Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,133
2	Michael	1,820
3	Robert	1,779
4	David	1,772
5	William	1,735
6	John	1,660
7	Charles	1,040
8	Richard	1,020
9	Thomas	909
10	Larry	735
11	Gary	683
12	Ronald	649
13	Donald	622
14	Kenneth	585
15	Steven	558
16	George	523
17	Mark	520
18	Joseph	519
19	Stephen	440
20	Edward	434
21	Paul	423
22	Dennis	420
23	Jerry	413
24	Roger	355
25	Timothy	340

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	330
27	Daniel	327
28	Douglas	320
29	Jeffrey	316
30	Danny	291
31	Anthony	270
32	Terry	263
33	Bruce	252
34	Raymond	249
35	Wayne	242
36	Ronnie	239
37	Walter	236
38	Carl	235
39	Samuel	231
40	Frank	222
41	Ricky	220
42	Barry	216
43	Keith	207
44	Randy	205
45	Roy	194
46	Bobby	189
47	Lawrence	188
48	Curtis	183
49	Harold	181
50	Russell	178
51	Harry	177
52	Glenn	168
53	Calvin	165
53	Ralph	165
55	Melvin	164
56	Christopher	163
57	Kevin	162
58	Billy	159
59	Howard	158
60	Johnny	157
60	Phillip	157
62	Henry	156
63	Willie	155
64	Earl	146
65	Stanley	145
66	Clarence	144
66	Steve	144
68	Ernest	141
69	Arthur	140
69	Gerald	140
71	Allen	136
72	Marvin	134
73	Alvin	129
74	Jack	127
75	Alan	126
76	Rodney	121
77	Jeffery	120
78	Frederick	118
79	Lewis	116
80	Dale	115
80	Jimmy	115
80	Randall	115
83	Leonard	110
84	Norman	107
85	Tony	104
86	Andrew	103
86	Bernard	103
86	Eddie	103
86	Jerome	103
86	Reginald	103
91	Darrell	101
92	Franklin	100
93	Eugene	99
93	Philip	99
95	Patrick	98
96	Albert	97
97	Scott	96
98	Herbert	95
99	Ray	93
100	Clyde	91