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Baby names in Virginia, 1990s

1990–1999 · 758,016 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Virginia across the 1990s, with 10,933 births in the decade. The state recorded 758,016 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Virginia in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Linwood59
Trequan78
Traquan30
Raquan98
Breon112
Baby580
Taquan71
Raekwon146

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael10,933
#2Christopher10,311
#3Matthew9,140
#4Joshua9,103
#5William8,120
#6James7,701
#7Ashley7,308
#8Jessica7,201
#9John7,139
#10Brandon6,958
#11Jacob6,847
#12Andrew6,689
#13Tyler6,559
#14Sarah6,509
#15Emily6,301
#16Brittany6,263
#17David6,076
#18Taylor6,057
#19Ryan6,014
#20Zachary5,967
#21Joseph5,885
#22Robert5,877
#23Nicholas5,804
#24Daniel5,761
#25Justin5,646

Other decades in Virginia

All Virginia names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org