Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,703
2	William	1,492
3	John	1,216
4	Robert	984
5	Charles	668
6	George	663
7	Joseph	448
7	Thomas	448
9	Edward	358
10	Walter	319
11	Harry	302
12	Henry	300
13	Willie	283
14	Richard	281
15	Clarence	251
16	Frank	248
17	Raymond	229
18	Paul	225
19	Samuel	223
20	Charlie	212
21	Roy	205
22	Albert	185
23	Herbert	176
24	Ernest	169
25	Arthur	166

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Howard	166
27	David	159
28	Earl	154
29	Ralph	147
30	Fred	133
31	Carl	131
32	Eugene	129
33	Jack	119
34	Harold	116
34	Lewis	116
36	Woodrow	110
37	Jesse	109
37	Russell	109
39	Herman	107
40	Clyde	104
41	Andrew	103
41	Elmer	103
41	Melvin	103
44	Lawrence	102
45	Bernard	99
46	Floyd	97
47	Claude	96
48	Alfred	90
49	Benjamin	88
49	Joe	88
49	Leroy	88
52	Louis	83
53	Cecil	82
54	Lee	81
55	Leonard	80
56	Daniel	76
57	Marvin	75
58	Luther	74
59	Earnest	73
59	Jessie	73
59	Norman	73
59	Ray	73
63	Edgar	70
63	Willard	70
65	Lloyd	69
66	Harvey	68
67	Sidney	66
68	Kenneth	63
68	Vernon	63
70	Everett	59
70	Oscar	59
72	Francis	56
73	Aubrey	55
73	Wilson	55
75	Alvin	54
75	Hugh	54
77	Curtis	52
77	Garland	52
79	Linwood	51
80	Horace	50
80	Hubert	50
80	Warren	50
83	Clifton	49
83	Frederick	49
83	Julian	49
83	Leon	49
87	Milton	47
87	Stanley	47
89	Edwin	46
89	Marshall	46
91	Donald	45
91	Randolph	45
93	Allen	44
93	Archie	44
93	Gordon	44
93	Otis	44
97	Oliver	43
98	Leslie	42
98	Nathaniel	42
100	Marion	41