Popular baby names in Virginia, 2021
The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2021 were Charlotte for girls (458 babies) and Liam for boys (600). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 73,684 babies born in Virginia in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Virginia in 2021
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, 4.3× the national rate
- Noor: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Zora: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Angie: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Kimora: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Meredith: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Sevyn: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Waverly: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Felicity: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Kassidy: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Boys
- Mohammad: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Colby: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Muhammad: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jefferson: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Santana: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Rayan: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Aidan: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Nasir: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Yusuf: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Ahmad: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 458 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 444 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Emma | 404 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 4 | Ava | 387 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 5 | Sophia | 330 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 6 | Amelia | 315 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 7 | Isabella | 278 | – | 7 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 251 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 242 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 10 | Mia | 235 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 11 | Harper | 229 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 12 | Eleanor | 220 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 13 | Abigail | 206 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 14 | Avery | 200 | ↑3 | 19 |
| 15 | Gianna | 192 | ↑8 | 13 |
| 16 | Ella | 191 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 17 | Chloe | 179 | ↑12 | 25 |
| 18 | Madison | 177 | ↓4 | 29 |
| 19 | Luna | 176 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 20 | Scarlett | 176 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 21 | Emily | 172 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 22 | Nora | 169 | ↑5 | 27 |
| 23 | Naomi | 166 | ↑16 | 54 |
| 24 | Layla | 165 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 25 | Lily | 165 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 26 | Aria | 159 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 27 | Riley | 159 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 28 | Zoe | 157 | ↓7 | 42 |
| 29 | Hazel | 155 | ↑19 | 28 |
| 30 | Willow | 155 | new | 39 |
| 31 | Isla | 154 | ↑10 | 34 |
| 32 | Grace | 152 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 33 | Penelope | 152 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 34 | Camila | 150 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 35 | Sofia | 150 | ↓5 | 18 |
| 36 | Eliana | 148 | ↑4 | 47 |
| 37 | Hannah | 148 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 38 | Lillian | 148 | ↓13 | 51 |
| 39 | Mila | 148 | new | 26 |
| 40 | Nova | 147 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 41 | Violet | 133 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 42 | Aurora | 132 | ↑5 | 35 |
| 43 | Josephine | 132 | new | 72 |
| 44 | Caroline | 130 | ↓16 | 80 |
| 45 | Zoey | 130 | ↓8 | 38 |
| 46 | Savannah | 127 | new | 67 |
| 47 | Lucy | 125 | ↑2 | 48 |
| 48 | Kinsley | 122 | new | 57 |
| 49 | Natalie | 122 | ↓4 | 56 |
| 50 | Genesis | 120 | ↓17 | 75 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 600 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 514 | – | 2 |
| 3 | James | 423 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | William | 405 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 5 | Oliver | 386 | – | 3 |
| 6 | Elijah | 351 | – | 4 |
| 7 | Henry | 335 | – | 9 |
| 8 | Lucas | 331 | – | 8 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 305 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 10 | Jackson | 303 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 11 | John | 292 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 12 | Theodore | 288 | – | 10 |
| 13 | Mason | 279 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 14 | Levi | 277 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 15 | Owen | 263 | ↑5 | 22 |
| 16 | Alexander | 258 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 17 | Jack | 257 | ↑15 | 11 |
| 18 | Samuel | 251 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 19 | Michael | 247 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 20 | Ethan | 242 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 21 | Aiden | 233 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 22 | Wyatt | 233 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 23 | Gabriel | 230 | ↓2 | 38 |
| 24 | Luke | 227 | ↓6 | 32 |
| 25 | Grayson | 226 | ↑9 | 35 |
| 26 | Joseph | 226 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 27 | Logan | 225 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 28 | Jacob | 217 | ↓9 | 24 |
| 29 | Thomas | 217 | – | 46 |
| 30 | Asher | 216 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 31 | Daniel | 216 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 32 | David | 215 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 33 | Isaac | 211 | ↑6 | 40 |
| 34 | Carter | 209 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 35 | Caleb | 208 | ↑3 | 51 |
| 36 | Matthew | 208 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 37 | Jayden | 204 | ↑9 | 41 |
| 38 | Dylan | 203 | ↑3 | 44 |
| 39 | Christopher | 202 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 40 | Charles | 198 | ↓10 | 50 |
| 41 | Mateo | 193 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 42 | Ezra | 188 | ↑1 | 37 |
| 43 | Hudson | 177 | new | 34 |
| 44 | Josiah | 172 | ↓8 | 49 |
| 45 | Miles | 172 | new | 55 |
| 46 | Sebastian | 170 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 47 | Anthony | 165 | new | 43 |
| 48 | Cameron | 164 | new | 62 |
| 49 | Joshua | 159 | – | 58 |
| 50 | Lincoln | 159 | ↓8 | 45 |
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