Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,848
2	William	1,610
3	John	1,238
4	Robert	1,021
5	Charles	721
6	George	704
7	Thomas	489
8	Joseph	465
9	Edward	377
10	Richard	319
11	Walter	311
12	Henry	273
13	Clarence	257
13	Frank	257
15	Harry	256
16	Willie	249
17	Raymond	241
18	Paul	240
19	Harold	209
20	David	203
21	Howard	200
22	Arthur	197
23	Samuel	196
24	Calvin	195
25	Charlie	181

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Earl	181
27	Roy	173
28	Ralph	165
29	Jack	162
30	Albert	158
31	Eugene	152
32	Ernest	151
33	Herbert	148
34	Carl	137
35	Fred	136
36	Lawrence	129
37	Herman	128
38	Russell	125
39	Lewis	122
40	Kenneth	121
41	Clyde	118
42	Alfred	111
43	Cecil	107
44	Louis	106
45	Floyd	104
45	Melvin	104
47	Andrew	100
48	Jesse	96
49	Marvin	94
50	Donald	93
50	Warren	93
52	Bernard	92
53	Norman	88
54	Daniel	87
55	Joe	86
55	Leonard	86
57	Elmer	85
57	Leroy	85
59	Curtis	82
60	Claude	81
61	Harvey	78
62	Billy	75
63	Earnest	74
63	Wallace	74
65	Lloyd	72
66	Vernon	71
67	Douglas	70
68	Luther	68
69	Benjamin	67
70	Junior	66
70	Milton	66
72	Ray	65
73	Lee	64
74	Otis	63
74	Theodore	63
76	Allen	62
77	Edgar	61
78	Oscar	60
79	Alvin	59
79	Clifton	59
81	Edwin	55
81	Stanley	55
83	Horace	54
84	Linwood	53
85	Willard	52
86	Hubert	50
86	Leon	50
86	Lester	50
89	Aubrey	47
89	Glenn	47
91	Hugh	46
92	Rudolph	45
93	Dewey	44
94	Francis	43
94	Frederick	43
94	Nathaniel	43
97	Clifford	42
97	Gordon	42
97	Sidney	42
100	Eddie	41
100	Franklin	41
100	Garland	41
100	Marion	41
100	Randolph	41
100	Rufus	41