Name Legacy

Baby names in Virginia

2025 · 70,994 recorded births

Liam was the most common name given in Virginia in 2025, with 590 births. The state recorded 70,994 births across 2,515 distinct names that year.

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Names unique to Virginia in 2025

Given far more often here than nationally last year. Names unique to Virginia across the whole record →

NameBirthsvs national
Heela739×
Brynne639×
Arsh915×
Beauregard539×
Burhan539×
Jhonatan539×
Mckinlee539×
Olga539×
Ottilie539×
Salaar539×

Top 50 names in Virginia, 2025

RankNameBirths
#1Liam590
#2Noah566
#3Charlotte460
#4Theodore392
#5Oliver390
#6Henry372
#7James368
#8William358
#9Emma341
#10Sophia319
#11Elijah314
#12Lucas311
#12Olivia311
#14Amelia296
#15Isabella293
#16John277
#17Benjamin267
#18Evelyn254
#18Levi254
#20Eleanor245
#20Mia245
#22Ava244
#22Elizabeth244
#24Ezra234
#25Daniel232
#26Thomas231
#27Samuel230
#28Ethan225
#29Jack221
#30Eliana218
#31Owen217
#32Luke215
#32Michael215
#34Mateo211
#34Riley211
#36Ailany209
#37Carter206
#38Charles205
#39Wyatt201
#40Elias200
#41Cooper198
#41Sofia198
#43Avery196
#44Jackson194
#45Alexander193
#45Hudson193
#45Joseph193
#45Lucy193
#49Aurora192
#49Lily192

Virginia by decade

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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