Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	461
2	William	381
3	John	342
4	Robert	228
5	George	198
6	Charles	159
7	Thomas	129
8	Edward	109
9	Joseph	108
10	Willie	105
11	Henry	95
12	Frank	75
13	Charlie	72
13	Walter	72
15	Clarence	68
16	Richard	64
17	Harry	60
18	Raymond	58
19	Roy	55
20	Albert	54
21	Samuel	51
22	Paul	49
23	Arthur	48
24	Howard	47
25	Ernest	41

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	37
27	Herman	35
28	David	34
29	Jack	33
29	Ralph	33
31	Lewis	31
32	Norman	30
33	Herbert	29
33	Theodore	29
35	Russell	28
36	Cecil	26
37	Leonard	25
38	Alfred	24
38	Eddie	24
38	Jessie	24
41	Benjamin	23
41	Carl	23
41	Floyd	23
41	Luther	23
45	Claude	22
45	Daniel	22
45	Louis	22
48	Earl	21
48	Eugene	21
48	Lawrence	21
48	Lee	21
48	Leroy	21
48	Linwood	21
48	Sam	21
55	Harold	20
55	Joe	20
55	Percy	20
58	Allen	19
58	Elmer	19
58	Milton	19
61	Clyde	18
62	Alexander	17
62	Bernard	17
62	Jesse	17
62	Oscar	17
66	Andrew	16
66	Emmett	16
66	Everett	16
66	Harvey	16
66	Johnnie	16
66	Lester	16
66	Tom	16
73	Aubrey	15
73	Edwin	15
73	Melvin	15
73	Otis	15
73	Ray	15
78	Edgar	14
78	Homer	14
78	Horace	14
81	Ben	13
81	Curtis	13
81	Earnest	13
81	Vernon	13
85	Clifton	12
85	Hubert	12
85	Leslie	12
85	Lloyd	12
85	Moses	12
85	Rufus	12
91	Francis	11
91	Hugh	11
91	Johnny	11
91	Kenneth	11
91	Sidney	11
91	Wallace	11
97	Archie	10
97	Booker	10
97	Clifford	10
97	Gordon	10
97	Leon	10
97	Oliver	10
97	Wilbur	10
97	Willis	10