Most Popular Baby Names in Virginia (2025)

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Virginia

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	460	–
2	Emma	341	↑ 2
3	Sophia	319	–
4	Olivia	311	↓ 2
5	Amelia	296	–
6	Isabella	293	–
7	Evelyn	254	↑ 2
8	Eleanor	245	↑ 2
9	Mia	245	↓ 2
10	Ava	244	↓ 2
11	Elizabeth	244	–
12	Eliana	218	↑ 8
13	Ailany	209	↑ 86
14	Sofia	198	↓ 2
15	Lucy	193	↑ 22
16	Aurora	192	–
17	Lily	192	↑ 6
18	Harper	185	↓ 5
19	Violet	185	↓ 1
20	Nora	184	↓ 3
21	Naomi	182	↑ 11
22	Isla	178	↑ 4
23	Chloe	173	↓ 4
24	Hazel	173	↓ 2
25	Abigail	172	↓ 11
26	Penelope	169	↑ 3
27	Zoe	160	↓ 12
28	Madison	158	↑ 7
29	Avery	157	↓ 4
30	Riley	157	↓ 3
31	Josephine	156	↑ 13
32	Ella	154	↑ 2
33	Scarlett	154	↓ 5
34	Layla	147	↑ 2
35	Ivy	146	↓ 4
36	Ellie	144	↑ 4
37	Willow	142	↓ 13
38	Grace	140	↓ 8
39	Lainey	136	–
40	Aria	134	↓ 7
41	Luna	128	↓ 20
42	Emily	127	↓ 1
43	Lillian	127	↑ 4
44	Camila	126	↓ 2
45	Sadie	124	↑ 7
46	Hannah	120	↓ 1
47	Genesis	118	↓ 1
48	Clara	116	↑ 20
49	Adeline	111	↑ 17
50	Madeline	110	↑ 38
51	Sophie	110	↑ 2
52	Claire	109	↑ 10
53	Eloise	108	↑ 5
54	Nova	105	↓ 11
55	Autumn	103	↑ 9
56	Gianna	102	↓ 18
57	Madelyn	100	↓ 6
58	Caroline	99	↓ 4
59	Elena	98	↓ 2
60	Maya	98	↓ 10
61	Natalie	97	↑ 6
62	Melody	95	↑ 29
63	Margaret	94	↑ 12
64	Mila	93	↓ 16
65	Stella	93	↓ 9
66	Leah	91	↓ 7
67	Eden	90	↑ 29
68	Iris	90	↑ 25
69	Vivian	89	new
70	Alice	86	↓ 9
71	Maeve	86	↓ 6
72	Serenity	85	↑ 23
73	Emilia	84	↓ 24
74	Leilani	84	↑ 13
75	Lydia	84	↑ 8
76	Millie	84	new
77	Ruby	84	new
78	Kennedy	83	↑ 1
79	Valentina	83	↓ 3
80	Zoey	83	↓ 7
81	Delilah	82	↓ 3
82	Cora	80	↓ 13
83	Hailey	80	↑ 9
84	Paisley	80	new
85	Victoria	80	↓ 14
86	Audrey	79	↓ 23
87	Kinsley	79	↑ 7
88	Addison	78	↓ 33
89	Eliza	78	new
90	Allison	77	↑ 10
91	Ayla	77	↓ 31
92	Georgia	77	new
93	Margot	76	new
94	Josie	75	new
95	Raelynn	75	↓ 15
96	Cecilia	74	new
97	Elsie	73	new
98	Maria	73	↓ 14
99	Emery	72	new
100	Savannah	72	↓ 30

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	590	–
2	Noah	556	–
3	Theodore	392	↑ 4
4	Oliver	390	↑ 1
5	Henry	372	↑ 1
6	James	368	↓ 3
7	William	358	↓ 3
8	Elijah	314	↑ 1
9	Lucas	311	↓ 1
10	John	277	–
11	Benjamin	267	↑ 1
12	Levi	254	↓ 1
13	Daniel	232	↑ 11
14	Thomas	231	↑ 7
15	Samuel	230	↑ 7
16	Ethan	225	↓ 2
17	Ezra	225	↓ 2
18	Jack	221	↑ 2
19	Owen	217	↑ 6
20	Luke	215	↓ 2
21	Michael	215	↓ 8
22	Mateo	211	↑ 1
23	Charles	205	↑ 9
24	Wyatt	201	↑ 9
25	Elias	200	↑ 4
26	Jackson	194	↓ 9
27	Alexander	193	–
28	Cooper	193	↑ 19
29	Hudson	193	↑ 7
30	Joseph	193	↑ 1
31	Asher	188	↓ 12
32	Matthew	187	↑ 3
33	Carter	180	↑ 4
34	Luca	180	↓ 8
35	Leo	179	↓ 7
36	Mason	175	↑ 2
37	Miles	174	↑ 2
38	Gabriel	173	↓ 4
39	David	165	↑ 3
40	Jacob	162	↓ 10
41	Thiago	160	↑ 10
42	Bennett	158	↑ 16
43	Caleb	155	↓ 2
44	Dylan	155	↓ 28
45	Aiden	153	↓ 5
46	Isaac	153	↓ 2
47	Wesley	153	↑ 12
48	Grayson	151	↓ 2
49	Rowan	150	↑ 1
50	Roman	149	↑ 14
51	Sebastian	149	↑ 3
52	Weston	148	↑ 26
53	Josiah	147	↑ 2
54	Logan	144	↓ 11
55	Waylon	144	↑ 1
56	Nathan	142	↑ 14
57	Christopher	139	↓ 4
58	Walker	138	↑ 33
59	Julian	134	↓ 11
60	Jayden	133	↑ 25
61	Joshua	130	↓ 12
62	Nolan	130	↓ 17
63	Andrew	129	↓ 1
64	Arthur	129	↑ 28
65	Colton	129	↑ 9
66	Maverick	129	↓ 3
67	Anthony	126	↓ 2
68	Silas	124	↓ 7
69	Robert	122	↑ 14
70	Isaiah	119	↑ 11
71	Brooks	118	↑ 22
72	Cameron	116	↓ 20
73	Ryan	116	↑ 3
74	Lincoln	115	↓ 3
75	Micah	115	↓ 9
76	Atlas	114	↑ 14
77	Axel	112	↑ 3
78	Adam	109	↓ 10
79	Adrian	109	–
80	Enzo	108	↓ 11
81	Jonathan	106	↑ 1
82	Everett	105	↓ 25
83	Santiago	105	↓ 6
84	August	104	↓ 24
85	Beau	100	↑ 1
86	Jeremiah	99	↑ 2
87	Aaron	98	↓ 3
88	Ian	98	↓ 13
89	Angel	97	new
90	Ezekiel	97	↓ 3
91	Eithan	96	new
92	George	96	new
93	Jace	96	new
94	Parker	95	↑ 1
95	Callum	94	new
96	Eli	94	↑ 2
97	Kai	93	↓ 30
98	Declan	92	↓ 1
99	Luka	88	new
100	Amir	85	↓ 28

Number-one names in Virginia by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (460)	Liam (590)
2024	Charlotte (437)	Liam (593)
2023	Charlotte (438)	Liam (576)
2022	Charlotte (465)	Liam (633)
2021	Charlotte (458)	Liam (600)
2020	Charlotte (457)	Liam (515)
2019	Ava (461)	Liam (583)
2018	Ava (465)	William (512)
2017	Olivia (474)	Liam (545)
2016	Olivia (486)	William (571)
2015	Emma (467)	William (555)
2014	Emma (541)	William (596)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Virginia

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Virginia by year

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