Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,888
2	William	1,680
3	John	1,315
4	Robert	976
5	George	747
6	Charles	724
7	Thomas	522
8	Joseph	455
9	Edward	403
10	Richard	339
11	Henry	321
12	Walter	308
13	Willie	302
14	Clarence	282
15	Frank	281
16	Harry	270
17	Samuel	250
18	Raymond	228
19	Arthur	213
20	Roy	209
21	Charlie	204
22	Paul	198
23	Ernest	195
24	Warren	191
25	Howard	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	188
27	Herbert	173
28	Albert	172
29	Earl	165
29	Harold	165
31	David	163
32	Carl	161
33	Lewis	143
34	Fred	138
35	Eugene	129
36	Herman	127
36	Jack	127
38	Lawrence	126
39	Leonard	116
40	Bernard	104
41	Melvin	102
42	Cecil	99
43	Elmer	98
43	Floyd	98
43	Russell	98
46	Claude	97
46	Jesse	97
46	Louis	97
49	Joe	95
50	Clyde	94
51	Andrew	92
51	Kenneth	92
53	Daniel	83
53	Edgar	83
53	Harvey	83
53	Leroy	83
57	Benjamin	82
58	Alfred	78
59	Lee	77
59	Marvin	77
61	Lloyd	75
62	Luther	74
62	Vernon	74
64	Milton	72
65	Edwin	70
66	Francis	69
66	Ray	69
68	Jessie	67
69	Curtis	66
69	Norman	66
71	Otis	64
71	Willard	64
73	Oscar	63
74	Earnest	61
75	Hubert	59
76	Everett	58
76	Homer	58
76	Hugh	58
79	Leon	57
79	Randolph	57
81	Clifton	56
81	Frederick	56
83	Eddie	54
84	Calvin	53
85	Donald	52
85	Horace	52
87	Lester	51
87	Wallace	51
89	Douglas	50
89	Leslie	50
89	Marion	50
92	Garland	49
93	Allen	48
93	Emmett	48
93	Percy	48
96	Aubrey	47
96	Gordon	47
96	Julian	47
96	Sam	47
96	Theodore	47