Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	506
2	William	494
3	John	370
4	Robert	226
5	George	209
6	Charles	183
7	Joseph	113
8	Thomas	104
9	Willie	102
10	Henry	96
11	Edward	94
12	Walter	92
13	Richard	86
14	Charlie	83
15	Frank	82
16	Clarence	77
17	Harry	69
18	Raymond	65
19	Samuel	62
20	Fred	59
21	Arthur	55
21	Howard	55
23	Roy	54
24	Ralph	50
25	Ernest	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	47
27	Albert	42
27	Paul	42
29	Herman	39
30	Herbert	38
31	Earl	36
32	Floyd	35
32	Joe	35
32	Lewis	35
35	Carl	33
36	Russell	32
37	Eugene	29
38	Lawrence	28
39	Jack	27
40	Benjamin	26
41	Andrew	25
41	Bernard	25
41	Harold	25
44	Claude	24
45	Curtis	23
45	Jesse	23
45	Louis	23
48	Alfred	22
48	Edgar	22
48	Lee	22
48	Luther	22
52	Oscar	21
52	Vernon	21
54	Allen	20
54	Clifton	20
54	Francis	20
54	Leroy	20
54	Lloyd	20
54	Melvin	20
54	Milton	20
61	Jessie	19
61	Sam	19
63	Harvey	18
63	Marvin	18
63	Percy	18
63	Ray	18
67	Leonard	17
68	Cecil	16
68	Rufus	16
70	Daniel	15
70	Elmer	15
70	Nathaniel	15
73	Clifford	14
73	Douglas	14
73	Jacob	14
73	Johnnie	14
73	Kenneth	14
73	Stanley	14
79	Bennie	13
79	Clyde	13
79	Emmett	13
79	Frederick	13
79	Horace	13
79	Leon	13
79	Theodore	13
79	Tom	13
87	Alexander	12
87	Aubrey	12
87	Earnest	12
87	Irvin	12
87	Lester	12
87	Loyd	12
87	Moses	12
87	Oliver	12
87	Wilbur	12
96	Abraham	11
96	Archie	11
96	Buster	11
96	Eddie	11
96	Franklin	11
96	Hugh	11
96	Linwood	11
96	Nelson	11
96	Ollie	11
96	Wilbert	11