Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,834
2	James	1,665
3	David	1,478
4	Robert	1,411
5	John	1,340
6	William	1,201
7	Christopher	832
8	Mark	785
9	Charles	745
10	Richard	740
11	Timothy	674
12	Brian	648
13	Jeffrey	630
14	Thomas	621
15	Kevin	551
16	Kenneth	498
17	Steven	491
18	Joseph	469
19	Anthony	427
20	Gregory	402
21	Paul	390
22	Stephen	355
23	Ronald	353
24	Donald	342
25	Scott	338

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	327
27	Eric	317
28	George	292
29	Edward	281
30	Gary	279
31	Douglas	270
31	Matthew	270
33	Keith	264
34	Patrick	252
34	Rodney	252
36	Larry	218
37	Jerry	216
38	Andrew	207
39	Tony	183
40	Todd	181
41	Roger	178
42	Jonathan	173
43	Troy	171
44	Jeffery	168
45	Terry	163
46	Raymond	160
47	Samuel	148
48	Sean	146
49	Bryan	139
49	Dennis	139
51	Carl	136
52	Wayne	133
53	Barry	131
54	Walter	130
55	Russell	125
56	Darrell	124
56	Ricky	124
56	Shawn	124
59	Craig	122
60	Curtis	114
61	Bobby	111
61	Randy	111
63	Frank	109
64	Jason	108
65	Bruce	106
66	Lawrence	104
67	Danny	99
68	Roy	97
69	Darryl	94
69	Gerald	94
69	Phillip	94
72	Benjamin	93
73	Harold	92
73	Marvin	92
75	Billy	90
76	Allen	89
76	Vincent	89
78	Jimmy	88
78	Ronnie	88
80	Randall	87
81	Tracy	86
82	Howard	79
83	Glenn	76
83	Reginald	76
85	Ernest	73
85	Johnny	73
87	Melvin	72
88	Arthur	70
88	Peter	70
88	Stacy	70
91	Philip	69
92	Alan	68
92	Henry	68
92	Ralph	68
95	Clarence	67
96	Calvin	66
97	Albert	64
97	Antonio	64
97	Darren	64
97	Martin	64