Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,835
2	William	1,463
3	John	1,145
4	Robert	1,103
5	Charles	762
6	George	665
7	Thomas	469
8	Joseph	429
9	Edward	420
10	Richard	332
11	Clarence	274
12	Frank	261
13	Walter	257
14	Harry	255
15	Willie	245
16	Henry	244
17	Raymond	234
18	Roy	228
19	Paul	227
20	David	212
21	Ralph	198
22	Earl	195
23	Eugene	194
24	Jack	183
25	Carl	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	178
26	Samuel	178
28	Howard	174
29	Arthur	167
30	Charlie	162
31	Kenneth	152
32	Ernest	144
32	Fred	144
32	Herbert	144
35	Albert	142
36	Donald	140
37	Lewis	138
38	Melvin	135
39	Calvin	129
39	Lawrence	129
41	Bernard	117
42	Alfred	115
43	Clyde	108
44	Joe	102
45	Curtis	101
46	Russell	100
47	Floyd	99
48	Claude	96
49	Cecil	94
50	Jesse	92
51	Herman	91
52	Billy	90
52	Louis	90
54	Marvin	89
55	Leonard	88
55	Leroy	88
57	Elmer	86
58	Andrew	85
59	Alvin	83
59	Daniel	83
61	Benjamin	78
61	Ray	78
63	Warren	74
64	Linwood	73
65	Milton	69
66	Edwin	67
67	Douglas	65
68	Harvey	64
68	Lloyd	64
70	Vernon	63
71	Horace	61
71	Rudolph	61
71	Stanley	61
74	Earnest	60
74	Leon	60
74	Norman	60
77	Luther	58
78	Garland	57
78	Wallace	57
80	Otis	56
81	Clifton	54
82	Lee	52
82	Oscar	52
84	Junior	51
84	Randolph	51
84	Willard	51
87	Edgar	50
87	Hubert	50
89	Lester	49
90	Nelson	48
91	Carlton	47
92	Frederick	46
92	Hugh	46
92	Jessie	46
95	Allen	45
95	Carroll	45
97	Dewey	44
97	Gene	44
97	Theodore	44
100	Eddie	43
100	Gilbert	43