Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,522
2	Michael	1,390
3	Matthew	1,158
4	James	987
5	David	919
6	Jason	880
7	John	861
8	William	842
9	Robert	823
10	Joshua	804
11	Brandon	660
12	Daniel	646
13	Justin	639
14	Joseph	633
15	Jonathan	609
16	Brian	608
17	Andrew	564
18	Adam	456
19	Thomas	449
20	Kevin	410
21	Charles	403
22	Ryan	402
23	Richard	369
24	Steven	355
25	Timothy	353

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	350
27	Anthony	343
28	Stephen	315
29	Travis	308
30	Jeremy	300
31	Benjamin	296
32	Mark	293
33	Jeffrey	283
34	Aaron	282
35	Nicholas	267
36	Patrick	238
37	Kenneth	237
38	Paul	218
39	Gregory	217
40	Sean	210
41	Nathan	207
42	Bryan	190
43	Scott	185
44	Shawn	178
45	Dustin	166
46	Jacob	157
47	Kyle	153
48	Derek	151
48	Jesse	151
50	Zachary	149
51	Bradley	144
51	Marcus	144
53	George	135
54	Donald	132
55	Samuel	131
56	Douglas	129
57	Alexander	124
57	Antonio	124
59	Edward	123
60	Chad	115
61	Corey	113
61	Larry	113
63	Keith	110
64	Peter	108
65	Gary	104
66	Ronald	103
67	Derrick	100
68	Nathaniel	97
69	Philip	96
70	Phillip	90
71	Ian	82
72	Wesley	80
73	Raymond	76
74	Jared	73
75	Jerry	70
76	Russell	69
77	Allen	68
78	Roger	64
78	Shaun	64
80	Carl	63
80	Evan	63
80	Joel	63
83	Alan	61
83	Maurice	61
85	Jeffery	59
85	Jordan	59
85	Ricky	59
88	Cory	58
88	Jeremiah	58
88	Terry	58
91	Brett	57
91	Dennis	57
91	Jermaine	57
94	Calvin	56
94	Jamie	56
94	Walter	56
97	Bobby	55
98	Brent	54
98	Craig	54
98	Troy	54
98	Wayne	54