Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,409
2	Christopher	1,255
3	Jason	1,092
4	James	1,046
5	David	944
6	Matthew	909
7	John	898
8	Robert	829
9	William	818
10	Joshua	763
11	Joseph	627
12	Jonathan	608
13	Brian	603
14	Justin	566
15	Daniel	532
16	Brandon	494
17	Charles	445
18	Kevin	436
19	Timothy	430
20	Thomas	429
21	Andrew	409
22	Ryan	397
23	Jeremy	389
24	Richard	381
25	Eric	379

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	363
27	Steven	341
28	Benjamin	337
29	Anthony	331
30	Travis	311
31	Stephen	310
32	Jeffrey	286
33	Nicholas	285
34	Mark	277
35	Aaron	268
36	Kenneth	251
37	Paul	240
38	Nathan	226
39	Patrick	225
40	Scott	208
41	Gregory	194
42	Shawn	187
43	Jesse	182
44	Bryan	176
45	Sean	163
46	Edward	160
47	Chad	157
48	Donald	151
49	Samuel	148
50	George	145
51	Ronald	144
52	Larry	141
53	Gary	140
54	Keith	133
55	Marcus	128
56	Jacob	123
57	Derek	120
58	Phillip	117
59	Derrick	115
60	Bradley	114
61	Douglas	113
62	Dustin	108
63	Antonio	105
64	Curtis	98
65	Dennis	95
65	Jeremiah	95
65	Shaun	95
68	Peter	94
69	Corey	92
70	Nathaniel	91
71	Philip	89
72	Jared	81
72	Roger	81
72	Wesley	81
75	Terry	80
75	Todd	80
75	Zachary	80
78	Jerry	78
79	Raymond	77
80	Alexander	71
80	Jermaine	71
82	Billy	70
82	Craig	70
82	Walter	70
85	Ian	69
86	Andre	67
86	Bobby	67
88	Russell	66
89	Allen	64
89	Carl	64
91	Lucas	62
91	Randy	62
91	Troy	62
91	Wayne	62
95	Seth	61
96	Joel	60
96	Maurice	60
98	Erik	59
98	Ricky	59
100	Frank	57
100	Jamie	57