Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,666
2	Michael	1,635
3	David	1,466
4	John	1,397
5	Robert	1,388
6	William	1,201
7	Mark	748
8	Timothy	724
9	Christopher	710
10	Charles	700
10	Richard	700
12	Jeffrey	651
13	Thomas	626
14	Kevin	571
15	Steven	517
16	Brian	504
17	Kenneth	498
18	Anthony	485
19	Joseph	477
20	Paul	399
21	Gregory	385
22	Ronald	372
23	Stephen	359
24	Donald	344
24	Eric	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	324
26	Rodney	324
28	Daniel	319
29	George	294
30	Scott	290
31	Edward	288
32	Keith	276
33	Tony	227
34	Jerry	215
35	Larry	205
36	Patrick	200
37	Douglas	199
38	Andrew	197
38	Barry	197
40	Terry	189
41	Jeffery	176
42	Matthew	172
42	Raymond	172
44	Dennis	171
45	Roger	167
46	Troy	162
47	Wayne	158
48	Carl	151
49	Todd	150
50	Ricky	147
51	Marvin	143
52	Walter	141
53	Randy	140
54	Craig	134
55	Bobby	131
56	Bruce	126
57	Darryl	123
58	Bryan	121
58	Jonathan	121
60	Curtis	120
61	Samuel	119
62	Darrell	118
63	Tracy	117
64	Russell	116
65	Frank	115
66	Ronnie	112
67	Allen	110
67	Danny	110
69	Billy	107
69	Phillip	107
69	Randall	107
72	Lawrence	103
73	Melvin	97
74	Sean	96
75	Harold	94
76	Howard	93
76	Steve	93
76	Vincent	93
79	Roy	92
80	Alan	90
80	Willie	90
82	Shawn	89
83	Glenn	88
84	Reginald	87
85	Calvin	84
85	Dwayne	84
87	Earl	83
87	Jimmy	83
87	Johnny	83
90	Arthur	80
91	Albert	77
91	Henry	77
91	Peter	77
94	Ernest	75
95	Gerald	74
95	Harry	74
95	Micheal	74
98	Chris	73
98	Eugene	73
100	Dale	70