Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,634
2	Christopher	1,477
3	James	1,373
4	David	1,155
5	Robert	1,045
6	William	1,004
7	John	997
8	Brian	816
9	Kevin	632
10	Charles	571
11	Jason	528
12	Jeffrey	517
13	Joseph	506
14	Richard	504
15	Thomas	477
16	Timothy	457
17	Mark	451
18	Matthew	437
19	Anthony	415
19	Steven	415
21	Eric	407
22	Daniel	399
23	Scott	338
24	Gregory	328
25	Kenneth	325

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	300
26	Stephen	300
28	Shawn	293
29	Jonathan	267
30	Donald	232
31	Sean	230
32	Andrew	228
33	Edward	223
34	Ronald	222
35	Keith	216
36	George	212
37	Larry	192
38	Gary	190
39	Patrick	179
40	Douglas	166
41	Jerry	163
42	Bryan	158
43	Troy	153
44	Chad	144
45	Aaron	141
46	Dennis	136
47	Todd	135
48	Roger	134
49	Rodney	131
50	Raymond	129
50	Samuel	129
52	Tony	128
53	Travis	120
54	Benjamin	115
54	Ryan	115
56	Jeremy	113
57	Terry	112
58	Craig	106
59	Bobby	105
60	Adam	104
61	Curtis	101
62	Darrell	97
63	Marcus	92
64	Corey	91
64	Jeffery	91
64	Russell	91
67	Carl	90
68	Bradley	85
69	Walter	84
70	Allen	82
70	Wayne	82
72	Phillip	81
72	Tracy	81
74	Roy	79
75	Jamie	78
75	Joshua	78
77	Barry	77
78	Danny	74
79	Ricky	73
80	Brandon	72
80	Peter	72
82	Billy	71
82	Derek	71
84	Shannon	69
85	Frank	68
86	Chris	66
86	Nathan	66
88	Johnny	65
88	Randy	65
90	Henry	64
90	Lawrence	64
92	Frederick	63
92	Micheal	63
94	Jermaine	62
94	Melvin	62
96	Andre	61
96	Antonio	61
96	Justin	61
96	Ronnie	61
100	Bruce	60
100	Dwayne	60
100	Marvin	60
100	Willie	60