Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,510
2	Michael	1,454
3	James	1,045
4	Matthew	1,042
5	Joshua	922
6	David	897
7	Brandon	884
8	William	869
9	Robert	838
10	John	815
11	Andrew	786
12	Daniel	760
13	Justin	674
14	Jonathan	662
15	Joseph	630
16	Ryan	568
17	Jason	526
18	Kevin	525
19	Brian	518
20	Thomas	473
21	Timothy	431
22	Eric	406
23	Anthony	405
24	Richard	395
25	Charles	391

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	380
27	Adam	376
28	Benjamin	359
29	Jeremy	353
30	Nicholas	340
31	Stephen	332
32	Kyle	303
33	Jeffrey	302
34	Travis	294
35	Mark	279
36	Zachary	278
37	Patrick	268
38	Aaron	259
39	Sean	248
40	Dustin	233
41	Jacob	230
41	Kenneth	230
43	Bryan	225
44	Alexander	219
45	Paul	216
46	Gregory	196
47	Shawn	191
48	Nathan	190
49	Samuel	186
50	Jesse	177
51	Derek	170
52	Scott	165
53	Marcus	158
54	Antonio	151
54	Phillip	151
56	Corey	145
57	Edward	138
58	Donald	135
59	Tyler	134
60	Bradley	127
60	Keith	127
62	George	122
63	Ronald	120
64	Chad	114
65	Jordan	113
66	Peter	111
67	Derrick	110
68	Nathaniel	102
69	Cory	100
69	Douglas	100
71	Philip	99
72	Jared	95
73	Evan	94
74	Shane	93
75	Ian	91
76	Wesley	87
77	Larry	85
78	Alex	82
78	Curtis	82
78	Gary	82
81	Raymond	77
82	Austin	71
83	Brett	70
84	Dennis	69
84	Joel	69
86	Calvin	65
86	Cody	65
88	Russell	64
89	Ricky	63
90	Andre	61
90	Terry	61
92	Carl	60
93	Allen	58
93	Blake	58
93	Maurice	58
93	Tony	58
97	Cameron	57
97	Roger	57
99	Casey	56
99	Craig	56
99	Troy	56