Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,385
2	Christopher	1,280
3	Jason	1,193
4	James	1,084
5	Robert	888
6	David	860
7	John	835
8	William	819
9	Brian	682
10	Matthew	648
11	Kevin	555
12	Joseph	553
13	Timothy	507
14	Daniel	472
15	Joshua	442
16	Charles	436
17	Thomas	428
18	Jonathan	401
19	Steven	376
20	Richard	368
21	Eric	354
22	Mark	350
23	Andrew	344
24	Anthony	328
25	Jeremy	308

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ryan	308
27	Jeffrey	286
28	Stephen	276
29	Paul	266
30	Justin	255
31	Adam	253
31	Benjamin	253
33	Nicholas	243
34	Kenneth	236
35	Gregory	231
36	Shawn	216
37	Scott	209
38	Aaron	204
39	Brandon	200
40	Bryan	189
41	Nathan	186
42	Patrick	179
43	George	169
44	Shaun	163
45	Travis	161
46	Donald	153
47	Larry	152
48	Ronald	147
49	Edward	146
50	Chad	140
51	Samuel	136
52	Gary	129
53	Sean	126
54	Keith	125
55	Douglas	123
56	Bradley	122
57	Phillip	112
58	Corey	107
59	Jesse	104
60	Antonio	101
60	Derrick	101
62	Marcus	99
63	Wesley	96
64	Philip	95
65	Derek	94
65	Jerry	94
67	Raymond	93
68	Peter	84
69	Troy	83
70	Dennis	82
70	Jacob	82
72	Todd	81
73	Nathaniel	79
74	Shane	76
74	Shannon	76
76	Russell	75
77	Terry	74
78	Zachary	73
79	Dwayne	72
80	Ricky	71
81	Roger	70
82	Craig	67
82	Jamie	67
82	Randy	67
82	Rodney	67
86	Bobby	64
87	Carl	62
88	Curtis	58
88	Darrell	58
88	Tony	58
91	Calvin	57
91	Frank	57
91	Jeffery	57
91	Jeremiah	57
91	Ronnie	57
96	Andre	56
96	Billy	56
98	Jermaine	55
98	Walter	55
100	Cory	53
100	Maurice	53
100	Micheal	53
100	Roy	53