Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	899
2	Matthew	844
3	Jacob	841
4	Christopher	814
5	William	764
6	Joshua	760
7	James	687
8	John	682
9	Nicholas	617
10	Tyler	615
11	Zachary	600
12	Andrew	594
13	Brandon	591
14	Austin	577
15	Joseph	540
16	Ryan	527
17	David	526
18	Daniel	504
19	Justin	480
20	Robert	454
21	Jonathan	433
22	Alexander	396
23	Thomas	390
24	Samuel	379
25	Benjamin	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kyle	366
27	Jordan	343
28	Anthony	339
29	Dylan	321
30	Christian	312
31	Hunter	301
32	Kevin	297
33	Aaron	280
34	Charles	262
35	Cody	260
36	Patrick	252
37	Noah	249
38	Nathan	238
38	Timothy	238
40	Brian	232
40	Caleb	232
42	Cameron	219
42	Logan	219
44	Adam	216
45	Eric	210
46	Jason	208
47	Ethan	197
48	Stephen	190
49	Sean	189
50	Richard	185
51	Steven	175
52	Devin	171
53	Connor	167
54	Isaiah	164
55	Trevor	160
56	Dakota	154
56	Travis	154
58	Jared	151
59	Elijah	147
59	Nathaniel	147
61	Malik	142
62	Mark	137
63	Evan	135
63	Paul	135
65	Ian	134
66	Marcus	130
67	Jeremy	127
68	Dustin	123
69	Kenneth	119
70	Antonio	117
70	Chase	117
72	Bradley	116
72	Corey	116
72	Jeffrey	116
75	Jack	112
76	Bryan	110
77	Edward	109
78	Luke	108
78	Seth	108
80	Tristan	107
81	Shawn	102
82	Taylor	101
83	Gregory	100
84	Garrett	97
85	Cole	94
86	Isaac	93
87	George	90
88	Alex	89
88	Jesse	89
90	Jeremiah	87
91	Shane	86
92	Tanner	85
93	Derek	84
94	Bryce	83
94	Mason	83
96	Devon	82
96	Scott	82
98	Spencer	80
99	Gabriel	78
99	Grant	78