Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,806
2	William	1,314
3	Robert	1,235
4	John	1,014
5	Charles	803
6	George	501
7	Donald	494
8	Thomas	481
9	Richard	464
10	David	364
11	Joseph	351
12	Edward	330
13	Bobby	281
14	Paul	258
15	Kenneth	249
16	Billy	241
17	Walter	220
18	Harold	219
19	Raymond	212
20	Frank	200
21	Ronald	193
22	Harry	190
23	Henry	172
24	Roy	165
25	Ralph	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	161
27	Clarence	160
28	Howard	158
28	Willie	158
30	Melvin	157
31	Carl	153
32	Jerry	152
33	Earl	146
34	Jack	145
35	Charlie	140
36	Fred	136
37	Samuel	135
38	Ernest	134
39	Eugene	130
40	Arthur	127
41	Larry	123
42	Lawrence	120
43	Herbert	116
44	Lewis	113
45	Albert	105
45	Curtis	105
45	Jimmy	105
48	Franklin	104
49	Marvin	101
50	Clyde	98
51	Wayne	96
52	Russell	93
53	Herman	92
53	Johnny	92
53	Ray	92
56	Leroy	91
57	Douglas	89
58	Gene	88
58	Roger	88
60	Norman	85
61	Alvin	80
62	Gerald	78
63	Bernard	77
63	Floyd	77
65	Andrew	76
66	Alfred	75
66	Daniel	75
68	Lloyd	74
69	Louis	73
70	Leonard	71
71	Allen	70
72	Cecil	69
73	Calvin	67
73	Carroll	67
73	Garland	67
76	Elmer	66
77	Jesse	65
78	Eddie	64
79	Jimmie	63
80	Warren	62
81	Claude	61
82	Gary	60
82	Leon	60
84	Freddie	59
84	Theodore	59
86	Jackie	58
87	Harvey	57
88	Tommy	54
89	Frederick	53
89	Milton	53
91	Luther	52
91	Stanley	52
93	Linwood	51
94	Otis	49
94	Willard	49
96	Benjamin	48
97	Earnest	46
97	Gordon	46
97	Lee	46
97	Randolph	46