The most common names of people born in Virginia

Social Security has recorded about 7.6 million births in Virginia since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 5.6 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 40. The most common names among them are Mary for women and James for men.

These are the names of people born in Virginia, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Virginia from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Virginia

Most common names of living women born in Virginia
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	41,000	63
2	Elizabeth	31,000	44
3	Jennifer	30,000	46
4	Sarah	25,000	39
5	Jessica	24,000	38
6	Linda	24,000	71
7	Patricia	23,000	68
8	Ashley	22,000	34
9	Emily	21,000	30
10	Kimberly	20,000	48
11	Barbara	19,000	72
12	Lisa	18,000	56
13	Rebecca	18,000	49
14	Amanda	18,000	40
15	Susan	17,000	63
16	Deborah	17,000	66
17	Angela	16,000	51
18	Brenda	16,000	69
19	Karen	16,000	60
20	Melissa	16,000	48
21	Katherine	16,000	41
22	Stephanie	16,000	44
23	Sandra	15,000	67
24	Michelle	15,000	47
25	Amy	14,000	46
26	Emma	14,000	22
27	Cynthia	14,000	61
28	Donna	14,000	65
29	Olivia	14,000	18
30	Margaret	14,000	57

Men and boys born in Virginia

Most common names of living men born in Virginia
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	James	81,000	53
2	Michael	77,000	47
3	William	71,000	49
4	John	64,000	51
5	Robert	60,000	55
6	David	59,000	51
7	Christopher	52,000	40
8	Charles	36,000	53
9	Matthew	35,000	35
10	Thomas	35,000	49
11	Joseph	35,000	43
12	Daniel	30,000	38
13	Joshua	30,000	31
14	Richard	29,000	57
15	Andrew	26,000	34
16	Kevin	23,000	43
17	Anthony	23,000	39
18	Brian	22,000	45
19	Timothy	22,000	48
20	Jacob	22,000	25
21	Jason	22,000	40
22	Jonathan	21,000	35
23	Ryan	20,000	29
24	Mark	20,000	53
25	Steven	20,000	49
26	Benjamin	19,000	30
27	Brandon	19,000	32
28	Kenneth	19,000	55
29	Justin	18,000	33
30	Samuel	17,000	34

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Virginia, not the national average.

Names more common in Virginia than nationally

Among living people born in Virginia, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Lewis is 2.3× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Virginia than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Lewis	2.3×	2,900	59
2	Clarence	2.3×	3,700	65
3	Wanda	2.2×	6,900	69
4	Virginia	2.1×	9,700	59
5	Herbert	2.1×	2,500	66
6	Franklin	2.1×	3,100	52
7	Mildred	2.0×	2,500	78
8	Melvin	2.0×	4,300	60
9	Patsy	2.0×	2,400	76
10	Earl	1.9×	3,400	65
11	Caroline	1.9×	7,600	26
12	Meredith	1.9×	2,800	36
13	Camden	1.9×	2,400	13
14	Alvin	1.8×	2,700	59
15	Betty	1.8×	12,000	77

The newest Virginia babies

The most popular names for babies born in Virginia in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Virginia
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	460	30
2	Emma	341	20
3	Sophia	319	16
4	Olivia	311	18
5	Amelia	296	16
6	Isabella	293	15
7	Evelyn	254	34
8	Eleanor	245	30
9	Mia	245	15
10	Ava	244	14

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Virginia
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Liam	590	11
2	Noah	556	16
3	Theodore	392	29
4	Oliver	390	13
5	Henry	372	34
6	James	368	54
7	William	358	51
8	Elijah	314	16
9	Lucas	311	18
10	John	277	55

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Virginia with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this