Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,792
2	William	1,393
3	Robert	1,186
4	John	1,079
5	Charles	873
6	Richard	554
7	Thomas	553
8	George	547
9	David	431
10	Donald	370
11	Joseph	355
12	Edward	287
13	Kenneth	274
14	Bobby	268
15	Ronald	248
15	Walter	248
17	Jerry	247
18	Raymond	227
19	Billy	221
20	Paul	212
21	Roy	207
22	Harold	204
23	Frank	187
23	Larry	187
25	Wayne	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	176
27	Harry	174
28	Howard	171
29	Clarence	170
30	Earl	167
31	Willie	165
32	Ralph	160
33	Melvin	154
34	Samuel	148
35	Roger	144
36	Carl	142
37	Fred	141
38	Eugene	133
39	Lawrence	132
40	Ernest	131
40	Joe	131
42	Franklin	127
43	Douglas	126
43	Herbert	126
45	Arthur	120
46	Charlie	119
46	Jimmy	119
48	Albert	114
49	Jack	112
50	Gerald	111
51	Marvin	109
52	Johnny	106
52	Lewis	106
54	Curtis	102
55	Russell	100
56	Herman	95
56	Norman	95
58	Clyde	94
58	Gene	94
60	Cecil	93
61	Allen	86
61	Bernard	86
63	Alfred	85
64	Jesse	84
65	Leonard	83
66	Daniel	80
67	Gary	79
68	Leroy	78
69	Ray	75
69	Tommy	75
71	Louis	74
71	Vernon	74
73	Claude	73
74	Leon	72
75	Jackie	70
76	Calvin	69
77	Michael	68
78	Phillip	67
79	Frederick	66
80	Dennis	64
80	Eddie	64
80	Floyd	64
83	Freddie	63
84	Stanley	61
85	Benjamin	59
85	Wallace	59
87	Garland	58
87	Glenn	58
87	Harvey	58
87	Lloyd	58
91	Carroll	56
91	Luther	56
93	Ronnie	55
94	Nelson	54
95	Randolph	53
96	Elmer	52
96	Lee	52
96	Warren	52
99	Alvin	51
99	Jimmie	51
99	Philip	51