Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,917
2	William	1,539
3	John	1,249
4	Robert	1,103
5	Charles	793
6	George	731
7	Thomas	516
8	Joseph	443
9	Edward	379
10	Walter	352
11	Richard	338
12	Frank	320
13	Henry	305
14	Harry	269
15	Willie	267
16	Paul	252
17	Raymond	251
18	Clarence	242
19	Calvin	232
20	Roy	226
21	David	214
22	Samuel	210
23	Howard	202
24	Ernest	196
25	Charlie	191

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	191
27	Arthur	186
28	Harold	185
29	Earl	177
30	Herbert	159
31	Albert	153
32	Eugene	145
33	Lewis	144
34	Fred	139
35	Carl	136
35	Lawrence	136
37	Jack	132
38	Clyde	126
39	Claude	123
40	Melvin	122
41	Kenneth	121
42	Russell	110
43	Herman	106
44	Joe	100
45	Luther	98
46	Bernard	95
46	Lloyd	95
48	Andrew	93
49	Cecil	92
50	Ray	91
51	Benjamin	89
51	Jesse	89
53	Daniel	87
53	Marvin	87
55	Alfred	86
56	Leroy	85
56	Norman	85
58	Donald	84
59	Leonard	83
59	Milton	83
61	Vernon	80
62	Warren	78
63	Floyd	75
64	Allen	74
65	Douglas	73
65	Louis	73
67	Elmer	72
67	Jessie	72
69	Curtis	71
70	Stanley	69
71	Edgar	67
71	Harvey	67
73	Earnest	62
73	Willard	62
75	Alvin	61
76	Edwin	60
76	Linwood	60
78	Wilbur	59
79	Lee	58
80	Francis	57
80	Frederick	57
80	Hugh	57
80	Wallace	57
84	Garland	56
85	Dewey	55
85	Everett	55
87	Isaac	54
87	Junior	54
87	Otis	54
90	Hubert	53
90	Oscar	53
90	Randolph	53
93	Aubrey	52
93	Gordon	52
95	Theodore	50
96	Billy	48
96	Lester	48
96	Wesley	48
99	Sam	47
100	Clifton	46