Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1976

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,469
2	Christopher	1,248
3	Jason	1,089
4	James	1,066
5	David	960
6	John	873
7	William	859
8	Robert	796
9	Brian	710
10	Matthew	593
11	Kevin	512
12	Joseph	466
13	Charles	444
14	Richard	426
15	Thomas	410
16	Daniel	408
16	Timothy	408
18	Eric	385
19	Jonathan	341
20	Steven	338
21	Anthony	326
22	Mark	322
23	Jeffrey	318
24	Jeremy	315
25	Stephen	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	265
27	Andrew	264
28	Joshua	244
29	Kenneth	242
30	Benjamin	238
31	Gregory	228
32	Scott	222
33	Paul	214
34	Ryan	206
35	Aaron	202
36	Sean	177
37	Bryan	174
38	Adam	172
38	Edward	172
40	Donald	169
41	Travis	166
42	George	165
43	Patrick	156
44	Chad	155
45	Keith	152
46	Justin	150
47	Ronald	149
48	Brandon	148
49	Larry	137
50	Gary	134
51	Nathan	132
52	Bradley	129
53	Samuel	122
54	Jamie	120
55	Douglas	117
56	Corey	107
57	Dennis	104
58	Terry	103
59	Phillip	100
60	Rodney	99
61	Jerry	98
61	Todd	98
63	Shannon	96
63	Troy	96
65	Antonio	94
65	Bobby	94
67	Roger	85
68	Raymond	83
69	Derrick	82
70	Tony	81
71	Marcus	79
71	Peter	79
71	Russell	79
74	Billy	77
75	Carl	76
76	Curtis	74
77	Randy	72
78	Andre	69
79	Jesse	68
80	Shane	67
81	Craig	65
81	Philip	65
83	Frank	64
83	Jacob	64
83	Lawrence	64
86	Calvin	62
86	Dwayne	62
86	Gerald	62
86	Ronnie	62
90	Wayne	61
91	Joel	60
92	Alexander	59
92	Darrell	59
92	Derek	59
92	Jeremiah	59
92	Wesley	59
97	Jeffery	58
98	Danny	57
98	Jermaine	57
98	Roy	57