Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 1,461 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,398 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,131 |
| 4 | Joshua | 1,104 |
| 5 | James | 987 |
| 6 | Justin | 892 |
| 7 | David | 857 |
| 8 | John | 856 |
| 9 | William | 817 |
| 10 | Andrew | 803 |
| 11 | Robert | 785 |
| 12 | Daniel | 751 |
| 13 | Brandon | 731 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 658 |
| 15 | Joseph | 648 |
| 16 | Ryan | 589 |
| 17 | Thomas | 519 |
| 18 | Brian | 508 |
| 19 | Kevin | 495 |
| 20 | Anthony | 449 |
| 21 | Eric | 437 |
| 21 | Timothy | 437 |
| 23 | Charles | 432 |
| 24 | Steven | 410 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 403 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Benjamin | 399 |
| 27 | Zachary | 383 |
| 28 | Richard | 377 |
| 29 | Jason | 375 |
| 30 | Travis | 362 |
| 31 | Adam | 348 |
| 32 | Stephen | 343 |
| 33 | Aaron | 328 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 309 |
| 35 | Kyle | 307 |
| 36 | Sean | 292 |
| 37 | Jacob | 284 |
| 38 | Patrick | 283 |
| 39 | Alexander | 278 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 262 |
| 41 | Jeffrey | 261 |
| 42 | Mark | 246 |
| 43 | Gregory | 217 |
| 43 | Nathan | 217 |
| 43 | Tyler | 217 |
| 46 | Samuel | 215 |
| 47 | Corey | 214 |
| 47 | Dustin | 214 |
| 49 | Bryan | 211 |
| 50 | Paul | 202 |
| 51 | Derek | 179 |
| 52 | Marcus | 170 |
| 53 | Scott | 165 |
| 54 | Cody | 162 |
| 55 | Bradley | 160 |
| 56 | Jesse | 153 |
| 57 | Antonio | 147 |
| 58 | Jordan | 139 |
| 59 | George | 137 |
| 60 | Cory | 136 |
| 61 | Shawn | 135 |
| 62 | Donald | 133 |
| 63 | Ronald | 132 |
| 64 | Edward | 131 |
| 65 | Phillip | 126 |
| 66 | Austin | 125 |
| 67 | Evan | 114 |
| 68 | Jared | 109 |
| 68 | Wesley | 109 |
| 70 | Douglas | 108 |
| 71 | Keith | 107 |
| 72 | Ian | 106 |
| 73 | Nathaniel | 104 |
| 74 | Chad | 103 |
| 75 | Cameron | 101 |
| 75 | Peter | 101 |
| 77 | Philip | 99 |
| 78 | Derrick | 98 |
| 79 | Alex | 94 |
| 79 | Devin | 94 |
| 81 | Larry | 93 |
| 81 | Raymond | 93 |
| 83 | Gary | 92 |
| 84 | Shane | 90 |
| 85 | Taylor | 87 |
| 86 | Seth | 84 |
| 87 | Curtis | 80 |
| 88 | Trevor | 77 |
| 89 | Dennis | 73 |
| 90 | Andre | 71 |
| 90 | Brett | 71 |
| 90 | Casey | 71 |
| 93 | Carl | 68 |
| 93 | Logan | 68 |
| 95 | Alan | 67 |
| 96 | Allen | 66 |
| 96 | Christian | 66 |
| 96 | Craig | 66 |
| 99 | Hunter | 65 |
| 100 | Russell | 62 |
| 100 | Wayne | 62 |