Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,112
2	Michael	1,926
3	William	1,707
4	Robert	1,701
5	David	1,647
6	John	1,536
7	Richard	1,002
8	Charles	997
9	Thomas	833
10	Mark	786
11	Larry	712
12	Gary	625
13	Donald	623
13	Kenneth	623
15	Ronald	594
16	Steven	550
17	Joseph	546
18	George	539
19	Timothy	485
20	Stephen	407
21	Dennis	400
21	Edward	400
23	Jeffrey	377
24	Gregory	365
25	Paul	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	342
27	Daniel	338
28	Douglas	328
29	Anthony	318
30	Terry	297
31	Ricky	294
32	Roger	283
33	Ronnie	270
34	Kevin	264
35	Keith	262
36	Wayne	250
37	Barry	245
37	Danny	245
39	Bruce	234
40	Raymond	233
41	Carl	230
41	Walter	230
43	Randy	223
44	Samuel	219
45	Jeffery	202
46	Bobby	193
47	Lawrence	192
48	Curtis	191
48	Tony	191
50	Frank	186
51	Steve	180
52	Roy	175
53	Billy	174
54	Melvin	172
55	Russell	160
56	Henry	157
57	Brian	156
58	Harold	155
58	Howard	155
60	Phillip	153
60	Ralph	153
62	Johnny	150
63	Calvin	149
64	Marvin	146
65	Eric	145
65	Glenn	145
67	Clarence	142
67	Jimmy	142
69	Christopher	141
70	Rodney	137
71	Alan	135
72	Arthur	134
72	Willie	134
74	Gerald	133
75	Dale	129
75	Stanley	129
77	Earl	128
77	Harry	128
79	Ernest	125
80	Alvin	122
80	Andrew	122
82	Scott	121
83	Randall	120
84	Albert	114
85	Micheal	112
86	Darrell	111
87	Jack	109
88	Eddie	107
89	Herbert	106
89	Peter	106
91	Allen	103
91	Ray	103
91	Reginald	103
91	Warren	103
95	Benjamin	98
95	Mike	98
95	Philip	98
98	Eugene	97
99	Joe	95
99	Patrick	95