Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,494
2	Christopher	1,403
3	James	1,146
4	David	1,036
5	Jason	958
6	Robert	915
7	John	901
8	William	849
9	Brian	788
10	Kevin	571
11	Matthew	526
12	Thomas	494
13	Charles	465
14	Joseph	456
15	Daniel	439
16	Eric	420
17	Richard	418
18	Mark	407
19	Steven	399
20	Jeffrey	398
21	Timothy	376
22	Anthony	352
23	Jonathan	291
24	Shawn	280
25	Stephen	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	258
27	Scott	253
28	Paul	250
29	Andrew	237
29	Gregory	237
31	Donald	218
32	Jeremy	196
33	Joshua	192
34	Keith	188
34	Ronald	188
36	Edward	183
36	Sean	183
38	George	182
39	Larry	181
40	Aaron	176
41	Patrick	165
42	Bryan	161
43	Chad	156
43	Gary	156
45	Ryan	154
46	Benjamin	152
47	Adam	144
48	Jerry	137
49	Travis	127
50	Douglas	126
51	Rodney	124
52	Samuel	114
53	Nathan	112
54	Todd	105
55	Justin	103
56	Brandon	102
56	Roger	102
58	Dennis	101
59	Bradley	95
60	Antonio	93
60	Marcus	93
62	Terry	92
63	Tony	91
64	Phillip	90
65	Troy	89
66	Walter	88
67	Bobby	87
68	Curtis	82
69	Jamie	81
69	Russell	81
69	Shannon	81
72	Raymond	80
73	Shane	79
74	Carl	78
75	Billy	76
75	Jeffery	76
77	Wayne	75
78	Craig	74
79	Derek	71
80	Randy	70
80	Roy	70
82	Peter	68
83	Corey	67
83	Derrick	67
83	Frank	67
86	Allen	66
87	Philip	65
88	Gerald	63
88	Lawrence	63
88	Ronnie	63
91	Danny	62
91	Henry	62
93	Jermaine	61
94	Johnny	60
94	Micheal	60
96	Barry	58
96	Darrell	58
98	Andre	57
98	Bruce	57
98	Ricky	57