Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,191
2	Michael	1,899
3	William	1,868
4	Robert	1,817
5	David	1,656
6	John	1,608
7	Charles	1,066
8	Richard	960
9	Thomas	904
10	Larry	740
11	Mark	695
12	Gary	683
13	Donald	636
14	Ronald	628
15	Kenneth	623
16	Steven	577
17	Joseph	570
18	George	511
19	Stephen	465
20	Edward	411
21	Dennis	409
22	Jerry	402
23	Timothy	397
24	Paul	396
25	Jeffrey	371

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	352
27	Daniel	340
28	Douglas	339
29	Terry	300
30	Anthony	294
31	Wayne	285
32	Randy	269
33	Roger	267
34	Bruce	262
35	Raymond	251
35	Walter	251
37	Ricky	250
38	Keith	247
39	Kevin	227
40	Barry	213
41	Carl	212
41	Danny	212
43	Ronnie	209
44	Samuel	206
45	Roy	192
46	Ralph	190
47	Curtis	185
47	Lawrence	185
49	Brian	181
50	Tony	179
51	Henry	176
52	Harold	175
53	Frank	169
54	Bobby	168
54	Christopher	168
56	Howard	165
57	Phillip	162
58	Melvin	159
59	Calvin	158
60	Billy	157
60	Russell	157
62	Clarence	155
62	Harry	155
64	Arthur	154
65	Glenn	153
66	Johnny	150
67	Willie	147
68	Steve	142
69	Scott	139
70	Stanley	138
71	Marvin	136
72	Allen	135
72	Earl	135
74	Ernest	134
75	Rodney	133
76	Herbert	131
77	Alan	127
78	Gerald	125
78	Patrick	125
80	Reginald	124
81	Dale	123
82	Andrew	120
82	Jeffery	120
84	Darrell	115
85	Alvin	112
85	Eddie	112
87	Randall	110
88	Norman	108
89	Philip	107
90	Lewis	106
91	Jimmy	105
92	Bernard	103
92	Jack	103
92	Micheal	103
92	Warren	103
96	Ray	99
97	Eugene	97
97	Franklin	97
99	Fred	96
99	Peter	96