Popular baby names in Virginia, 2023

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (438 babies) and Liam for boys (576). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 70,462 babies born in Virginia in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 2023

Names given at least 15 times in Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ayzal: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Yusra: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Virginia: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zoya: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Laurel: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aya: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nyomi: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zahra: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Noor: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nala: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Mohammad: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ayaan: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zain: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alden: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nasir: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ibrahim: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ahmed: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Musa: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Keith: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ronan: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	438	–	3
2	Olivia	392	–	1
3	Emma	326	–	2
4	Sophia	320	↑2	5
5	Amelia	293	–	4
6	Ava	267	↓2	8
7	Evelyn	257	↑2	9
8	Isabella	250	–	7
9	Mia	243	↑4	6
10	Elizabeth	233	–	15
11	Eleanor	224	↑1	14
12	Harper	217	↓5	11
13	Abigail	196	↑1	31
14	Sofia	196	↑4	12
15	Hazel	193	↑6	18
16	Luna	187	↓5	10
17	Lily	177	–	20
18	Eliana	172	↑17	34
19	Chloe	171	↑5	26
20	Nora	166	↓1	24
21	Scarlett	161	↓6	17
22	Madison	157	↑9	37
23	Emily	156	↓7	19
24	Aurora	152	↑15	22
25	Isla	152	↑13	33
26	Avery	150	↓6	29
27	Hannah	149	↑6	48
28	Gianna	147	↑22	21
29	Naomi	147	↓2	44
30	Violet	147	↓2	16
31	Zoe	147	↓9	36
32	Layla	146	↓7	30
33	Willow	145	↑4	41
34	Genesis	142	new	57
35	Ella	140	↑1	32
36	Lucy	140	↑12	40
37	Camila	138	↑5	13
38	Penelope	136	↓9	23
39	Aria	135	↓7	25
40	Lillian	135	↓10	55
41	Riley	133	↓18	43
42	Grace	127	↓8	39
43	Ellie	125	↓3	27
44	Caroline	124	–	83
45	Nova	122	↓19	35
46	Mila	120	↓3	28
47	Ivy	115	new	38
48	Natalie	114	new	63
49	Josephine	111	new	64
50	Sadie	109	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	576	–	1
2	Noah	502	–	2
3	James	414	–	4
4	Oliver	388	–	3
5	William	371	–	10
6	Lucas	366	↑4	9
7	Henry	345	↓1	8
8	Theodore	341	↓1	7
9	Benjamin	283	↑2	11
10	Elijah	277	↓2	5
11	Levi	262	↓2	12
12	Luke	241	↑17	31
13	John	238	–	26
14	Michael	229	↑2	16
15	Owen	228	↓3	20
16	Gabriel	226	↑4	38
17	Jackson	221	–	28
18	Asher	217	↓4	23
19	Ezra	213	↑21	15
20	Miles	213	↑28	43
21	Ethan	211	↓3	24
22	Jacob	211	↑6	35
23	Mateo	210	↑3	6
24	Alexander	207	↓9	22
25	Daniel	205	↓2	17
26	Jack	205	↓7	14
27	Thomas	201	↓2	41
28	Samuel	198	↑2	19
29	Isaac	197	↑10	42
30	Leo	197	↑7	18
31	Mason	197	↓9	30
32	David	193	↑6	27
33	Dylan	189	↑1	34
34	Logan	185	↓1	39
35	Hudson	184	↑1	21
36	Aiden	181	↓5	40
37	Luca	176	↓2	25
38	Charles	175	↓6	54
39	Joseph	173	↓18	29
40	Matthew	171	↑5	32
41	Sebastian	171	↑3	13
42	Carter	166	↓1	48
43	Wyatt	164	↓16	47
44	Caleb	162	↓2	51
45	Grayson	162	↓21	44
46	Elias	161	new	36
47	Cooper	158	new	52
48	Maverick	155	↓5	37
49	Christopher	152	new	55
50	Nathan	152	new	59

← Virginia 2022 Virginia: all years · US 2023 Virginia 2024 →