Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,429
2	Christopher	1,244
3	Jason	1,200
4	James	1,130
5	David	937
6	Robert	864
7	John	855
8	William	797
9	Matthew	738
10	Brian	656
11	Daniel	507
11	Joseph	507
13	Joshua	506
14	Kevin	477
15	Timothy	458
16	Jeremy	442
17	Jonathan	435
18	Charles	423
19	Richard	396
20	Thomas	390
21	Travis	387
22	Andrew	370
23	Anthony	341
24	Eric	339
25	Adam	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	311
27	Ryan	309
28	Steven	302
29	Stephen	297
30	Justin	293
31	Mark	280
32	Nicholas	273
33	Kenneth	266
34	Benjamin	259
35	Brandon	237
36	Aaron	218
37	Paul	217
38	Scott	210
39	Shawn	204
40	Gregory	194
40	Patrick	194
42	Edward	183
43	Donald	179
44	George	171
45	Keith	170
46	Nathan	168
47	Bryan	147
48	Samuel	144
49	Chad	143
50	Ronald	141
51	Sean	126
52	Jacob	124
52	Shaun	124
54	Gary	121
55	Bradley	119
55	Phillip	119
57	Douglas	115
58	Marcus	113
59	Derek	109
59	Derrick	109
61	Corey	105
61	Larry	105
63	Antonio	101
63	Wesley	101
65	Jerry	98
65	Jesse	98
67	Dennis	94
68	Jamie	89
69	Philip	87
70	Raymond	86
71	Curtis	84
71	Roger	84
73	Nathaniel	82
73	Russell	82
75	Dwayne	80
75	Peter	80
77	Carl	77
77	Zachary	77
79	Bobby	76
80	Troy	75
81	Terry	72
82	Ricky	71
82	Walter	71
84	Jared	69
85	Shannon	68
86	Andre	66
86	Frank	66
88	Marvin	65
88	Shane	65
90	Jeremiah	64
90	Rodney	64
92	Erik	63
93	Jermaine	61
94	Alexander	60
94	Joel	60
94	Kyle	60
97	Allen	58
97	Billy	58
97	Cory	58
97	Lawrence	58
97	Tony	58