Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,109
2	William	1,012
3	John	886
4	Robert	578
5	George	454
6	Charles	445
7	Joseph	313
8	Thomas	290
9	Edward	264
10	Henry	219
11	Willie	205
12	Walter	196
13	Frank	179
14	Harry	174
15	Richard	173
16	Clarence	153
17	Paul	146
18	Roy	131
19	Raymond	128
20	Samuel	127
21	Charlie	120
22	Arthur	117
23	Howard	111
24	Albert	103
25	David	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	96
27	Ernest	88
28	Lawrence	86
29	Fred	84
29	Lewis	84
31	Claude	82
32	Carl	81
33	Herbert	80
34	Herman	78
35	Woodrow	76
36	Alfred	73
36	Earl	73
38	Russell	72
39	Harold	71
39	Joe	71
41	Andrew	70
41	Clyde	70
43	Jack	66
43	Jesse	66
45	Floyd	65
46	Eugene	61
47	Benjamin	59
48	Louis	57
49	Melvin	55
50	Oscar	53
51	Elmer	52
52	Bernard	49
52	Cecil	49
52	Curtis	49
52	Leroy	49
56	Earnest	48
56	Luther	48
58	Leonard	46
58	Linwood	46
58	Marvin	46
61	Daniel	41
61	Edgar	41
61	Lester	41
64	Hugh	40
64	Milton	40
66	Francis	39
67	Harvey	38
67	Jessie	38
67	Lee	38
70	Ray	36
71	Lloyd	35
72	Norman	34
73	Edwin	32
73	Garland	32
73	Horace	32
73	Wilson	32
77	Randolph	31
78	Allen	30
78	Frederick	30
78	Leon	30
78	Leslie	30
78	Preston	30
78	Theodore	30
84	Clifton	29
84	Clinton	29
84	Nathaniel	29
84	Sam	29
84	Vernon	29
89	Alvin	28
89	Eddie	28
89	Everett	28
89	Isaac	28
89	Otis	28
89	Sidney	28
95	Alexander	27
95	Percy	27
95	Roland	27
95	Stanley	27
99	Garnett	26
99	Gordon	26
99	Guy	26
99	Kenneth	26