Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,062
2	David	1,732
3	Michael	1,638
4	Robert	1,526
5	John	1,492
6	William	1,477
7	Charles	924
8	Richard	908
9	Mark	891
10	Thomas	813
11	Timothy	707
12	Kenneth	649
13	Larry	576
14	Ronald	559
15	Steven	545
16	Joseph	530
17	Donald	518
18	Ricky	489
19	Gary	483
20	Jeffrey	478
21	George	429
22	Paul	391
23	Gregory	388
24	Anthony	383
25	Dennis	357

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	345
27	Jerry	336
28	Stephen	333
29	Kevin	329
30	Daniel	322
31	Douglas	311
32	Terry	290
33	Wayne	269
34	Keith	265
35	Christopher	258
36	Brian	256
37	Roger	249
38	Raymond	225
39	Tony	222
40	Bruce	218
40	Randy	218
42	Barry	211
43	Steve	206
44	Bobby	205
45	Carl	201
46	Ronnie	200
47	Walter	196
48	Curtis	193
49	Danny	192
50	Eric	189
51	Scott	185
52	Samuel	173
53	Jeffery	163
53	Johnny	163
55	Lawrence	162
56	Roy	158
57	Phillip	154
58	Dale	153
59	Billy	151
59	Harold	151
61	Russell	149
62	Frank	147
63	Rodney	144
64	Darrell	143
64	Henry	143
66	Calvin	142
67	Ralph	140
68	Mike	139
69	Marvin	138
70	Clarence	135
71	Andrew	134
71	Gerald	134
73	Melvin	130
74	Willie	126
75	Glenn	124
75	Jeff	124
75	Randall	124
78	Patrick	123
79	Jimmy	122
80	Rickey	118
81	Allen	115
82	Earl	114
83	Arthur	112
84	Reginald	111
85	Alan	110
86	Howard	109
87	Ernest	107
88	Harry	105
89	Eddie	104
90	Alvin	100
90	Craig	100
90	Frederick	100
93	Stanley	97
93	Tommy	97
95	Fred	96
96	Peter	95
97	Albert	93
98	Lewis	91
99	Micheal	89
100	Joe	88