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Baby names in Virginia, 2000s

2000–2009 · 789,960 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Virginia across the 2000s, with 7,214 births in the decade. The state recorded 789,960 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Virginia in the 2000s

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
Breon59
De22
Nyasia219
Virginia502
Tyquan104
Keiry61
Tyasia89
Iyana184

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1William7,214
#2Jacob7,167
#3Michael6,540
#4Joshua6,232
#5Christopher5,948
#6Matthew5,709
#7Emily5,487
#8Madison5,450
#9James5,319
#10Ethan5,311
#11John5,238
#12Andrew5,204
#13Ryan5,106
#14Joseph4,728
#15Hannah4,666
#16Alexander4,566
#17Emma4,547
#18Nicholas4,479
#19Tyler4,461
#20Daniel4,444
#21Abigail4,352
#22Jordan4,290
#23David4,182
#24Noah3,964
#24Sarah3,964

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