Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,902
2	William	1,698
3	John	1,332
4	Robert	1,040
5	Charles	818
6	George	750
7	Thomas	515
8	Joseph	472
9	Edward	421
10	Richard	341
11	Walter	333
12	Henry	320
13	Willie	294
14	Warren	278
15	Harry	275
16	Clarence	271
17	Frank	269
18	Paul	233
19	Raymond	231
19	Samuel	231
21	Ralph	215
22	Howard	213
23	Roy	208
24	Arthur	207
25	David	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	190
27	Harold	177
28	Albert	170
28	Ernest	170
30	Herbert	168
31	Charlie	167
31	Fred	167
33	Lewis	165
34	Jack	155
35	Carl	151
36	Alfred	140
37	Russell	136
38	Lawrence	128
39	Claude	123
40	Melvin	122
41	Eugene	118
42	Andrew	115
43	Herman	110
44	Cecil	109
44	Jesse	109
46	Bernard	107
47	Joe	106
48	Leonard	102
49	Clyde	99
50	Elmer	98
50	Kenneth	98
52	Louis	95
53	Floyd	94
53	Leroy	94
55	Daniel	91
56	Vernon	88
57	Luther	86
58	Jessie	83
59	Benjamin	81
60	Marvin	78
61	Donald	77
62	Norman	75
62	Ray	75
64	Edwin	74
64	Oscar	74
64	Wallace	74
67	Lloyd	73
68	Garland	69
69	Harvey	68
70	Edgar	66
71	Earnest	65
72	Horace	64
72	Lee	64
74	Hugh	63
75	Calvin	62
76	Curtis	61
76	Nathaniel	61
78	Francis	60
78	Frederick	60
80	Everett	59
81	Milton	58
81	Otis	58
81	Willard	58
84	Allen	57
84	Douglas	57
86	Clifton	55
86	Lester	55
88	Alvin	54
89	Randolph	53
90	Stanley	52
90	Theodore	52
92	Leslie	50
92	Wilbur	50
94	Julian	49
94	Linwood	49
96	Aubrey	48
96	Eddie	48
98	Carroll	47
98	Guy	47
98	Hubert	47