Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,703
2	William	1,315
3	Robert	1,150
4	John	952
5	Charles	827
6	George	586
7	Thomas	445
8	Richard	371
9	Joseph	329
10	Donald	318
11	Edward	308
12	Walter	281
13	David	251
14	Willie	245
15	Harold	235
16	Paul	228
17	Billy	223
18	Raymond	216
19	Henry	210
20	Harry	207
21	Clarence	198
22	Frank	195
23	Earl	184
24	Jack	182
25	Roy	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	175
27	Kenneth	171
28	Samuel	166
29	Ralph	161
30	Howard	159
31	Carl	158
31	Franklin	158
33	Charlie	156
34	Herbert	147
35	Fred	142
35	Lawrence	142
37	Albert	141
37	Ernest	141
39	Arthur	140
40	Eugene	130
41	Melvin	128
42	Lewis	121
43	Joe	106
43	Marvin	106
45	Alfred	105
46	Russell	104
47	Leroy	102
48	Bernard	99
48	Clyde	99
50	Curtis	97
51	Andrew	96
52	Ronald	95
53	Herman	94
54	Norman	91
55	Floyd	85
56	Louis	82
57	Daniel	81
57	Douglas	81
59	Calvin	80
59	Cecil	80
61	Claude	77
62	Ray	75
63	Leonard	72
64	Milton	69
65	Benjamin	67
65	Jerry	67
67	Jesse	65
68	Garland	64
68	Harvey	64
70	Lloyd	63
71	Clifton	62
71	Vernon	62
71	Warren	62
74	Junior	61
75	Leon	60
76	Elmer	59
77	Roosevelt	58
78	Otis	57
78	Stanley	57
80	Allen	56
80	Alvin	56
82	Lee	55
83	Theodore	54
84	Roland	53
85	Edwin	52
85	Gene	52
85	Luther	52
88	Earnest	51
88	Eddie	51
90	Edgar	50
91	Glenn	48
92	Aubrey	46
92	Horace	46
92	Jessie	46
92	Roger	46
96	Carlton	45
96	Gerald	45
96	Hubert	45
96	Wallace	45
100	Bill	44
100	Carroll	44
100	Willard	44