Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,504
2	Christopher	1,410
3	James	1,167
4	Robert	960
5	John	953
6	David	942
7	William	934
8	Brian	870
9	Jason	724
10	Kevin	615
11	Charles	491
11	Matthew	491
13	Richard	459
14	Mark	456
15	Thomas	445
16	Jeffrey	433
17	Joseph	420
18	Daniel	410
19	Timothy	406
20	Eric	403
21	Anthony	371
22	Steven	318
23	Jonathan	302
24	Gregory	294
25	Shawn	289

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	286
27	Scott	267
28	Kenneth	251
29	Paul	248
30	Donald	234
31	Ronald	233
32	George	211
33	Andrew	207
34	Sean	187
35	Gary	186
36	Edward	181
37	Keith	178
38	Patrick	176
39	Jerry	169
40	Chad	162
40	Douglas	162
42	Larry	160
43	Bryan	153
44	Jeremy	147
45	Travis	144
46	Samuel	141
47	Benjamin	138
48	Aaron	137
49	Rodney	135
50	Todd	134
51	Adam	128
52	Ryan	123
53	Roger	122
54	Troy	119
55	Joshua	113
55	Raymond	113
57	Terry	111
58	Bobby	107
58	Craig	107
60	Phillip	104
61	Dennis	101
62	Curtis	98
63	Jamie	94
64	Antonio	93
65	Tony	90
66	Derek	88
67	Jeffery	83
68	Bradley	82
68	Carl	82
68	Russell	82
71	Justin	78
71	Nathan	78
73	Darrell	77
74	Marcus	76
75	Corey	74
75	Philip	74
77	Jermaine	73
78	Derrick	71
78	Frank	71
78	Wayne	71
81	Shannon	70
82	Henry	69
82	Randy	69
84	Calvin	68
84	Jesse	68
86	Brandon	66
86	Danny	66
88	Barry	65
88	Roy	65
90	Billy	64
90	Micheal	64
92	Jimmy	63
92	Melvin	63
92	Ronnie	63
95	Walter	61
96	Allen	60
97	Andre	59
97	Ernest	59
97	Marc	59
100	Christian	58