Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,687
2	William	1,246
3	Robert	1,097
4	John	938
5	Charles	738
6	George	519
7	Thomas	413
8	Richard	337
9	Donald	336
10	Edward	321
11	Joseph	303
12	Franklin	269
13	Walter	233
14	Billy	227
15	David	226
16	Harold	218
17	Willie	217
18	Bobby	213
19	Paul	212
20	Raymond	210
21	Clarence	198
22	Roy	195
23	Henry	194
24	Frank	189
25	Jack	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	184
27	Harry	181
28	Earl	160
29	Carl	152
29	Ralph	152
31	Melvin	151
32	Howard	150
33	Eugene	142
34	Charlie	141
35	Fred	134
35	Samuel	134
37	Ernest	125
38	Arthur	123
39	Lewis	120
40	Herbert	118
41	Joe	110
41	Lawrence	110
43	Albert	104
44	Clyde	89
44	Norman	89
46	Marvin	87
47	Curtis	86
47	Floyd	86
47	Ronald	86
50	Claude	85
51	Alfred	84
52	Ray	82
53	Russell	80
54	Herman	79
55	Alvin	78
56	Leroy	77
57	Daniel	76
58	Bernard	75
58	Jerry	75
58	Jimmy	75
61	Douglas	72
62	Louis	71
63	Calvin	67
64	Leon	65
65	Roosevelt	63
65	Wallace	63
67	Andrew	62
67	Cecil	62
69	Elmer	60
69	Jesse	60
71	Leonard	57
72	Johnny	56
73	Glenn	55
73	Lloyd	55
73	Milton	55
76	Vernon	54
77	Lee	53
78	Allen	52
78	Benjamin	52
78	Harvey	52
78	Luther	52
82	Theodore	50
82	Warren	50
84	Eddie	49
84	Gene	49
84	Otis	49
84	Stanley	49
88	Carlton	48
89	Gordon	47
90	Aubrey	46
90	Francis	46
90	Wayne	46
93	Clifton	45
94	Horace	44
95	Garland	43
95	Hugh	43
95	Jimmie	43
95	Tommy	43
99	Earnest	42
99	Larry	42