Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	777
2	William	734
3	John	633
4	Robert	412
5	George	351
6	Charles	292
7	Thomas	232
8	Joseph	216
9	Edward	171
10	Willie	166
11	Henry	153
12	Richard	141
13	Walter	136
14	Harry	125
15	Frank	120
16	Clarence	110
17	Charlie	109
18	Samuel	104
19	Woodrow	101
20	Raymond	99
21	Paul	90
22	Roy	79
23	Howard	78
24	Arthur	76
25	Ernest	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	68
27	David	61
28	Earl	60
28	Herman	60
30	Andrew	59
31	Harold	58
32	Lewis	57
33	Ralph	56
33	Russell	56
35	Carl	55
36	Claude	52
36	Herbert	52
38	Alfred	51
38	Floyd	51
40	Fred	49
40	Jack	49
42	Benjamin	47
42	Eugene	47
44	Joe	46
45	Lawrence	45
46	Jesse	43
47	Louis	39
48	Clyde	37
49	Harvey	36
49	Leonard	36
49	Milton	36
52	Bernard	35
52	Oscar	35
54	Leroy	34
54	Luther	34
54	Marvin	34
54	Melvin	34
58	Daniel	32
59	Emmett	31
59	Lloyd	31
59	Stanley	31
62	Curtis	30
62	Lee	30
62	Lester	30
62	Norman	30
66	Alvin	29
66	Edwin	29
66	Elmer	29
66	Hubert	29
66	Theodore	29
71	Horace	28
71	Ray	28
71	Sam	28
71	Wilson	28
75	Frederick	27
75	Kenneth	27
75	Linwood	27
78	Edgar	26
78	Jessie	26
78	Vernon	26
81	Alexander	25
81	Earnest	25
81	Marshall	25
81	Oliver	25
81	Percy	25
81	Warren	25
87	Cecil	23
87	Chester	23
87	Clifton	23
87	Eddie	23
87	Everett	23
92	Aubrey	22
92	Hugh	22
92	Johnnie	22
92	Otis	22
92	Wilbur	22
97	Homer	21
98	Leslie	20
98	Marion	20
98	Wallace	20