Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,562
2	Michael	1,462
3	Matthew	1,130
4	Joshua	1,069
5	James	1,060
6	David	920
7	John	862
8	Brandon	857
9	Robert	852
10	William	844
11	Daniel	768
12	Justin	685
13	Jason	668
14	Andrew	662
15	Joseph	648
16	Jonathan	639
17	Brian	569
18	Ryan	549
19	Thomas	448
20	Timothy	426
21	Eric	418
22	Kevin	413
23	Steven	412
24	Charles	393
25	Adam	390

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	385
27	Richard	364
28	Nicholas	355
29	Benjamin	351
30	Stephen	331
31	Jeffrey	312
32	Travis	309
33	Mark	308
34	Jeremy	275
35	Patrick	273
36	Sean	269
37	Kyle	267
38	Aaron	260
39	Kenneth	255
40	Zachary	251
41	Bryan	226
42	Gregory	221
43	Paul	203
44	Marcus	202
45	Jacob	200
46	Dustin	197
47	Nathan	196
48	Shawn	190
49	Samuel	173
50	Alexander	168
51	Edward	163
52	Scott	156
53	Donald	144
54	Tyler	141
55	Jesse	135
56	Derek	133
57	Corey	131
58	Antonio	122
58	Bradley	122
60	Ronald	120
61	George	115
62	Keith	114
63	Phillip	110
64	Chad	107
65	Jordan	103
66	Larry	100
67	Derrick	98
68	Jared	97
69	Cory	93
69	Peter	93
71	Philip	91
72	Ian	90
73	Curtis	89
73	Douglas	89
75	Nathaniel	88
76	Wesley	87
77	Gary	84
78	Raymond	79
79	Joel	77
80	Carl	74
81	Andre	72
81	Brett	72
83	Craig	71
84	Evan	70
85	Brent	68
86	Devin	67
86	Erik	67
88	Cody	66
88	Todd	66
90	Johnathan	65
90	Shane	65
90	Shaun	65
93	Rodney	63
93	Seth	63
95	Bobby	62
95	Russell	62
97	Adrian	61
98	Tony	60
98	Vincent	60
100	Jeremiah	59