Name Legacy

Baby names in Virginia, 2010s

2010–2019 · 777,293 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Virginia across the 2010s, with 5,733 births in the decade. The state recorded 777,293 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Virginia in the 2010s

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
Virginia506
Zymir66
Marwa82
Eldana40
Soliana36
Jefferson260
Subhan34
Taha66

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1William5,733
#2Noah4,936
#3Liam4,914
#4Olivia4,804
#5Emma4,739
#6James4,575
#7Ava4,307
#8Mason4,299
#9Jacob4,222
#10Sophia4,209
#11Elijah4,048
#12Jackson3,960
#13Michael3,846
#14Ethan3,798
#15Alexander3,733
#16Benjamin3,685
#17Abigail3,680
#17Isabella3,680
#19Charlotte3,580
#20Logan3,483
#21Aiden3,468
#22John3,336
#23Lucas3,322
#24Matthew3,197
#25Daniel3,141

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