Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 914 |
| 2 | Matthew | 815 |
| 3 | Michael | 806 |
| 4 | Joshua | 783 |
| 5 | William | 772 |
| 6 | Christopher | 767 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 657 |
| 8 | James | 643 |
| 9 | John | 617 |
| 10 | Austin | 613 |
| 11 | Tyler | 604 |
| 12 | Brandon | 583 |
| 13 | Andrew | 564 |
| 13 | Zachary | 564 |
| 15 | Joseph | 524 |
| 16 | David | 504 |
| 17 | Ryan | 503 |
| 18 | Justin | 497 |
| 19 | Daniel | 483 |
| 20 | Robert | 455 |
| 21 | Alexander | 425 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 398 |
| 23 | Thomas | 387 |
| 24 | Benjamin | 378 |
| 24 | Noah | 378 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 364 |
| 27 | Jordan | 355 |
| 28 | Hunter | 352 |
| 29 | Cameron | 351 |
| 30 | Samuel | 344 |
| 31 | Kyle | 339 |
| 32 | Christian | 318 |
| 33 | Dylan | 310 |
| 33 | Kevin | 310 |
| 35 | Charles | 279 |
| 36 | Ethan | 262 |
| 37 | Aaron | 256 |
| 38 | Nathan | 251 |
| 39 | Caleb | 245 |
| 40 | Brian | 235 |
| 41 | Jason | 229 |
| 42 | Logan | 226 |
| 43 | Timothy | 225 |
| 44 | Eric | 214 |
| 45 | Sean | 209 |
| 46 | Connor | 204 |
| 47 | Cody | 199 |
| 48 | Adam | 191 |
| 49 | Trevor | 189 |
| 50 | Richard | 183 |
| 51 | Nathaniel | 180 |
| 52 | Patrick | 176 |
| 53 | Jared | 168 |
| 54 | Stephen | 166 |
| 55 | Steven | 164 |
| 56 | Elijah | 162 |
| 56 | Isaiah | 162 |
| 58 | Dakota | 151 |
| 59 | Devin | 147 |
| 60 | Corey | 141 |
| 60 | Jack | 141 |
| 62 | Ian | 137 |
| 63 | Jeremy | 136 |
| 64 | Chase | 135 |
| 64 | Evan | 135 |
| 66 | Kenneth | 130 |
| 67 | Mark | 127 |
| 68 | Seth | 125 |
| 69 | Alex | 124 |
| 70 | Malik | 119 |
| 71 | Gabriel | 113 |
| 72 | Bradley | 111 |
| 72 | Luke | 111 |
| 74 | Bryce | 110 |
| 75 | Jesse | 107 |
| 76 | Travis | 106 |
| 77 | Jackson | 104 |
| 78 | Bryan | 103 |
| 79 | Antonio | 102 |
| 79 | Isaac | 102 |
| 81 | Dalton | 100 |
| 82 | Garrett | 99 |
| 83 | Jeffrey | 98 |
| 84 | Gregory | 97 |
| 85 | Shawn | 95 |
| 86 | Brendan | 93 |
| 86 | Jose | 93 |
| 88 | Cole | 92 |
| 88 | Mason | 92 |
| 88 | Paul | 92 |
| 91 | Lucas | 91 |
| 92 | Tanner | 89 |
| 93 | Taylor | 87 |
| 94 | Blake | 86 |
| 95 | Edward | 85 |
| 96 | Jeremiah | 84 |
| 97 | Tristan | 83 |
| 98 | Spencer | 81 |
| 99 | Colin | 79 |
| 99 | Devon | 79 |
| 99 | George | 79 |
| 99 | Marcus | 79 |