Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,745
2	William	1,472
3	John	1,122
4	Robert	999
5	Charles	684
6	George	641
7	Thomas	465
8	Joseph	382
9	Edward	357
10	Richard	298
11	Walter	268
12	Harry	262
13	Clarence	250
14	Raymond	246
15	Frank	243
16	Henry	241
17	Willie	230
18	Jack	191
18	Roy	191
20	Harold	189
21	Paul	184
22	Ralph	183
23	David	181
24	Howard	178
25	Charlie	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	176
27	Arthur	168
27	Earl	168
29	Carl	160
30	Ernest	153
31	Eugene	150
32	Calvin	147
33	Albert	142
34	Fred	138
35	Herbert	133
36	Kenneth	124
37	Cecil	118
37	Lewis	118
39	Herman	114
40	Lawrence	113
41	Alfred	112
41	Clyde	112
43	Bernard	102
44	Marvin	101
45	Donald	99
46	Curtis	98
46	Melvin	98
48	Daniel	96
49	Floyd	95
50	Russell	93
51	Andrew	91
51	Claude	91
51	Jesse	91
54	Joe	89
55	Billy	88
56	Norman	82
57	Benjamin	81
57	Louis	81
59	Elmer	80
60	Leroy	78
61	Douglas	76
62	Lester	75
63	Leonard	74
63	Ray	74
65	Luther	70
66	Earnest	69
67	Warren	68
68	Willard	67
69	Aubrey	66
69	Harvey	66
71	Junior	65
71	Wallace	65
73	Alvin	64
73	Lloyd	64
75	Vernon	63
76	Edgar	60
76	Jessie	60
78	Everett	57
79	Theodore	56
80	Clifton	55
80	Dewey	55
82	Oscar	54
83	Milton	53
83	Rudolph	53
85	Lee	52
86	Franklin	51
86	Linwood	51
88	Allen	49
88	Leon	49
90	Garland	48
90	Otis	48
90	Percy	48
93	Chester	47
93	Frederick	47
93	Stanley	47
96	Eddie	46
96	Francis	46
96	Hubert	46
96	Wesley	46
100	Edwin	45
100	Horace	45
100	Marion	45