Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,939
2	Michael	1,861
3	David	1,728
4	John	1,676
5	Robert	1,543
6	William	1,462
7	Mark	1,003
8	Charles	833
9	Richard	825
10	Jeffrey	772
11	Thomas	765
12	Timothy	717
13	Kenneth	661
14	Donald	536
15	Joseph	524
16	Gary	497
17	Steven	478
18	Kevin	466
19	Anthony	455
19	Gregory	455
21	Ronald	439
22	Christopher	426
23	George	399
24	Paul	370
25	Larry	341

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	339
27	Daniel	332
28	Scott	331
29	Brian	328
30	Douglas	322
31	Keith	307
32	Edward	304
33	Tony	286
34	Ricky	282
35	Jerry	270
36	Terry	269
37	Roger	266
38	Barry	265
39	Jeffery	264
40	Dennis	242
41	Bruce	225
42	Randy	217
43	Raymond	204
44	Wayne	202
45	Eric	201
46	Curtis	191
47	Danny	189
48	Walter	183
49	Samuel	181
50	Glenn	175
51	Bobby	172
52	Carl	169
52	Steve	169
54	Russell	163
55	Ronnie	162
56	Troy	161
57	Phillip	158
58	Frank	156
59	Mike	153
60	Andrew	152
61	Darryl	149
62	Todd	145
63	Billy	144
64	Patrick	140
65	Alan	131
65	Melvin	131
65	Randall	131
68	Marvin	130
69	Jeff	128
70	Henry	127
71	Rodney	126
72	Lawrence	125
73	Calvin	124
73	Jonathan	124
75	Vincent	120
76	Allen	119
76	Gerald	119
76	Jimmy	119
76	Roy	119
80	Harold	117
80	Johnny	117
80	Willie	117
83	Dale	109
84	Darrell	107
84	Howard	107
86	Arthur	104
86	Dwayne	104
86	Matthew	104
89	Chris	103
89	Tracy	103
91	Micheal	102
91	Ralph	102
91	Reginald	102
94	Harry	99
95	Bryan	96
96	Craig	95
96	Ernest	95
98	Eugene	92
99	Clarence	90
99	Stanley	90