Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,840
2	James	1,666
3	David	1,377
3	Robert	1,377
5	William	1,329
6	John	1,298
7	Christopher	1,153
8	Mark	736
9	Charles	731
10	Brian	696
11	Richard	684
12	Kevin	662
13	Jeffrey	658
14	Thomas	638
15	Timothy	574
16	Joseph	539
17	Steven	495
18	Anthony	473
19	Eric	467
20	Kenneth	456
21	Gregory	444
22	Stephen	402
23	Matthew	398
24	Scott	392
25	Paul	369

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	348
27	Daniel	343
28	Ronald	324
29	Edward	306
30	Donald	303
31	Gary	283
32	George	273
33	Douglas	246
34	Jonathan	236
35	Keith	227
36	Larry	225
37	Shawn	217
38	Patrick	213
39	Andrew	203
40	Rodney	189
41	Jerry	187
41	Sean	187
43	Todd	186
44	Dennis	168
45	Bryan	161
46	Troy	158
47	Raymond	156
48	Terry	151
49	Walter	145
50	Tony	142
51	Roger	137
52	Samuel	134
53	Craig	126
54	Russell	119
55	Aaron	118
56	Phillip	116
57	Bobby	114
58	Barry	111
59	Darrell	110
60	Jeffery	109
61	Marcus	107
62	Bradley	106
63	Carl	105
63	Curtis	105
63	Dwayne	105
63	Gerald	105
63	Wayne	105
68	Randy	104
68	Travis	104
70	Marvin	103
71	Randall	101
72	Frank	93
73	Roy	91
74	Billy	90
74	Chris	90
74	Jimmy	90
77	Lawrence	89
78	Calvin	86
79	Benjamin	85
79	Corey	85
81	Ernest	84
82	Bruce	83
82	Vincent	83
84	Ronnie	82
85	Jeremy	81
85	Johnny	81
87	Danny	80
88	Antonio	79
89	Glenn	78
90	Alan	76
91	Henry	75
91	Jon	75
93	Allen	74
93	Harold	74
93	Ricky	74
96	Derek	73
96	Melvin	73
96	Philip	73
99	Peter	72
100	Chad	70
100	Harry	70
100	Marc	70
100	Wesley	70