Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,234
2	William	1,879
3	Robert	1,790
4	Michael	1,695
5	John	1,660
6	David	1,544
7	Charles	1,116
8	Richard	1,058
9	Thomas	931
10	Larry	815
11	Gary	759
12	Donald	664
13	Ronald	646
14	George	601
15	Joseph	576
16	Kenneth	529
17	Jerry	479
18	Steven	469
19	Stephen	429
20	Edward	422
21	Dennis	420
22	Paul	404
23	Roger	372
24	Mark	360
25	Daniel	328

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	297
27	Raymond	274
28	Danny	265
29	Gregory	249
30	Walter	238
31	Wayne	232
32	Frank	223
32	Samuel	223
34	Carl	218
35	Terry	216
36	Ronnie	211
37	Anthony	210
38	Bruce	205
38	Lawrence	205
38	Roy	205
41	Timothy	204
42	Harold	202
43	Bobby	187
43	Jeffrey	187
45	Melvin	185
46	Ralph	181
47	Howard	177
48	Henry	175
49	Clarence	170
50	Ernest	169
51	Willie	164
52	Johnny	162
53	Calvin	161
53	Ricky	161
55	Earl	159
55	Gerald	159
57	Russell	156
58	Keith	155
59	Billy	153
60	Arthur	151
61	Allen	148
61	Harry	148
63	Barry	147
63	Curtis	147
65	Eugene	146
65	Glenn	146
67	Rodney	144
68	Marvin	143
68	Phillip	143
68	Stanley	143
71	Herbert	142
72	Randy	136
73	Steve	127
74	Jimmy	122
75	Lewis	118
76	Andrew	116
76	Bernard	116
78	Alan	113
79	Kevin	109
80	Jack	108
80	Philip	108
82	Patrick	107
83	Alfred	102
83	Benjamin	102
85	Albert	101
85	Jesse	101
87	Dale	100
88	Frederick	99
89	Clyde	98
89	Dwight	98
91	Norman	97
91	Randall	97
93	Fred	94
94	Alvin	93
95	Donnie	92
96	Floyd	90
96	Warren	90
98	Ray	88
99	Christopher	87
99	Leon	87