Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	881
2	William	787
3	John	721
4	Robert	465
5	Charles	353
6	George	351
7	Thomas	257
8	Joseph	225
9	Edward	213
10	Walter	164
11	Willie	162
12	Richard	159
13	Henry	156
14	Clarence	148
15	Frank	135
15	Harry	135
17	Woodrow	125
18	Samuel	120
19	Charlie	110
20	Raymond	106
21	Arthur	102
21	Ernest	102
23	Paul	97
24	Roy	94
25	Howard	93

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	84
27	Albert	81
27	Earl	81
29	Claude	80
30	David	76
31	Ralph	71
32	Russell	70
33	Carl	68
33	Lawrence	68
35	Herman	67
36	Eugene	66
36	Fred	66
36	Harold	66
39	Louis	62
40	Alfred	59
41	Andrew	58
42	Jack	53
42	Jesse	53
42	Melvin	53
45	Floyd	52
46	Benjamin	49
46	Lewis	49
48	Daniel	47
48	Leroy	47
50	Joe	42
50	Lee	42
50	Oscar	42
53	Cecil	40
54	Norman	39
55	Clyde	38
55	Francis	38
57	Bernard	37
57	Leonard	37
57	Wilson	37
60	Elmer	36
60	Sam	36
62	Edgar	35
62	Luther	35
64	Edwin	34
65	Marvin	33
65	Milton	33
65	Rufus	33
68	Linwood	32
68	Percy	32
70	Allen	31
70	Ray	31
72	Vernon	30
73	Everett	29
73	Harvey	29
73	Wilbur	29
76	Curtis	28
76	Earnest	28
76	Horace	28
76	Hugh	28
76	Lloyd	28
81	Frederick	27
81	Stanley	27
83	Theodore	26
84	Alexander	25
84	Guy	25
84	Julian	25
87	Alvin	24
87	Archie	24
87	Irvin	24
87	Lester	24
87	Wallace	24
92	Eddie	23
92	Emmett	23
92	Randolph	23
92	Sidney	23
96	Clifton	22
96	Jessie	22
96	Leon	22
99	Clifford	21
99	Grover	21
99	Isaac	21
99	Leslie	21
99	Oliver	21
99	Willard	21