Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,267
2	William	1,820
3	Robert	1,724
4	John	1,661
5	Michael	1,256
6	David	1,106
7	Charles	1,088
8	Larry	1,012
9	Thomas	952
10	Richard	880
11	Gary	673
12	George	631
13	Ronald	625
14	Donald	620
15	Kenneth	542
16	Joseph	512
17	Jerry	447
18	Edward	444
19	Roger	419
20	Dennis	379
21	Stephen	367
22	Paul	339
23	Steven	330
24	Douglas	323
25	Walter	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	276
27	Danny	256
28	Raymond	253
29	Daniel	247
30	Samuel	215
31	Mark	214
32	Roy	211
33	Harold	210
34	Frank	206
35	Bruce	205
36	Ronnie	204
37	Bobby	203
38	Willie	202
39	Henry	200
40	Harry	195
41	Carl	191
42	Arthur	186
43	Clarence	182
44	Melvin	179
45	Lawrence	178
46	Ralph	177
47	Terry	174
48	Barry	166
48	Earl	166
50	Allen	163
51	Calvin	159
52	Gregory	158
53	Johnny	153
54	Ernest	152
54	Howard	152
56	Gerald	146
57	Phillip	143
58	Herbert	142
58	Timothy	142
60	Glenn	139
61	Anthony	137
62	Curtis	132
62	Jack	132
62	Marvin	132
65	Billy	126
66	Alvin	123
67	Albert	122
67	Russell	122
69	Stanley	118
70	Eugene	115
71	Lewis	114
72	Clyde	112
73	Steve	110
74	Andrew	108
75	Frederick	104
75	Lloyd	104
77	Philip	102
78	Jimmy	101
79	Jesse	98
80	Eddie	97
81	Christopher	96
82	Jeffrey	94
82	Norman	94
84	Bernard	93
85	Joe	92
86	Alfred	89
87	Leonard	88
87	Tommy	88
89	Alan	87
90	Warren	85
91	Edwin	84
91	Patrick	84
91	Randall	84
94	Benjamin	83
95	Charlie	82
95	Franklin	82
97	Cecil	80
97	Leroy	80
97	Randolph	80
100	Dale	79
100	Fred	79
100	Louis	79
100	Milton	79
100	Reginald	79