Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 2000
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 869 |
| 2 | William | 785 |
| 3 | Michael | 777 |
| 4 | Matthew | 739 |
| 5 | Christopher | 735 |
| 6 | Joshua | 728 |
| 7 | John | 638 |
| 8 | Nicholas | 620 |
| 9 | Andrew | 616 |
| 10 | James | 589 |
| 11 | Zachary | 576 |
| 12 | Joseph | 555 |
| 13 | Ryan | 549 |
| 14 | Tyler | 544 |
| 15 | Brandon | 500 |
| 16 | David | 476 |
| 17 | Daniel | 470 |
| 18 | Justin | 443 |
| 19 | Alexander | 438 |
| 20 | Benjamin | 432 |
| 21 | Robert | 422 |
| 22 | Hunter | 405 |
| 23 | Austin | 404 |
| 24 | Noah | 401 |
| 25 | Dylan | 399 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 397 |
| 27 | Christian | 396 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 387 |
| 29 | Cameron | 380 |
| 30 | Ethan | 362 |
| 31 | Jordan | 352 |
| 32 | Samuel | 330 |
| 33 | Anthony | 316 |
| 34 | Kevin | 313 |
| 35 | Nathan | 298 |
| 36 | Kyle | 282 |
| 37 | Caleb | 277 |
| 38 | Brian | 233 |
| 39 | Aaron | 228 |
| 40 | Charles | 227 |
| 41 | Logan | 226 |
| 42 | Eric | 224 |
| 42 | Jason | 224 |
| 44 | Timothy | 222 |
| 45 | Isaiah | 212 |
| 46 | Nathaniel | 205 |
| 47 | Adam | 201 |
| 48 | Elijah | 199 |
| 49 | Sean | 196 |
| 50 | Ian | 190 |
| 51 | Luke | 185 |
| 52 | Connor | 183 |
| 53 | Evan | 180 |
| 54 | Patrick | 177 |
| 55 | Cody | 172 |
| 55 | Seth | 172 |
| 57 | Richard | 171 |
| 57 | Steven | 171 |
| 59 | Jackson | 168 |
| 60 | Trevor | 162 |
| 61 | Mason | 161 |
| 62 | Devin | 159 |
| 63 | Jack | 157 |
| 64 | Gabriel | 155 |
| 65 | Mark | 147 |
| 66 | Jared | 146 |
| 67 | Chase | 141 |
| 68 | Dakota | 140 |
| 69 | Stephen | 138 |
| 70 | Cole | 124 |
| 71 | Kenneth | 122 |
| 72 | Garrett | 121 |
| 73 | Isaac | 116 |
| 74 | Jalen | 115 |
| 75 | Aidan | 113 |
| 75 | Bryan | 113 |
| 77 | Bryce | 112 |
| 78 | Alex | 111 |
| 79 | Shawn | 110 |
| 80 | Travis | 108 |
| 81 | Spencer | 107 |
| 82 | Jose | 105 |
| 83 | Lucas | 103 |
| 84 | Gavin | 101 |
| 84 | Xavier | 101 |
| 86 | Jeffrey | 100 |
| 87 | Blake | 96 |
| 87 | Corey | 96 |
| 89 | Paul | 95 |
| 90 | Antonio | 93 |
| 90 | Jeremy | 93 |
| 92 | Colin | 92 |
| 93 | Dalton | 91 |
| 94 | Jeremiah | 90 |
| 95 | Tanner | 88 |
| 96 | Marcus | 87 |
| 97 | Carlos | 86 |
| 97 | Jesse | 86 |
| 97 | Malik | 86 |
| 100 | Shane | 85 |
| 100 | Tristan | 85 |