Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,682
2	William	1,450
3	John	1,047
4	Robert	962
5	Charles	762
6	George	597
7	Thomas	406
8	Richard	379
9	Joseph	352
10	Herbert	351
11	Edward	346
12	Walter	249
13	Henry	239
14	David	238
15	Clarence	225
16	Donald	221
16	Harry	221
18	Willie	218
19	Frank	204
20	Harold	199
21	Earl	198
21	Raymond	198
23	Paul	190
24	Charlie	173
25	Roy	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	167
27	Ralph	166
27	Samuel	166
29	Eugene	163
30	Howard	161
31	Carl	160
32	Arthur	152
33	Fred	150
34	Ernest	141
35	Billy	139
36	Albert	135
37	Melvin	132
38	Kenneth	128
39	Alfred	117
40	Lewis	112
41	Curtis	110
42	Clyde	109
42	Lawrence	109
44	Ray	104
45	Bernard	99
46	Joe	98
47	Cecil	95
48	Herman	94
49	Floyd	93
50	Marvin	86
50	Norman	86
52	Claude	83
53	Calvin	81
54	Russell	79
55	Andrew	77
56	Bobby	76
57	Daniel	75
58	Benjamin	72
58	Douglas	72
60	Luther	71
61	Jesse	70
62	Lloyd	68
62	Louis	68
64	Garland	66
65	Earnest	65
65	Harvey	65
65	Leroy	65
68	Elmer	64
69	Alvin	63
69	Wallace	63
71	Vernon	61
71	Warren	61
73	Leonard	59
74	Jessie	58
74	Leon	58
76	Allen	55
76	Eddie	55
78	Junior	52
79	Aubrey	51
79	Theodore	51
81	Francis	50
81	Milton	50
83	Lester	49
83	Oscar	49
83	Stanley	49
86	Edgar	48
86	Everett	48
86	Linwood	48
89	Hugh	47
89	Lee	47
89	Willard	47
92	Gerald	46
92	Marshall	46
92	Rudolph	46
95	Bill	43
95	Clifton	43
95	Glenn	43
95	Horace	43
95	Hubert	43
100	Gordon	42
100	Johnnie	42
100	Otis	42
100	Wilbur	42