Last year, the Commonwealth of Virginia — which is home to more than 8.7 million people — welcomed roughly 95,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records.
Here are Virginia’s top 15 girl names and top 15 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
- Charlotte
- Emma
- Olivia*
- Sophia
- Amelia
- Evelyn
- Ava
- Isabella
- Elizabeth
- Mia
- Eleanor
- Harper
- Sofia
- Luna
- Abigail
*In the news release, Olivia was spelled “Oliva.” I’m assuming this was a typo.
Boy names
- Liam
- Noah
- James
- Oliver
- William
- Lucas
- Henry
- Theodore
- Benjamin
- Levi
- Elijah
- Luke
- John
- Michael
- Gabriel
The most popular baby names within specific ethnic/racial groups were…
| Top girl names | Top boy names | |
| White | 1. Charlotte 2. Olivia 3. Emma 4. Amelia 5. Sophia | 1. James 2. William 3. Oliver 4. Henry 5. Liam |
| Black | 1. Ava 2. Naomi 3. Nova 4. Serenity 5. Autumn | 1. Noah 2. Amir 3. Josiah 4. Elijah 5. Legend |
| Hispanic | 1. Mia 2. Camila* 3. Genesis* 4. Isabella 5. Sofia | 1. Liam 2. Mateo 3. Dylan 4. Thiago 5. Lucas |
| Asian | 1. Olivia 2. Ava 3. Sophia 4. Sophie 5. Charlotte | 1. Noah 2. Lucas 3. Muhammad 4. Ethan 5. Alexander |
*In the news release, Camila and Genesis were spelled “Camilla” and “Genisis.” I’m assuming these were typos as well.
(According to the most recent CDC data, from 2021, 54.3% of Virginia’s babies were born to non-Hispanic White mothers, 20.0% to Black mothers, 15.7% to Hispanic mothers, and 7.3% to Asian mothers.)
Finally, here’s a link to Virginia’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources:
- Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records Announces Top Baby Names of 2023
- Births: Final Data for 2021 [PDF], National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 72, no. 1, 31 Jan. 2023.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Virginia (public domain)



