rayan: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mohammad: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Musa: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jefferson: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Muhammad: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aarav: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cannon: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ryland: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ibrahim: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Yusuf: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Charlotte	457	↑1	5
2	Olivia	451	↑1	1
3	Ava	395	↓2	3
4	Emma	382	–	2
5	Amelia	327	↑2	6
6	Sophia	313	↓1	4
7	Isabella	288	↑1	7
8	Harper	268	↓2	10
9	Elizabeth	267	↑3	16
10	Evelyn	250	–	9
11	Mia	229	↓2	8
12	Abigail	227	↓1	12
13	Eleanor	217	↑5	22
14	Madison	214	↓1	23
15	Ella	197	↓1	15
16	Layla	190	↑5	24
17	Avery	184	↓1	19
18	Scarlett	178	↓1	21
19	Emily	176	↓4	18
20	Luna	176	↑8	14
21	Zoe	173	↑13	40
22	Lily	172	↑15	35
23	Gianna	165	new	13
24	Aria	164	↓4	27
25	Lillian	164	↓3	46
26	Riley	161	↑1	33
27	Nora	160	↑3	30
28	Caroline	157	↓3	71
29	Chloe	157	↓6	25
30	Sofia	156	↓11	17
31	Grace	153	↓5	28
32	Hannah	152	↓8	39
33	Genesis	149	↑2	62
34	Penelope	146	↓2	26
35	Skylar	139	↑7	64
36	Camila	138	↑2	11
37	Zoey	137	↓1	32
38	Addison	136	↑6	47
39	Naomi	136	–	52
40	Eliana	135	new	53
41	Isla	134	new	44
42	Nova	132	new	38
43	Ellie	130	new	29
44	Violet	129	new	37
45	Natalie	127	↓16	51
46	Aubrey	126	↓15	56
47	Aurora	125	–	36
48	Hazel	124	↓5	31
49	Lucy	124	↓8	50
50	Audrey	122	↓4	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	515	–	1
2	Noah	465	↑1	2
3	William	434	↓1	5
4	James	393	–	6
5	Oliver	369	↑2	3
6	Elijah	335	–	4
7	Henry	327	↑3	9
8	Lucas	326	↓3	8
9	Jackson	322	↓1	17
10	Benjamin	316	↓1	7
11	Mason	316	↑2	11
12	Theodore	281	↑9	23
13	Alexander	280	↓1	10
14	John	280	–	27
15	Ethan	271	↓4	13
16	Levi	268	↑1	18
17	Michael	266	↑7	12
18	Luke	261	↑10	31
19	Jacob	257	↓1	15
20	Owen	244	–	22
21	Gabriel	240	↑11	38
22	Samuel	239	↑8	25
23	Aiden	235	↓1	24
24	Wyatt	235	↑2	29
25	Carter	230	↓9	33
26	Daniel	230	↓3	14
27	Joseph	229	↓8	26
28	Logan	229	↓13	16
29	Thomas	224	↑7	45
30	Charles	221	↑9	46
31	David	221	↓6	28
32	Jack	219	↑3	21
33	Matthew	215	↓2	30
34	Grayson	210	↓7	35
35	Asher	205	↑5	32
36	Josiah	198	↑12	49
37	Christopher	196	↓3	47
38	Caleb	191	↓5	56
39	Isaac	191	↓2	39
40	Mateo	191	new	20
41	Dylan	188	↓12	42
42	Lincoln	186	↓1	40
43	Ezra	182	↑6	44
44	Leo	180	new	36
45	Sebastian	179	↑2	19
46	Jayden	178	↓4	37
47	Isaiah	174	new	51
48	Andrew	172	↓10	52
49	Joshua	164	↓4	53
50	Colton	163	↓7	66

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