Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,337
2	William	1,925
3	Robert	1,748
4	John	1,603
5	Michael	1,516
6	David	1,374
7	Charles	1,117
8	Richard	995
9	Thomas	920
10	Larry	899
11	Gary	756
12	Donald	680
13	Ronald	658
14	George	602
15	Joseph	557
16	Kenneth	540
17	Edward	449
18	Jerry	442
19	Dennis	421
19	Stephen	421
21	Steven	417
22	Roger	387
23	Paul	351
24	Douglas	307
25	Daniel	302

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	274
27	Danny	271
28	Walter	259
29	Wayne	251
30	Raymond	235
31	Bruce	226
32	Samuel	225
33	Henry	221
34	Harold	219
35	Roy	215
36	Harry	214
37	Ronnie	211
38	Frank	210
39	Gregory	201
40	Willie	200
41	Terry	194
42	Bobby	193
43	Carl	190
44	Timothy	186
45	Lawrence	185
46	Howard	180
47	Melvin	179
48	Clarence	176
48	Ralph	176
50	Earl	174
51	Barry	172
52	Anthony	168
52	Curtis	168
54	Arthur	158
55	Billy	155
55	Gerald	155
57	Glenn	149
58	Allen	147
59	Stanley	145
60	Johnny	144
61	Keith	142
62	Ernest	139
62	Marvin	139
64	Herbert	138
65	Jack	134
66	Jeffrey	131
67	Calvin	129
68	Alvin	121
68	Jimmy	121
70	Lewis	118
71	Albert	116
72	Phillip	115
73	Andrew	111
74	Alan	110
75	Russell	109
76	Fred	108
76	Norman	108
76	Steve	108
79	Eugene	107
80	Randy	105
81	Randolph	103
82	Alfred	102
82	Christopher	102
84	Dale	100
84	Frederick	100
86	Warren	98
87	Jesse	97
87	Leonard	97
89	Charlie	96
90	Benjamin	94
90	Philip	94
92	Clyde	93
92	Randall	93
94	Joe	92
94	Vernon	92
96	Bernard	91
96	Louis	91
96	Milton	91
99	Cecil	90
100	Lloyd	89