Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,735
2	William	1,241
3	Robert	1,184
4	John	968
5	Charles	758
6	George	520
7	Thomas	443
8	Richard	439
9	Donald	403
10	Bobby	322
11	Joseph	316
12	Edward	312
13	David	305
14	Walter	228
15	Paul	226
16	Kenneth	222
17	Billy	218
18	Raymond	197
19	Joe	195
20	Harold	194
20	Willie	194
22	Clarence	190
22	Henry	190
24	Frank	170
24	Harry	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	166
27	Roy	161
28	Carl	157
29	Ronald	156
30	Samuel	151
31	Jack	149
32	Earl	148
33	Howard	139
34	Franklin	132
34	Lawrence	132
36	Arthur	129
36	Eugene	129
36	Fred	129
39	Melvin	127
40	Ernest	122
41	Jerry	120
42	Curtis	116
43	Herbert	111
44	Albert	107
44	Larry	107
46	Charlie	105
47	Alfred	103
48	Jimmy	99
49	Gene	98
50	Norman	97
51	Floyd	95
51	Wayne	95
53	Russell	92
54	Daniel	90
54	Lewis	90
56	Calvin	89
57	Marvin	86
58	Clyde	85
59	Leroy	84
60	Herman	81
61	Cecil	80
62	Gerald	76
63	Alvin	75
64	Douglas	74
65	Bernard	72
65	Louis	72
67	Jesse	70
68	Johnny	69
69	Benjamin	65
70	Leon	64
71	Jimmie	60
72	Allen	59
72	Andrew	59
72	Harvey	59
72	Linwood	59
76	Elmer	58
76	Vernon	58
78	Claude	57
78	Lloyd	57
80	Luther	56
81	Glenn	55
82	Warren	54
83	Leonard	52
83	Phillip	52
83	Ray	52
83	Roger	52
87	Eddie	51
88	Jackie	50
88	Tommy	50
90	Lee	49
91	Carroll	48
91	Garland	48
91	Jessie	48
91	Willard	48
95	Milton	46
96	Randolph	45
96	Wallace	45
98	Edwin	44
98	Freddie	44
98	Gordon	44
98	Stanley	44