Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,527
2	William	1,324
3	John	1,159
4	Robert	794
5	George	633
6	Charles	623
7	Thomas	428
8	Joseph	375
9	Edward	331
10	Walter	307
11	Richard	277
12	Willie	261
13	Henry	249
14	Frank	237
15	Clarence	226
16	Harry	221
17	Samuel	187
18	Paul	181
19	Charlie	176
20	Raymond	161
21	Arthur	156
22	Earl	148
22	Roy	148
24	Fred	147
25	Albert	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	145
27	Ernest	142
28	Herbert	141
29	David	140
30	Lewis	126
31	Ralph	121
32	Lawrence	118
33	Carl	114
33	Harold	114
35	Woodrow	108
36	Alfred	103
37	Eugene	102
37	Jack	102
39	Clyde	98
40	Claude	96
40	Jesse	96
42	Russell	94
43	Louis	87
44	Herman	84
44	Melvin	84
46	Vernon	81
47	Luther	79
48	Joe	78
49	Andrew	77
50	Benjamin	74
50	Leonard	74
52	Elmer	73
53	Bernard	72
54	Floyd	71
54	Marvin	71
56	Cecil	70
56	Jessie	70
58	Leroy	69
59	Daniel	67
60	Kenneth	66
61	Edwin	64
61	Lee	64
61	Lloyd	64
64	Hugh	60
65	Alvin	59
66	Norman	58
67	Curtis	56
67	Everett	56
67	Harvey	56
70	Otis	55
71	Lester	53
72	Edgar	52
72	Francis	52
72	Horace	52
75	Aubrey	51
76	Frederick	50
76	Willard	50
78	Garland	49
78	Milton	49
80	Ray	47
81	Linwood	46
81	Wilson	46
83	Emmett	45
83	Johnnie	45
83	Oscar	45
86	Alexander	44
86	Chester	44
86	Leslie	44
89	Clifton	43
90	Leon	42
90	Sam	42
90	Sidney	42
93	Donald	41
93	Stanley	41
95	Marshall	40
95	Wallace	40
97	Randolph	39
97	Wesley	39
99	Calvin	38
99	Gordon	38
99	Rufus	38