Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,514
2	Christopher	1,336
3	Jason	1,230
4	James	1,081
5	David	963
6	John	875
7	Robert	840
8	William	833
9	Brian	765
10	Kevin	669
11	Matthew	653
12	Daniel	508
13	Joseph	505
14	Charles	479
15	Thomas	440
16	Timothy	427
17	Eric	381
18	Jeremy	366
19	Richard	363
19	Steven	363
21	Jonathan	354
22	Joshua	348
23	Jeffrey	323
24	Anthony	318
25	Andrew	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	302
27	Benjamin	280
28	Kenneth	272
29	Ryan	267
30	Stephen	263
31	Shawn	254
32	Gregory	249
33	Paul	228
34	Scott	205
35	Adam	194
36	Aaron	190
36	Bryan	190
38	Patrick	187
39	Justin	172
40	Nathan	171
41	Travis	170
42	Corey	162
43	George	160
43	Ronald	160
45	Donald	157
46	Edward	154
47	Brandon	152
48	Sean	147
49	Wesley	145
50	Gary	141
51	Larry	140
52	Samuel	135
53	Keith	133
54	Bradley	129
55	Chad	126
56	Douglas	114
56	Jerry	114
58	Jesse	110
59	Derrick	104
59	Troy	104
61	Raymond	102
61	Todd	102
63	Phillip	96
64	Shannon	93
65	Jacob	90
65	Marcus	90
67	Dennis	88
67	Terry	88
69	Derek	87
70	Dwayne	85
71	Roger	84
72	Antonio	83
73	Jamie	79
73	Rodney	79
75	Peter	78
76	Nicholas	77
76	Tony	77
78	Bobby	76
78	Ricky	76
80	Philip	75
80	Roy	75
82	Jeremiah	73
83	Wayne	71
84	Andre	68
85	Cory	67
86	Jermaine	66
87	Shaun	65
88	Russell	64
89	Darrell	63
90	Jeffery	62
90	Shane	62
90	Walter	62
93	Lawrence	61
94	Billy	60
94	Carl	60
94	Craig	60
97	Curtis	59
97	Damon	59
97	Nathaniel	59
100	Brent	58
100	Randy	58