Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,647
2	Michael	1,461
3	James	1,114
4	Matthew	1,023
5	Jason	994
6	John	900
7	David	857
8	Robert	842
9	William	841
10	Joshua	722
11	Justin	634
12	Daniel	633
13	Jonathan	627
14	Joseph	624
15	Brian	597
16	Brandon	491
17	Andrew	477
18	Thomas	455
19	Charles	437
20	Ryan	422
21	Adam	417
22	Kevin	415
23	Timothy	412
24	Eric	360
25	Richard	357

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	345
27	Steven	338
28	Jeremy	329
29	Travis	320
30	Jeffrey	310
31	Benjamin	292
32	Stephen	279
33	Mark	271
34	Nicholas	261
35	Paul	251
36	Aaron	250
37	Kenneth	241
38	Patrick	228
39	Gregory	220
40	Nathan	189
41	Jesse	182
41	Sean	182
43	Scott	180
44	Bryan	169
44	Shawn	169
46	Edward	162
47	Jacob	158
48	Donald	151
49	Marcus	150
50	Derek	147
51	George	140
52	Gary	137
53	Samuel	135
54	Keith	133
55	Ronald	131
56	Bradley	126
56	Larry	126
58	Chad	120
58	Dustin	120
60	Zachary	118
61	Phillip	109
62	Douglas	104
62	Nathaniel	104
64	Derrick	103
65	Raymond	98
66	Corey	96
66	Philip	96
68	Antonio	95
68	Roger	95
70	Kyle	89
71	Alexander	88
71	Peter	88
73	Jared	80
74	Wesley	78
75	Shaun	77
76	Curtis	76
77	Bobby	75
77	Jeremiah	75
77	Jerry	75
77	Lawrence	75
81	Andre	74
82	Dennis	72
83	Tony	71
84	Jermaine	70
84	Russell	70
86	Carl	69
87	Jamie	67
88	Brett	66
88	Ian	66
88	Todd	66
91	Jeffery	65
91	Randy	65
91	Wayne	65
94	Frank	64
95	Allen	62
95	Billy	62
97	Lee	61
98	Johnathan	59
99	Terry	58
100	Joel	56