Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,323
2	William	1,210
3	John	984
4	Robert	749
5	Charles	570
6	George	552
7	Thomas	386
8	Joseph	340
9	Edward	312
10	Henry	304
11	Walter	289
12	Frank	265
13	Willie	216
14	Richard	209
15	Clarence	208
16	Harry	206
17	Raymond	184
18	Samuel	176
19	Roy	173
20	Charlie	163
21	Paul	159
22	Ernest	156
23	David	150
23	Howard	150
25	Arthur	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	134
27	Albert	129
28	Ralph	122
29	Lewis	120
30	Carl	119
31	Earl	112
32	Harold	110
33	Fred	109
34	Herman	100
35	Claude	96
36	Andrew	93
37	Joe	92
38	Woodrow	91
39	Willard	90
40	Lawrence	89
41	Jesse	88
41	Russell	88
43	Clyde	86
44	Alfred	85
45	Jack	81
46	Floyd	79
47	Bernard	78
48	Eugene	77
49	Marvin	74
50	Melvin	73
51	Luther	72
52	Cecil	70
53	Edwin	69
53	Louis	69
55	Leonard	67
56	Elmer	65
57	Earnest	64
58	Benjamin	63
59	Lloyd	60
60	Daniel	59
61	Edgar	58
62	Jessie	57
62	Lee	57
64	Aubrey	55
64	Horace	55
64	Wilson	55
67	Linwood	53
68	Milton	51
68	Norman	51
70	Sam	49
71	Ray	48
72	Alvin	47
72	Hugh	47
72	Oscar	47
75	Allen	46
76	Garland	45
76	Harvey	45
78	Douglas	44
78	Leroy	44
80	Clifton	43
80	Everett	43
80	Frederick	43
80	Kenneth	43
84	Francis	42
84	Leon	42
84	Sidney	42
84	Vernon	42
88	Ellis	41
88	Emmett	41
90	Chester	40
90	Curtis	40
90	Nelson	40
93	Hubert	39
93	Lester	39
93	Wilbur	39
96	Donald	37
96	Otis	37
98	Gordon	36
98	Jacob	36
100	Marshall	35
100	Stanley	35
100	Theodore	35