Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,603
2	Michael	1,462
3	Matthew	1,085
4	James	1,013
5	David	941
6	Joshua	917
7	John	871
8	William	838
9	Robert	831
10	Daniel	751
11	Jason	743
12	Brandon	717
13	Jonathan	663
14	Justin	660
15	Brian	599
16	Joseph	596
17	Andrew	520
18	Adam	518
19	Ryan	499
20	Charles	446
21	Kevin	444
22	Thomas	429
23	Timothy	402
24	Steven	399
25	Anthony	385

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	370
27	Eric	369
28	Travis	327
29	Benjamin	313
29	Nicholas	313
31	Stephen	307
32	Jeremy	296
33	Aaron	291
34	Mark	275
35	Patrick	264
36	Jeffrey	263
37	Sean	237
38	Kenneth	225
39	Paul	215
40	Bryan	211
41	Gregory	200
42	Jacob	196
43	Nathan	190
44	Marcus	189
45	Dustin	179
46	Kyle	160
47	Zachary	158
48	Edward	153
49	Samuel	152
50	Alexander	145
50	Scott	145
52	Jesse	143
53	George	141
54	Bradley	140
55	Shawn	139
56	Donald	136
57	Derek	135
58	Keith	128
59	Chad	122
59	Corey	122
61	Antonio	121
62	Ronald	109
63	Phillip	107
63	Tyler	107
65	Douglas	101
65	Gary	101
67	Nathaniel	98
68	Derrick	97
69	Larry	94
70	Curtis	92
70	Philip	92
72	Peter	85
72	Wesley	85
74	Ian	81
75	Brett	76
76	Jordan	75
77	Craig	71
78	Jermaine	70
79	Andre	69
79	Frank	69
81	Russell	67
82	Joel	66
83	Dennis	65
84	Carl	63
84	Cory	63
84	Jared	63
84	Seth	63
88	Raymond	62
88	Ricky	62
90	Terry	61
91	Johnathan	60
92	Jamie	58
93	Alan	56
93	Brent	56
93	Evan	56
93	Troy	56
97	Walter	55
98	Allen	54
98	Jerry	54
100	Calvin	53
100	Shaun	53