Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,771
2	William	1,520
3	John	1,083
4	Robert	1,061
5	Charles	764
6	George	615
7	Thomas	497
8	Richard	375
9	Edward	359
10	Joseph	356
11	Herbert	301
12	Walter	280
13	Henry	272
14	Harry	249
15	Frank	223
15	Willie	223
17	Paul	222
17	Roy	222
19	Clarence	208
19	David	208
19	Raymond	208
22	Jack	198
23	Harold	197
24	Ralph	187
25	Fred	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	164
27	Eugene	160
28	Earl	158
29	Samuel	152
30	Donald	149
31	Arthur	148
31	Howard	148
33	Carl	147
34	Albert	146
35	Melvin	139
36	Ernest	137
36	Kenneth	137
38	Alfred	134
39	Lawrence	129
39	Lewis	129
41	Clyde	128
42	Curtis	120
43	Billy	110
43	Calvin	110
45	Floyd	108
46	Russell	99
47	Herman	98
48	Joe	96
48	Marvin	96
50	Claude	94
51	Jesse	92
52	Bernard	91
53	Cecil	89
54	Leroy	86
55	Leonard	84
56	Daniel	79
57	Elmer	77
58	Louis	76
59	Norman	75
60	Ray	74
61	Douglas	71
62	Lloyd	70
63	Andrew	68
64	Allen	65
64	Earnest	65
66	Alvin	64
66	Linwood	64
66	Luther	64
69	Jessie	63
70	Vernon	62
71	Garland	61
71	Willard	61
73	Warren	59
74	Leon	58
75	Junior	56
75	Lee	56
75	Oscar	56
75	Stanley	56
79	Benjamin	55
79	Edgar	55
79	Edwin	55
82	Bobby	54
83	Gene	53
83	Harvey	53
85	Aubrey	52
86	Clifton	51
86	Otis	51
88	Carlton	50
88	Milton	50
90	Lester	47
91	Frederick	46
91	Horace	46
91	Hubert	46
94	Francis	45
94	Theodore	45
96	Wallace	44
97	Everett	43
98	Nathaniel	41
98	Wilbur	41
100	Bruce	40
100	Eddie	40
100	Emmett	40
100	Sidney	40