Part IV - The Most Popular Baby Names (By Race/Ethnicity) In The State Of Virginia, USA In 2024

Edited by Azizi Powell 

This is Part IV of a four part pancocojams series that provides information about the most popular first names by race/ethnicity for babies who were born in a particular year in the state of Virginia (USA).

These posts are also published to compare the racial/ethnic lists of names that are provided within the specific year that is showcased as well as within the other years that are provided.

* "Ethnicity" in this pancocojams series means people of Hispanic (Latino/Latina) descent. 

This post provides information about the most popular first names by race/ethnicity for babies who were born in the state of Virginia (USA) in 2024.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-most-popular-baby-names-by-race-in.html for Part I of this pancocojams post. That post provides information about the most popular first names by race/ethnicity for babies who were born in the state of Virginia (USA) in 2013.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-most-popular-baby-names-by.html for Part II of this pancocojams series.That post provides information about the most popular first names by race/ethnicity for babies who were born in the state of Virginia (USA) in 2022.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/part-iii-most-popular-baby-names-by.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post provides information about the most popular first names by race/ethnicity for babies who were born in the state of Virginia (USA) in 2023

The content of this post is presented for onomastic, historical, and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the Virginia Department of Health and Office of Vital Records. Thanks also to Nancy’s Baby Names website and all the sources that are cited on that page.
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This pancocojams post quotes all of the data in that Nancy's Baby Names post except for the list of the Virginia’s top 15+ girl names and top 15+ boy names of 2024

Pancocojams visitors are encouraged to click on the link to that page to read that list and are also encouraged to read other posts in that fascinating, informative website that has been publishing posts about names since 2006.

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POPULAR BABY NAMES IN VIRGINIA 2024

https://www.nancy.cc/category/names-popular/usa-rankings/ Nancy's Baby Names, May 22, 2025

"Popular baby names in Virginia, 2024

Last year, the Commonwealth of Virginia welcomed roughly 94,443 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.

[...]

The state also revealed the top names within each of its four largest ethnic groups: White, Black, Hispanic and Asian. (According to the most recent CDC data, 53.1% of Virginia’s babies were born to non-Hispanic White mothers, 19.0% to Black mothers, 17.5% to Hispanic mothers, and 7.4% to Asian mothers.)

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s White babies:

Girl names, White

1. Charlotte

2. Olivia

3. Eleanor

4. Amelia

5. Emma

Boy names, White

1. James

2. William

3. Oliver

4. Henry

5. Theodore

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Black babies:

Girl names, Black

1. Nova

2. Naomi

3. Ava

4. Brielle

5. Zuri 

 

Boy names, Black

1. Noah

2. Amir

3. Josiah

4. Elijah

5. Ezra

These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Hispanic babies:

Girl names, Hispanic  

1. Mia

2. Isabella

3. Sofia

4. Genesis

5. Camila        

Boy names, Hispanic

1. Liam

2. Dylan

3. Matteo

4. Noah

5. Thiago

And these were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Asian babies:

Girl names, Asian

1. Sophia

2. Emma

3. Olivia

4. Chloe

5. Eliana         

Boy names, Asian

1. Noah

2. Muhammad

3. Henry

4. Lucas

5. Ethan

[...].

Sources:

Virginia Department of Health and Office of Vital Records Release Top Baby Names for 2024, Other Interesting Virginia Birth Data"

Births: Final Data for 2023 [PDF], National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 74, no. 1, 18 Mar. 2025.

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