Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,495
2	Michael	1,459
3	Matthew	1,119
4	Joshua	1,032
5	James	1,011
6	David	929
7	Robert	878
8	Justin	863
9	William	857
10	John	829
11	Andrew	814
12	Brandon	801
13	Daniel	729
14	Joseph	633
15	Ryan	628
16	Jonathan	596
17	Thomas	512
18	Brian	511
19	Kevin	494
20	Jason	485
21	Timothy	467
22	Anthony	462
23	Eric	416
24	Charles	395
25	Steven	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	387
27	Richard	381
28	Nicholas	363
29	Adam	352
30	Stephen	348
31	Travis	344
32	Jeremy	334
33	Kyle	319
34	Zachary	301
35	Jeffrey	298
36	Aaron	296
37	Sean	292
38	Patrick	263
39	Bryan	260
40	Mark	239
41	Kenneth	236
42	Alexander	235
42	Jacob	235
44	Dustin	217
44	Gregory	217
46	Derek	214
47	Samuel	205
48	Paul	201
49	Nathan	196
50	Scott	194
51	Jordan	178
52	Corey	173
53	Marcus	172
54	Edward	162
55	Shawn	161
56	Jesse	155
57	Cory	150
58	Tyler	149
59	Phillip	147
60	Bradley	141
60	Ronald	141
62	Donald	122
63	Chad	121
64	Cody	116
65	Keith	115
66	Philip	113
67	Antonio	112
68	Jared	110
69	George	109
70	Nathaniel	105
71	Evan	102
72	Peter	95
73	Douglas	94
73	Ian	94
73	Shane	94
76	Gary	92
77	Wesley	90
78	Alex	88
79	Derrick	86
80	Austin	84
81	Devin	81
81	Seth	81
83	Cameron	80
84	Curtis	74
84	Raymond	74
86	Trevor	71
87	Andre	69
87	Dennis	69
89	Calvin	65
90	Alan	63
90	Allen	63
90	Larry	63
93	Brett	62
93	Craig	62
93	Joel	62
96	Johnathan	61
96	Taylor	61
96	Troy	61
99	Brent	60
99	Casey	60
99	Lawrence	60