Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,552
2	William	1,267
3	Robert	1,073
4	John	998
5	Charles	790
6	George	551
7	Thomas	376
8	Richard	345
9	Joseph	329
10	Edward	289
11	Donald	267
12	Walter	258
13	Raymond	234
14	Paul	222
15	Harold	221
16	David	216
17	Billy	212
18	Henry	210
19	Clarence	209
20	Harry	192
21	Frank	184
22	Willie	180
23	Jack	177
24	Kenneth	168
24	Roy	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	166
27	Carl	162
28	Ralph	159
29	Eugene	158
30	Earl	156
31	Albert	152
32	Samuel	143
33	Fred	137
34	Melvin	136
35	Ernest	132
36	Howard	131
37	Bobby	129
38	Charlie	125
39	Arthur	124
40	Lewis	119
41	Joe	112
42	Alfred	108
43	Lawrence	106
44	Herman	104
45	Bernard	94
45	Cecil	94
45	Marvin	94
48	Leroy	92
49	Floyd	90
50	Norman	89
51	Clyde	87
52	Douglas	82
52	Leonard	82
52	Russell	82
55	Curtis	81
56	Ray	79
57	Alvin	78
57	Lloyd	78
59	Calvin	77
60	Elmer	74
61	Vernon	73
62	Claude	71
62	Louis	71
64	Luther	68
65	Andrew	65
65	Daniel	65
67	Allen	64
67	Milton	64
69	Jessie	62
70	Warren	59
71	Benjamin	58
71	Garland	58
73	Jesse	57
74	Edgar	56
74	Harvey	56
74	Hubert	56
74	Leon	56
78	Junior	55
79	Stanley	54
80	Clifton	53
81	Lee	52
82	Everett	50
82	Otis	50
84	Hugh	48
85	Earnest	47
85	Gene	47
87	Linwood	46
88	Edwin	45
88	Glenn	45
90	Carroll	43
91	Frederick	42
91	Jimmy	42
91	Theodore	42
91	Wallace	42
95	Carlton	41
95	Dewey	41
95	Gordon	41
95	Jerry	41
95	Jimmie	41
100	Aubrey	40
100	Franklin	40
100	Gerald	40
100	Willard	40