Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,344
2	William	1,832
3	Michael	1,790
4	Robert	1,763
5	John	1,671
6	David	1,653
7	Charles	1,085
8	Richard	1,067
9	Thomas	950
10	Larry	840
11	Gary	779
12	Donald	698
13	Ronald	663
14	Joseph	600
15	Steven	593
16	George	579
17	Kenneth	560
18	Jerry	458
19	Stephen	450
20	Edward	446
21	Dennis	431
22	Paul	409
23	Mark	402
24	Roger	349
25	Daniel	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	280
27	Walter	278
28	Douglas	277
29	Danny	269
30	Terry	263
31	Wayne	260
32	Gregory	255
33	Timothy	251
34	Ricky	247
35	Carl	242
35	Raymond	242
37	Bruce	238
38	Anthony	228
39	Ronnie	226
40	Samuel	214
41	Frank	211
42	Lawrence	207
43	Bobby	205
44	Barry	195
45	Arthur	194
46	Keith	191
47	Clarence	188
48	Randy	180
48	Roy	180
50	Melvin	175
50	Ralph	175
52	Harold	172
53	Gerald	165
53	Johnny	165
55	Curtis	161
55	Henry	161
57	Glenn	160
57	Howard	160
59	Earl	159
59	Harry	159
61	Russell	153
62	Kevin	152
63	Willie	151
64	Calvin	150
64	Stanley	150
66	Billy	143
67	Phillip	142
68	Rodney	138
69	Allen	132
69	Marvin	132
71	Herbert	129
72	Ernest	128
72	Tony	128
74	Jimmy	127
74	Steve	127
76	Albert	125
77	Jack	119
78	Patrick	115
79	Lewis	114
80	Andrew	111
80	Frederick	111
82	Christopher	110
83	Warren	109
84	Alvin	108
85	Alan	107
86	Eugene	106
86	Reginald	106
88	Bernard	104
89	Benjamin	103
89	Eddie	103
91	Philip	99
92	Scott	98
93	Randolph	95
94	Dale	92
94	Randall	92
96	Jesse	89
97	Jeffery	87
97	Jerome	87
97	Lloyd	87
97	Milton	87