Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	765
2	Michael	758
3	William	743
4	Joshua	651
5	Ethan	624
6	Matthew	622
7	Christopher	587
8	James	573
9	John	560
10	Andrew	530
11	Nicholas	524
12	Ryan	517
13	Joseph	513
14	Tyler	484
15	Zachary	459
16	David	453
17	Daniel	447
18	Alexander	442
19	Brandon	418
20	Samuel	406
21	Robert	394
22	Justin	387
23	Austin	386
24	Benjamin	384
25	Christian	379

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	378
27	Anthony	374
28	Thomas	366
29	Dylan	354
30	Logan	342
31	Caleb	341
32	Cameron	330
33	Noah	319
34	Kevin	314
35	Hunter	312
36	Jordan	309
37	Elijah	303
38	Nathan	302
39	Gabriel	284
40	Jason	280
41	Charles	263
42	Isaiah	260
43	Kyle	241
44	Jackson	229
45	Adam	223
46	Luke	220
47	Brian	210
48	Sean	208
49	Connor	207
50	Aaron	205
51	Aidan	199
52	Nathaniel	191
53	Jack	183
54	Mason	182
55	Ian	176
56	Patrick	170
57	Evan	166
57	Steven	166
59	Bryan	164
60	Eric	158
60	Timothy	158
62	Gavin	157
63	Cody	146
64	Isaac	145
65	Richard	144
66	Chase	139
67	Jose	138
67	Trevor	138
69	Devin	131
70	Seth	128
70	Xavier	128
72	Jeremiah	124
73	Stephen	121
74	Henry	120
75	Alex	119
75	Bryce	119
77	Lucas	112
77	Mark	112
79	Dakota	108
79	Kenneth	108
81	Antonio	107
82	Jaden	106
83	George	105
84	Cole	103
85	Jared	102
86	Jalen	99
87	Spencer	98
88	Colby	96
88	Dominic	96
90	Garrett	93
90	Jeremy	93
92	Blake	91
92	Shane	91
94	Carlos	89
95	Tristan	88
96	Aiden	87
96	Colin	87
98	Shawn	86
99	Owen	85
100	Hayden	83
100	Kaleb	83