Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,609
2	William	1,198
3	Robert	1,129
4	John	965
5	Charles	814
6	George	515
7	Thomas	446
8	Donald	406
9	Richard	405
10	Joseph	306
11	Bobby	290
12	Edward	288
13	David	281
14	Raymond	246
15	Paul	226
16	Billy	224
16	Harold	224
18	Walter	211
19	Kenneth	193
20	Frank	192
21	Harry	183
22	Clarence	180
22	Willie	180
24	Carl	179
25	Henry	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	174
27	Roy	166
28	Ralph	165
29	Howard	160
30	Samuel	158
31	Earl	152
32	Jack	148
33	Ronald	145
34	Franklin	142
35	Charlie	138
36	Eugene	137
37	Fred	133
38	Melvin	131
39	Ernest	120
40	Albert	117
41	Lawrence	112
42	Arthur	111
43	Curtis	106
44	Jerry	105
45	Herbert	100
46	Clyde	97
47	Marvin	96
48	Leroy	95
49	Alfred	94
49	Cecil	94
49	Lewis	94
52	Alvin	92
53	Jimmy	91
54	Norman	89
55	Claude	88
55	Herman	88
57	Louis	87
58	Wayne	83
59	Bernard	80
59	Floyd	80
59	Ray	80
62	Douglas	79
63	Leonard	73
63	Russell	73
65	Gerald	71
66	Gene	70
67	Calvin	66
67	Larry	66
69	Benjamin	63
69	Jimmie	63
71	Jesse	61
71	Johnny	61
73	Andrew	58
73	Daniel	58
75	Frederick	56
76	Jackie	55
76	Stanley	55
78	Lloyd	53
78	Warren	53
80	Garland	52
80	Leon	52
82	Luther	51
83	Allen	50
83	Eddie	50
85	Vernon	49
86	Freddie	48
86	Milton	48
88	Phillip	47
88	Roger	47
88	Wallace	47
91	Otis	45
92	Clifton	43
92	Earnest	43
92	Edgar	43
92	Edwin	43
92	Wesley	43
97	Carroll	42
97	Elmer	42
97	Lester	42
100	Jessie	41
100	Lee	41
100	Linwood	41
100	Shirley	41
100	Sidney	41
100	Theodore	41