Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,726
2	William	1,323
3	Robert	1,205
4	John	1,014
5	Charles	829
6	Thomas	478
7	George	451
8	Donald	450
8	Richard	450
10	David	418
11	Joseph	344
12	Edward	320
13	Bobby	306
14	Kenneth	259
15	Walter	251
16	Paul	224
17	Raymond	218
18	Ronald	215
19	Billy	209
20	Jerry	205
21	Frank	196
22	Roy	190
23	Harold	185
24	Henry	184
25	Willie	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	169
27	Ralph	168
28	Samuel	167
29	Wayne	160
30	Carl	158
31	Clarence	155
32	Earl	149
33	Joe	143
34	Melvin	134
35	Howard	133
36	Arthur	132
37	Ernest	131
37	Larry	131
39	Lawrence	129
40	Eugene	127
41	Herbert	124
42	Lewis	117
43	Jack	116
44	Fred	111
45	Charlie	106
45	Curtis	106
47	Alfred	104
48	Albert	102
49	Franklin	98
49	Jimmy	98
51	Douglas	97
52	Floyd	96
52	Russell	96
54	Daniel	95
55	Clyde	94
56	Bernard	93
57	Norman	92
58	Gene	91
59	Herman	89
59	Leroy	89
59	Marvin	89
62	Alvin	84
62	Leonard	84
64	Ray	82
65	Louis	81
66	Gerald	80
67	Cecil	75
67	Johnny	75
67	Roger	75
70	Frederick	73
71	Allen	71
72	Warren	68
73	Jesse	65
74	Lloyd	64
75	Claude	63
76	Tommy	62
77	Elmer	61
78	Leon	60
78	Michael	60
80	Calvin	59
81	Jackie	58
81	Stanley	58
83	Carroll	57
83	Jimmie	57
85	Garland	55
86	Freddie	54
87	Andrew	52
88	Benjamin	51
88	Dennis	51
88	Gary	51
88	Randolph	51
92	Phillip	50
92	Ronnie	50
94	Lee	49
95	Leslie	47
95	Milton	47
97	Harvey	46
97	Marshall	46
97	Vernon	46
100	Aubrey	45
100	Don	45