Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 2005

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	746
2	Jacob	733
3	Michael	666
4	Joshua	632
5	Matthew	568
6	Ethan	567
7	Christopher	563
8	Andrew	551
9	Ryan	524
10	James	509
11	Alexander	500
12	John	487
13	Joseph	480
14	Daniel	464
15	Tyler	452
16	Nicholas	449
17	David	441
18	Benjamin	416
19	Christian	412
20	Anthony	389
21	Samuel	381
22	Noah	380
23	Nathan	371
24	Jonathan	368
25	Zachary	364

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	359
27	Caleb	334
28	Elijah	325
29	Brandon	317
30	Justin	316
31	Jackson	314
31	Logan	314
33	Thomas	312
34	Kevin	303
35	Gabriel	291
36	Robert	290
37	Austin	281
37	Cameron	281
39	Evan	274
40	Luke	260
41	Jason	259
42	Connor	258
43	Aidan	254
44	Hunter	253
45	Jack	251
46	Isaiah	250
47	Charles	240
47	Mason	240
49	Aiden	237
50	Jordan	228
51	Jayden	220
52	Ian	211
53	Nathaniel	205
54	Owen	201
55	Aaron	200
55	Lucas	200
57	Gavin	199
58	Landon	198
59	Adam	195
60	Brian	189
61	Sean	171
62	Carter	167
62	Eric	167
64	Chase	158
64	Jose	158
66	Kyle	150
67	Steven	149
68	Jeremiah	146
69	Colin	144
69	Timothy	144
71	Isaac	143
72	Bryan	141
72	Liam	141
74	Hayden	140
75	Richard	133
76	Xavier	132
77	Angel	129
78	Patrick	127
79	Cole	123
80	Antonio	122
80	Blake	122
80	Devin	122
80	Wyatt	122
84	Brayden	121
85	Jaden	120
86	Seth	119
87	Trevor	118
88	Henry	117
89	Tristan	111
90	Dominic	110
91	Carlos	109
92	Alex	108
93	Ashton	106
94	Parker	105
95	Riley	103
96	Cody	102
96	Kenneth	102
98	Carson	96
98	Juan	96
98	Malachi	96