Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,787
2	Michael	1,622
3	David	1,487
4	Robert	1,486
5	John	1,451
6	William	1,311
7	Richard	792
8	Timothy	769
9	Charles	759
10	Mark	754
11	Jeffrey	714
12	Thomas	706
13	Kenneth	613
14	Kevin	579
15	Christopher	569
16	Joseph	515
17	Steven	472
18	Anthony	456
19	Brian	437
20	Donald	436
21	Gregory	434
22	Paul	418
23	Ronald	408
24	Gary	361
25	Rodney	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	342
26	Stephen	342
28	George	338
29	Edward	321
30	Eric	304
31	Scott	297
32	Keith	272
33	Douglas	253
34	Larry	251
35	Jerry	226
36	Tony	212
37	Ricky	208
38	Roger	202
39	Terry	195
40	Patrick	189
41	Barry	183
42	Jeffery	175
43	Dennis	172
44	Darryl	171
45	Randy	167
46	Carl	166
47	Wayne	162
48	Andrew	161
49	Matthew	160
50	Raymond	157
51	Walter	151
52	Frank	149
53	Curtis	146
53	Troy	146
55	Danny	136
56	Samuel	135
57	Bobby	134
57	Roy	134
59	Glenn	131
59	Ronnie	131
59	Todd	131
62	Billy	130
62	Bruce	130
64	Marvin	124
64	Phillip	124
66	Darrell	121
67	Vincent	117
68	Randall	116
69	Calvin	112
70	Jonathan	109
70	Lawrence	109
72	Craig	108
72	Willie	108
74	Allen	107
74	Dwayne	107
74	Henry	107
77	Russell	106
78	Alan	103
79	Bryan	101
79	Steve	101
81	Reginald	96
82	Howard	94
83	Jimmy	91
83	Peter	91
85	Clarence	90
85	Gerald	90
85	Philip	90
88	Darren	89
89	Melvin	88
90	Chris	87
90	Ernest	87
92	Benjamin	83
92	Harold	83
92	Johnny	83
92	Tracy	83
96	Earl	81
97	Mike	79
97	Ralph	79
99	Harry	76
100	Sean	75