Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,358
2	William	1,788
3	Robert	1,668
4	John	1,561
5	Charles	1,088
6	Michael	1,055
7	David	992
8	Larry	975
9	Thomas	878
10	Richard	806
11	Ronald	635
12	Gary	632
13	George	604
14	Donald	594
15	Kenneth	536
16	Jerry	506
17	Joseph	485
18	Edward	427
19	Roger	411
20	Stephen	382
21	Dennis	307
22	Paul	303
23	Douglas	265
24	Raymond	259
25	Steven	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	250
26	Wayne	250
28	Walter	248
29	Roy	238
30	Danny	236
31	Harry	218
32	Henry	208
33	Frank	196
34	Samuel	188
35	Gerald	182
36	Clarence	181
37	Carl	180
38	Willie	178
39	Bruce	176
39	Harold	176
39	Lawrence	176
42	Ronnie	175
43	Bobby	171
44	Ralph	165
45	Billy	156
45	Calvin	156
45	Gregory	156
48	Melvin	155
49	Howard	154
50	Johnny	150
51	Earl	148
51	Mark	148
53	Allen	144
53	Terry	144
55	Barry	143
56	Glenn	139
57	Herbert	135
58	Phillip	131
59	Arthur	130
60	Ernest	126
60	Jimmy	126
62	Albert	123
62	Russell	123
64	Curtis	121
64	Jack	121
66	Eugene	116
67	Anthony	111
68	Timothy	108
69	Marvin	105
70	Andrew	103
71	Lewis	101
72	Charlie	99
72	Leonard	99
74	Alfred	98
74	Eddie	98
74	Randolph	98
77	Frederick	96
78	Steve	94
79	Stanley	93
80	Christopher	92
81	Floyd	90
81	Philip	90
81	Randall	90
84	Alvin	89
84	Fred	89
86	Bernard	87
86	Norman	87
88	Donnie	86
88	Vernon	86
90	Jackie	84
91	Leon	83
92	Louis	82
92	Ray	82
92	Tommy	82
95	Jesse	81
96	Clyde	80
97	Herman	79
98	Franklin	78
99	Joe	77
99	Lloyd	77