Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,722
2	William	1,526
3	John	1,203
4	Robert	912
5	George	713
6	Charles	613
7	Thomas	508
8	Joseph	429
9	Edward	385
10	Walter	339
11	Henry	295
12	Richard	266
13	Clarence	260
14	Frank	258
15	Willie	249
16	Harry	237
17	Raymond	217
18	Charlie	216
19	Samuel	215
20	Roy	211
21	Paul	203
22	Howard	177
23	Herbert	174
24	Arthur	172
25	Ernest	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	163
26	Earl	163
28	Ralph	155
29	Harold	149
30	Herman	142
31	Albert	133
32	Carl	129
33	Fred	128
34	Lawrence	125
35	Lewis	121
36	Jack	117
37	Russell	116
38	Claude	111
39	Joe	109
40	Eugene	105
41	Louis	101
42	Jesse	100
43	Elmer	93
43	Floyd	93
45	Clyde	91
46	Andrew	88
47	Leroy	86
48	Alfred	85
48	Bernard	85
48	Marvin	85
51	Cecil	84
52	Vernon	83
53	Melvin	82
54	Leonard	78
55	Woodrow	77
56	Lloyd	72
57	Luther	71
57	Theodore	71
59	Clifton	70
60	Benjamin	69
60	Norman	69
62	Francis	67
63	Ray	65
64	Daniel	63
64	Warren	63
66	Alexander	62
66	Harvey	62
68	Curtis	61
68	Douglas	61
68	Jessie	61
68	Oscar	61
72	Earnest	59
72	Edgar	59
72	Lester	59
75	Milton	56
76	Willard	55
77	Leon	54
77	Stanley	54
79	Allen	53
79	Wilbur	53
81	Edwin	52
81	Everett	52
83	Alvin	51
84	Hugh	50
84	Otis	50
84	Percy	50
84	Sidney	50
88	Garland	49
88	Hubert	49
90	Horace	47
90	Lee	47
92	Frederick	46
92	Kenneth	46
94	Aubrey	45
95	Donald	44
96	Leslie	43
96	Wallace	43
96	Wilson	43
99	Emmett	41
99	Irvin	41
99	Julian	41