Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,868
2	William	1,662
3	John	1,241
4	Robert	1,063
5	Charles	753
6	George	662
7	Thomas	514
8	Joseph	438
9	Edward	410
10	Walter	337
11	Richard	314
12	Henry	297
13	Clarence	276
14	Frank	273
14	Harry	273
16	Willie	251
17	Raymond	244
18	Samuel	226
19	Paul	222
20	Roy	216
21	David	199
22	Howard	198
23	Harold	197
24	Ralph	186
25	Earl	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	181
27	Albert	175
28	Arthur	159
29	Ernest	157
30	Carl	151
31	Lewis	148
32	Eugene	147
33	Herbert	144
33	Warren	144
35	Lawrence	143
36	Jack	139
37	Herman	133
38	Fred	131
39	Calvin	126
40	Bernard	119
41	Alfred	117
41	Joe	117
43	Clyde	111
43	Kenneth	111
45	Russell	104
46	Melvin	103
47	Floyd	100
48	Louis	99
48	Marvin	99
50	Andrew	98
51	Claude	97
52	Curtis	92
53	Leonard	86
54	Cecil	85
55	Alvin	84
56	Douglas	83
57	Leroy	81
58	Jesse	79
58	Luther	79
58	Wallace	79
61	Donald	78
62	Jessie	77
63	Elmer	74
63	Harvey	74
65	Daniel	73
66	Earnest	72
67	Lloyd	70
68	Norman	68
68	Vernon	68
70	Ray	67
71	Milton	65
71	Oscar	65
73	Benjamin	64
73	Stanley	64
75	Lee	63
76	Garland	62
77	Francis	61
78	Willard	60
79	Horace	58
79	Randolph	58
81	Edgar	57
81	Leon	57
83	Clifton	55
83	Clinton	55
85	Edwin	54
85	Hubert	54
85	Linwood	54
88	Lester	53
89	Allen	52
89	Everett	52
89	Marshall	52
92	Nathaniel	48
92	Theodore	48
94	Aubrey	47
94	Eddie	47
94	Hugh	47
97	Otis	46
98	Emmett	45
98	Rudolph	45
100	Leslie	44