Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,401
2	William	1,314
3	John	1,024
4	Robert	752
5	George	602
6	Charles	567
7	Thomas	400
8	Joseph	340
9	Edward	307
10	Walter	293
11	Henry	273
12	Harry	243
13	Frank	238
14	Willie	233
15	Richard	232
16	Clarence	206
16	Raymond	206
18	Paul	198
19	Samuel	182
20	Charlie	181
21	Roy	168
22	Arthur	165
23	Howard	147
24	Ernest	140
25	Albert	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	130
26	Ralph	130
28	Earl	125
29	Carl	114
30	Claude	111
31	Woodrow	107
32	Fred	106
33	Lewis	105
34	Harold	102
34	Herbert	102
34	Russell	102
37	Herman	100
38	Lawrence	97
39	Elmer	91
40	Louis	86
41	Jesse	85
42	Cecil	82
43	Clyde	81
44	Eugene	79
44	Melvin	79
46	Joe	78
46	Leonard	78
48	Norman	77
49	Floyd	75
50	Alfred	74
51	Daniel	70
52	Jack	69
52	Marvin	69
52	Willard	69
55	Edgar	66
55	Lloyd	66
55	Luther	66
58	Benjamin	65
58	Bernard	65
60	Andrew	64
61	Leroy	63
62	Oscar	60
63	Vernon	59
64	Wilson	58
65	Lee	57
66	Francis	56
67	Everett	54
67	Frederick	54
67	Sam	54
70	Curtis	53
70	Kenneth	53
72	Garland	52
72	Hugh	52
74	Randolph	50
75	Alexander	48
75	Ray	48
77	Clifton	47
78	Otis	46
79	Aubrey	45
80	Hubert	44
80	Marshall	44
82	Lester	43
83	Harvey	40
83	Horace	40
83	Johnnie	40
83	Leslie	40
87	Linwood	39
88	Calvin	38
88	Edwin	38
88	Jessie	38
91	Donald	36
91	Eddie	36
93	Earnest	35
93	Franklin	35
93	Grover	35
93	Leon	35
93	Wilbur	35
98	Carroll	34
98	Moses	34
98	Sidney	34