Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,670
2	William	1,484
3	Robert	1,074
4	John	1,003
5	Charles	759
6	George	608
7	Thomas	438
8	Richard	395
9	Joseph	372
10	Edward	340
11	Walter	276
12	Clarence	243
13	Henry	241
14	Frank	240
15	David	222
15	Harry	222
17	Raymond	221
18	Herbert	214
19	Paul	211
20	Donald	204
20	Jack	204
22	Willie	201
23	Roy	194
24	Harold	186
25	Billy	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	181
27	Earl	176
28	Howard	157
29	Samuel	156
30	Ernest	152
31	Carl	148
31	Kenneth	148
33	Fred	147
34	Eugene	142
35	Charlie	140
36	Alfred	129
37	Arthur	128
38	Lawrence	127
39	Melvin	125
40	Lewis	121
41	Marvin	114
42	Albert	112
43	Joe	110
44	Clyde	107
45	Bernard	105
46	Herman	97
47	Andrew	96
48	Bobby	94
49	Russell	93
50	Leonard	88
51	Claude	87
51	Ray	87
53	Floyd	86
54	Cecil	85
54	Leroy	85
56	Calvin	83
56	Norman	83
58	Curtis	79
58	Vernon	79
60	Alvin	77
61	Douglas	75
62	Benjamin	73
62	Louis	73
64	Daniel	71
64	Elmer	71
66	Jesse	68
67	Lloyd	67
68	Junior	65
69	Garland	64
70	Stanley	61
71	Milton	60
72	Clifton	59
73	Warren	58
74	Leon	57
75	Allen	55
75	Gerald	55
75	Harvey	55
78	Gene	54
78	Lee	54
78	Oscar	54
81	Luther	53
82	Horace	52
82	Otis	52
82	Theodore	52
85	Earnest	51
85	Eddie	51
85	Edgar	51
85	Hubert	51
85	Randolph	51
85	Rudolph	51
91	Willard	49
92	Aubrey	47
92	Linwood	47
94	Hugh	45
95	Dewey	44
95	Glenn	44
95	Johnny	44
98	Edwin	43
98	Jerry	43
98	Lester	43