Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,518
2	Christopher	1,405
3	James	1,114
4	Jason	991
5	Robert	906
6	David	899
6	John	899
8	William	836
9	Brian	684
10	Matthew	575
11	Kevin	515
12	Joseph	473
13	Charles	458
14	Thomas	421
15	Timothy	407
16	Richard	398
17	Daniel	392
18	Eric	375
19	Steven	367
20	Mark	351
21	Jeffrey	344
22	Anthony	332
23	Jonathan	321
24	Stephen	294
25	Gregory	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	253
27	Andrew	251
28	Kenneth	245
29	Shawn	244
30	Paul	223
31	Benjamin	212
32	Joshua	206
33	Jeremy	205
34	Ryan	194
35	Aaron	189
36	Patrick	187
37	Keith	184
38	Donald	174
39	Bryan	173
40	Gary	172
41	Larry	169
42	Ronald	167
43	Chad	161
44	George	160
45	Sean	143
46	Adam	141
46	Rodney	141
48	Edward	140
49	Travis	139
50	Justin	136
51	Bradley	134
52	Samuel	121
53	Nathan	115
53	Raymond	115
55	Todd	113
56	Brandon	111
56	Douglas	111
58	Troy	106
59	Jerry	102
59	Roger	102
61	Dennis	100
61	Phillip	100
63	Tony	98
64	Marcus	94
65	Antonio	93
66	Corey	90
67	Russell	88
68	Terry	87
69	Jamie	85
70	Craig	81
70	Roy	81
72	Shane	80
73	Carl	79
74	Bobby	78
74	Walter	78
76	Frank	77
77	Andre	75
78	Peter	73
79	Darrell	71
79	Shannon	71
81	Randy	69
82	Derrick	66
83	Allen	64
83	Curtis	64
83	Jesse	64
83	Wayne	64
87	Johnny	63
87	Lawrence	63
89	Derek	62
90	Dwayne	60
90	Jermaine	60
90	Joel	60
90	Philip	60
94	Calvin	59
94	Danny	59
96	Bruce	58
96	Ronnie	58
98	Clifton	56
98	Melvin	56
100	Tyrone	55