Popular baby names in Virginia, 2022

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2022 were Charlotte for girls (465 babies) and Liam for boys (633). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 73,259 babies born in Virginia in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2022

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: 53 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nori: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aya: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amani: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Waverly: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kayleigh: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zoya: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kassidy: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Noor: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Mohammad: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Musa: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ahmad: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ahmed: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zayd: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ayaan: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Yusuf: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Hamza: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anderson: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ibrahim: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Charlotte	465	–	3
2	Olivia	420	–	1
3	Emma	367	–	2
4	Ava	356	–	7
5	Amelia	335	↑1	4
6	Sophia	302	↓1	5
7	Harper	265	↑4	11
8	Isabella	262	↓1	6
9	Evelyn	259	–	9
10	Elizabeth	256	↓2	15
11	Luna	233	↑8	10
12	Eleanor	231	–	16
13	Mia	229	↓3	8
14	Abigail	195	↓1	24
15	Scarlett	184	↑5	14
16	Emily	183	↑5	17
17	Lily	180	↑8	30
18	Sofia	176	↑17	13
19	Nora	173	↑3	28
20	Avery	172	↓6	26
21	Hazel	170	↑8	27
22	Zoe	168	↑6	38
23	Riley	167	↑4	39
24	Chloe	166	↓7	19
25	Layla	164	↓1	29
26	Nova	164	↑14	32
27	Naomi	162	↓4	46
28	Violet	161	↑13	20
29	Penelope	160	↑4	21
30	Lillian	159	↑8	50
31	Madison	157	↓13	34
32	Aria	154	↓6	23
33	Hannah	153	↑4	47
34	Grace	149	↓2	35
35	Eliana	147	↑1	41
36	Ella	146	↓20	25
37	Willow	144	↓7	37
38	Isla	143	↓7	36
39	Aurora	141	↑3	31
40	Ellie	138	new	33
41	Zoey	131	↑4	45
42	Camila	129	↓8	12
43	Mila	128	↓4	18
44	Caroline	127	–	77
45	Stella	127	new	40
46	Maya	125	new	51
47	Emilia	124	new	44
48	Lucy	123	↓1	48
49	Victoria	121	new	43
50	Gianna	120	↓35	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	633	–	1
2	Noah	498	–	2
3	James	410	–	4
4	Oliver	400	↑1	3
5	William	399	↓1	6
6	Henry	376	↑1	7
7	Theodore	357	↑5	10
8	Elijah	321	↓2	5
9	Levi	303	↑5	12
10	Lucas	301	↓2	8
11	Benjamin	283	↓2	9
12	Owen	269	↑3	18
13	John	268	↓2	26
14	Asher	246	↑16	20
15	Alexander	244	↑1	17
16	Michael	240	↑3	16
17	Jackson	238	↓7	23
18	Ethan	232	↑2	21
19	Jack	231	↓2	15
20	Gabriel	230	↑3	36
21	Joseph	230	↑5	30
22	Mason	229	↓9	24
23	Daniel	225	↑8	14
24	Grayson	215	↑1	37
25	Thomas	214	↑4	45
26	Mateo	213	↑15	11
27	Wyatt	213	↓5	38
28	Jacob	212	–	32
29	Luke	212	↓5	34
30	Samuel	211	↓12	19
31	Aiden	210	↓10	29
32	Charles	210	↑8	50
33	Logan	200	↓6	33
34	Dylan	198	↑4	42
35	Luca	197	new	28
36	Hudson	190	↑7	27
37	Leo	189	new	22
38	David	187	↓6	31
39	Isaac	185	↓6	41
40	Ezra	184	↑2	25
41	Carter	179	↓7	47
42	Caleb	177	↓7	52
43	Maverick	171	new	40
44	Sebastian	171	↑2	13
45	Matthew	170	↓9	39
46	Jayden	164	↓9	46
47	Waylon	163	new	66
48	Miles	156	↓3	56
49	Kai	155	new	59
50	Anthony	152	↓3	44

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