Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,823
2	William	1,654
3	John	1,275
4	Robert	1,047
5	Charles	799
6	George	723
7	Thomas	497
8	Joseph	450
9	Edward	440
10	Henry	339
11	Richard	296
12	Walter	295
13	Willie	289
14	Frank	282
15	Clarence	270
16	Harry	268
17	Raymond	234
18	Samuel	233
19	Paul	221
20	Roy	207
21	Arthur	198
22	Earl	196
23	Charlie	195
24	Ralph	192
25	David	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	188
27	Herbert	186
28	Ernest	176
29	Harold	172
30	Eugene	167
31	Warren	164
32	Albert	155
33	Jack	148
34	Lewis	144
35	Fred	139
36	Lawrence	128
37	Carl	124
38	Claude	118
39	Herman	114
40	Cecil	111
41	Kenneth	108
42	Clyde	107
43	Floyd	105
44	Russell	103
45	Jesse	101
46	Alfred	100
47	Joe	99
47	Melvin	99
49	Andrew	97
49	Marvin	97
51	Bernard	90
51	Elmer	90
53	Luther	89
54	Louis	88
55	Alvin	87
55	Earnest	87
57	Benjamin	86
57	Leonard	86
57	Leroy	86
60	Lloyd	84
61	Curtis	80
61	Donald	80
63	Garland	77
64	Daniel	76
64	Lee	76
66	Jessie	73
67	Stanley	72
68	Vernon	71
69	Norman	69
69	Oscar	69
71	Francis	67
71	Milton	67
73	Douglas	66
74	Harvey	65
75	Allen	62
75	Horace	62
75	Ray	62
78	Hugh	61
78	Lester	61
78	Otis	61
81	Calvin	60
82	Edgar	59
82	Edwin	59
82	Wallace	59
85	Linwood	58
85	Percy	58
87	Hubert	56
88	Frederick	55
89	Theodore	53
90	Billy	52
91	Leon	50
92	Randolph	49
93	Aubrey	47
94	Sidney	46
94	Willard	46
96	Clifton	44
96	Gilbert	44
96	Guy	44
96	Homer	44
96	Julian	44
96	Leslie	44
96	Woodrow	44