Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,064
2	Michael	1,922
3	David	1,768
4	William	1,646
5	Robert	1,607
6	John	1,419
7	Charles	962
8	Richard	916
9	Thomas	814
10	Mark	793
11	Kenneth	660
12	Larry	625
13	Donald	620
14	Ronald	576
15	Timothy	571
16	Gary	539
17	Steven	523
18	George	518
19	Ricky	512
20	Joseph	508
21	Jeffrey	422
22	Gregory	397
23	Paul	388
24	Dennis	375
25	Jerry	352

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	351
26	Stephen	351
28	Terry	350
29	Edward	344
30	Daniel	317
31	Douglas	286
32	Ronnie	279
33	Kevin	272
34	Keith	257
35	Wayne	253
36	Randy	230
37	Bruce	224
38	Danny	221
38	Roger	221
40	Raymond	218
41	Bobby	216
42	Christopher	211
43	Carl	207
44	Tony	204
45	Walter	202
46	Barry	200
47	Brian	199
48	Samuel	185
49	Frank	184
50	Billy	179
51	Steve	177
52	Scott	176
53	Curtis	174
54	Calvin	166
54	Harold	166
56	Jeffery	165
57	Lawrence	162
58	Johnny	157
58	Roy	157
60	Ralph	147
61	Dale	144
61	Melvin	144
61	Phillip	144
61	Russell	144
65	Glenn	143
66	Andrew	139
67	Clarence	138
67	Willie	138
69	Howard	137
70	Jimmy	134
71	Mike	131
72	Henry	128
73	Eric	127
74	Allen	126
74	Earl	126
74	Gerald	126
77	Alan	124
77	Harry	124
79	Rodney	120
80	Patrick	118
81	Alvin	117
81	Marvin	117
83	Darrell	112
84	Jack	107
85	Albert	106
85	Ernest	106
85	Stanley	106
88	Clyde	103
89	Eddie	102
89	Randall	102
91	Arthur	101
92	Eugene	97
92	Micheal	97
92	Reginald	97
92	Rickey	97
96	Lewis	96
97	Peter	95
98	Norman	93
99	Joe	90
99	Warren	90