Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,533
2	Christopher	1,493
3	Joshua	1,188
4	Matthew	1,132
5	James	997
6	William	914
7	David	884
8	Robert	864
9	John	807
10	Andrew	804
11	Justin	801
12	Daniel	728
13	Brandon	698
14	Joseph	645
15	Ryan	626
16	Jonathan	578
17	Kevin	562
18	Nicholas	502
19	Thomas	486
20	Timothy	459
21	Brian	456
22	Benjamin	454
23	Zachary	444
24	Charles	418
25	Anthony	412

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	401
27	Steven	389
28	Travis	378
29	Aaron	366
30	Stephen	342
31	Adam	339
32	Alexander	336
33	Kyle	334
34	Richard	333
35	Jacob	317
36	Jason	315
36	Jeremy	315
38	Jeffrey	295
39	Sean	287
40	Patrick	285
41	Tyler	265
42	Samuel	259
43	Mark	256
44	Dustin	252
45	Kenneth	243
46	Nathan	229
47	Gregory	220
48	Bryan	211
48	Corey	211
50	Paul	197
51	Derek	193
52	Cody	190
53	Marcus	180
54	Jesse	160
55	Jordan	158
56	Antonio	157
57	Scott	152
58	Austin	151
58	Bradley	151
60	Cameron	147
60	Edward	147
62	Cory	143
63	Phillip	137
63	Shawn	137
65	Donald	130
66	George	128
67	Ian	125
68	Jared	120
69	Ronald	117
70	Chad	110
71	Keith	108
72	Nathaniel	107
73	Wesley	106
74	Peter	104
74	Philip	104
76	Evan	101
77	Alex	100
77	Shane	100
79	Derrick	94
80	Curtis	90
80	Douglas	90
82	Christian	89
83	Devin	87
84	Taylor	84
84	Trevor	84
86	Ethan	83
87	Raymond	82
87	Seth	82
89	Carl	81
90	Johnathan	80
90	Logan	80
92	Allen	79
92	Caleb	79
94	Casey	78
94	Dennis	78
96	Dominique	75
97	Gary	73
98	Alan	69
99	Brett	68
100	Russell	67