Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,431
2	Christopher	1,291
3	Jason	1,091
4	James	1,031
5	David	983
6	Robert	840
7	John	827
8	William	807
9	Matthew	790
10	Joshua	669
11	Brian	655
12	Joseph	591
13	Jonathan	537
14	Daniel	536
15	Justin	517
16	Kevin	457
17	Timothy	451
18	Charles	445
19	Thomas	438
20	Travis	417
21	Andrew	409
22	Richard	384
23	Jeremy	382
24	Eric	370
25	Ryan	359

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	357
27	Brandon	319
28	Anthony	305
29	Steven	298
30	Jeffrey	291
31	Nicholas	278
32	Benjamin	272
33	Mark	265
34	Stephen	264
35	Paul	251
36	Kenneth	230
37	Aaron	229
38	Patrick	228
39	Nathan	214
40	Gregory	209
41	Shawn	202
42	Scott	201
43	Bryan	166
44	Sean	165
45	Chad	160
46	Donald	153
47	Derek	150
48	Samuel	149
49	Edward	148
50	George	147
51	Bradley	145
52	Keith	143
53	Jesse	136
53	Ronald	136
55	Larry	127
56	Marcus	126
57	Antonio	120
58	Douglas	117
58	Phillip	117
60	Derrick	111
61	Corey	106
62	Jacob	104
62	Shaun	104
64	Dustin	102
64	Wesley	102
66	Curtis	92
66	Gary	92
66	Nathaniel	92
69	Jerry	88
70	Raymond	87
71	Peter	85
72	Carl	84
72	Jamie	84
74	Terry	83
75	Jared	80
76	Bobby	77
76	Russell	77
76	Tony	77
79	Dennis	76
80	Jermaine	73
81	Jeremiah	71
81	Wayne	71
83	Randy	70
84	Erik	69
84	Philip	69
86	Troy	68
87	Craig	66
87	Kyle	66
89	Shane	65
90	Alexander	64
90	Frank	64
92	Ian	63
92	Rodney	63
94	Zachary	62
95	Todd	61
95	Walter	61
97	Roger	59
98	Brent	58
98	Jeffery	58
100	Mario	57