Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,641
2	William	1,255
3	Robert	1,129
4	John	996
5	Charles	865
6	George	515
7	Thomas	464
8	Richard	380
9	Donald	365
10	Edward	287
11	Joseph	275
12	Billy	262
13	David	246
14	Bobby	244
15	Harold	237
15	Walter	237
17	Raymond	227
18	Frank	200
19	Paul	199
20	Henry	192
20	Kenneth	192
22	Earl	191
22	Roy	191
24	Franklin	184
25	Harry	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	180
27	Jack	178
28	Willie	177
29	Carl	152
30	Howard	143
31	Samuel	140
32	Fred	136
33	Ralph	135
34	Melvin	133
35	Eugene	122
36	Herbert	121
36	Ronald	121
38	Arthur	117
39	Joe	116
40	Ernest	114
41	Albert	110
41	Lewis	110
43	Lawrence	109
44	Charlie	108
44	Clyde	108
46	Marvin	107
47	Curtis	105
48	Floyd	99
49	Herman	94
50	Douglas	93
51	Cecil	89
52	Ray	87
53	Claude	84
54	Daniel	80
55	Jesse	79
56	Alfred	77
57	Jerry	76
58	Jimmy	75
59	Alvin	71
59	Norman	71
61	Lloyd	70
61	Russell	70
63	Leroy	69
64	Andrew	68
64	Bernard	68
66	Warren	67
67	Theodore	65
68	Elmer	64
68	Leonard	64
68	Wayne	64
71	Louis	62
72	Benjamin	61
72	Jimmie	61
74	Calvin	60
75	Allen	59
75	Garland	59
77	Leon	58
78	Lee	56
78	Vernon	56
80	Clifton	55
80	Earnest	55
80	Gerald	55
83	Gene	53
83	Glenn	53
83	Harvey	53
83	Stanley	53
87	Linwood	52
88	Larry	51
88	Wallace	51
90	Carlton	50
90	Jackie	50
90	Luther	50
90	Milton	50
90	Roosevelt	50
95	Johnny	48
96	Junior	47
97	Otis	46
98	Freddie	45
98	Phillip	45
98	Roger	45