Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1964

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,985
2	Michael	1,771
3	John	1,723
4	David	1,667
5	Robert	1,594
6	William	1,416
7	Mark	926
8	Richard	899
9	Charles	855
10	Thomas	768
11	Jeffrey	758
12	Timothy	715
13	Kenneth	702
14	Kevin	607
15	Joseph	559
16	Steven	543
17	Donald	468
18	Anthony	466
19	Gregory	446
20	Ronald	441
21	Paul	438
22	Christopher	432
23	Gary	431
24	Brian	384
25	George	379

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	377
27	Stephen	342
28	Daniel	329
29	Douglas	321
30	Scott	319
31	Keith	313
32	Eric	291
33	Larry	277
34	Jerry	270
35	Barry	242
36	Tony	231
37	Terry	227
38	Roger	221
39	Ricky	219
39	Todd	219
41	Patrick	213
41	Wayne	213
43	Dennis	209
44	Randy	205
45	Andrew	190
46	Carl	185
46	Raymond	185
48	Jeffery	178
49	Frank	174
50	Bruce	173
51	Walter	172
52	Darryl	169
53	Danny	164
53	Samuel	164
55	Bobby	153
56	Curtis	152
57	Troy	150
58	Rodney	145
59	Roy	144
60	Ronnie	140
61	Matthew	139
61	Russell	139
63	Lawrence	135
64	Allen	133
65	Alan	132
66	Marvin	131
67	Johnny	127
67	Phillip	127
69	Billy	125
70	Randall	123
71	Glenn	122
72	Ralph	121
73	Vincent	119
74	Darrell	118
74	Steve	118
76	Jimmy	116
76	Melvin	116
78	Willie	113
79	Gerald	112
80	Henry	109
80	Jonathan	109
82	Howard	103
83	Calvin	102
83	Dale	102
83	Harold	102
86	Reginald	100
87	Bryan	99
88	Craig	95
88	Peter	95
90	Dwayne	94
90	Jeff	94
92	Chris	92
93	Frederick	90
94	Mike	89
95	Earl	88
95	Philip	88
97	Franklin	87
98	Arthur	86
99	Harry	85
100	Clarence	83