Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,736
2	William	1,197
3	Robert	1,164
4	John	909
5	Charles	806
6	George	510
7	Thomas	433
8	Richard	392
9	Donald	381
10	Joseph	323
11	Bobby	295
12	Edward	276
13	Billy	242
13	Walter	242
15	David	240
16	Paul	223
17	Henry	206
18	Frank	191
19	Clarence	189
20	Harold	187
21	Raymond	182
22	Willie	179
23	Kenneth	173
24	Harry	172
25	Jack	166

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	166
27	Joe	160
28	Eugene	157
29	Earl	156
30	Samuel	151
31	Ralph	148
32	Melvin	138
33	Howard	136
34	Ernest	134
35	Charlie	133
36	Ronald	132
37	Herbert	129
38	Carl	126
39	Lawrence	122
40	Arthur	121
41	Albert	119
42	Lewis	113
43	Franklin	112
44	Jimmy	107
44	Norman	107
46	Marvin	105
47	Clyde	103
48	Fred	99
49	Bernard	98
50	Douglas	94
50	Leroy	94
52	Ray	91
53	Curtis	90
54	Claude	88
54	Floyd	88
56	Herman	86
57	Jerry	84
58	Cecil	81
59	Andrew	80
60	Daniel	79
60	Louis	79
62	Alfred	77
62	Calvin	77
64	Russell	75
65	Leonard	73
66	Gerald	71
67	Benjamin	69
68	Elmer	67
68	Larry	67
70	Lloyd	66
71	Leon	65
72	Jesse	64
73	Gene	63
74	Alvin	61
75	Garland	60
75	Milton	60
77	Eddie	58
77	Theodore	58
77	Wayne	58
80	Jimmie	56
81	Phillip	55
81	Roger	55
83	Edwin	52
83	Tommy	52
85	Otis	51
86	Frederick	50
86	Jessie	50
88	Glenn	49
88	Vernon	49
90	Allen	48
90	Freddie	48
90	Lee	48
90	Philip	48
94	Harvey	47
94	Stanley	47
94	Warren	47
97	Hugh	46
97	Jackie	46
97	Luther	46
100	Linwood	45