Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,962
2	David	1,892
3	Michael	1,814
4	John	1,551
5	Robert	1,528
6	William	1,485
7	Mark	897
8	Charles	871
9	Richard	787
10	Jeffrey	769
11	Thomas	754
12	Timothy	668
13	Kenneth	660
14	Joseph	529
15	Steven	521
16	Gary	514
17	Donald	484
18	Ronald	450
19	Kevin	449
20	Anthony	445
21	George	443
22	Gregory	438
23	Larry	411
24	Christopher	401
25	Paul	376

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ricky	359
27	Edward	351
28	Daniel	334
29	Stephen	315
30	Jerry	309
31	Brian	304
32	Terry	302
33	Keith	295
34	Douglas	292
35	Dennis	284
36	Barry	249
37	Tony	245
38	Roger	236
39	Danny	222
40	Scott	219
41	Jeffery	218
42	Bobby	211
43	Eric	204
44	Wayne	199
45	Curtis	196
45	Randy	196
47	Raymond	195
48	Bruce	193
49	Steve	185
50	Walter	184
51	Darryl	178
52	Frank	175
53	Andrew	171
54	Ronnie	166
55	Mike	165
56	Alan	163
57	Phillip	162
58	Billy	161
58	Carl	161
60	Samuel	156
61	Roy	150
62	Glenn	147
63	Melvin	146
64	Patrick	139
65	Harold	138
65	Johnny	138
67	Allen	134
67	Rodney	134
67	Russell	134
70	Jeff	133
70	Marvin	133
72	Lawrence	129
73	Gerald	127
74	Dale	123
75	Clarence	120
75	Jimmy	120
75	Randall	120
78	Calvin	119
79	Darrell	118
80	Henry	116
81	Willie	115
82	Arthur	114
82	Harry	114
82	Micheal	114
82	Ralph	114
86	Reginald	111
87	Craig	109
87	Ernest	109
87	Jack	109
90	Earl	107
90	Todd	107
92	Stanley	105
93	Victor	104
94	Dwayne	101
95	Bryan	99
95	Chris	99
95	Philip	99
98	Eddie	98
99	Howard	97
100	Peter	96