Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,836
2	James	1,557
3	Christopher	1,430
4	John	1,254
5	Robert	1,237
6	David	1,188
7	William	1,169
8	Brian	788
9	Kevin	650
10	Charles	613
11	Richard	595
12	Thomas	578
13	Jeffrey	568
14	Mark	545
15	Joseph	502
16	Eric	491
17	Steven	490
18	Timothy	486
19	Jason	473
20	Scott	456
21	Matthew	452
22	Anthony	390
23	Kenneth	382
24	Stephen	359
25	Daniel	356

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	337
27	Gregory	324
28	Donald	288
29	Shawn	272
30	Ronald	265
31	Keith	259
32	Edward	252
32	Jonathan	252
34	George	245
35	Gary	214
36	Larry	210
37	Sean	209
38	Andrew	206
39	Patrick	204
40	Douglas	194
41	Jerry	186
42	Todd	180
43	Rodney	177
44	Bryan	165
45	Samuel	157
46	Aaron	152
46	Troy	152
48	Roger	147
49	Chad	144
49	Craig	144
51	Tony	139
52	Jeffery	136
53	Raymond	133
54	Jeremy	127
54	Terry	127
56	Dennis	124
57	Benjamin	122
58	Corey	121
59	Marcus	119
60	Travis	109
61	Curtis	106
62	Wayne	105
63	Russell	103
63	Walter	103
65	Roy	100
66	Carl	99
66	Lawrence	99
68	Bradley	96
68	Phillip	96
70	Randy	94
71	Bruce	93
72	Adam	91
73	Ronnie	90
74	Bobby	89
74	Randall	89
74	Ryan	89
77	Darrell	87
77	Derek	87
77	Harold	87
80	Frank	86
81	Barry	85
81	Billy	85
83	Gerald	84
84	Shannon	82
85	Danny	81
86	Derrick	79
86	Vincent	79
88	Ricky	78
89	Frederick	77
90	Allen	76
91	Peter	75
92	Antonio	74
93	Melvin	73
94	Wesley	71
95	Alan	68
95	Willie	68
97	Jamie	67
98	Dwayne	66
99	Chris	65
100	Jon	64