Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,894
2	William	1,449
3	Robert	1,340
4	John	1,087
5	Charles	887
6	George	573
7	Thomas	563
8	Richard	549
9	David	461
10	Donald	438
11	Joseph	406
12	Edward	333
13	Ronald	313
14	Jerry	300
15	Kenneth	297
16	Bobby	285
17	Paul	246
18	Raymond	228
19	Larry	227
20	Roy	218
21	Billy	212
22	Frank	209
23	Willie	203
24	Walter	202
25	Clarence	186

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wayne	186
27	Henry	185
27	Roger	185
29	Carl	181
30	Harold	180
31	Harry	171
32	Samuel	168
33	Melvin	165
34	Earl	158
35	Howard	157
36	Ralph	154
37	Eugene	150
38	Lawrence	141
39	Douglas	133
39	Ernest	133
41	Joe	130
42	Charlie	129
43	Fred	128
44	Albert	126
45	Arthur	124
45	Franklin	124
47	Jimmy	119
48	Jack	118
49	Herbert	117
50	Johnny	116
51	Lewis	115
52	Gerald	109
53	Gene	105
54	Daniel	104
55	Herman	101
55	Jackie	101
57	Curtis	100
58	Norman	99
59	Floyd	96
59	Ronnie	96
61	Cecil	93
62	Michael	92
63	Alfred	89
63	Russell	89
65	Gary	82
66	Claude	81
66	Clyde	81
68	Ray	80
69	Jesse	79
69	Marvin	79
71	Leroy	78
71	Lloyd	78
71	Louis	78
71	Tommy	78
75	Warren	77
76	Phillip	76
77	Alvin	75
77	Bernard	75
79	Leonard	74
80	Frederick	73
81	Allen	70
82	Harvey	69
83	Eddie	68
83	Jimmie	68
85	Philip	65
85	Vernon	65
87	Andrew	64
87	Dennis	64
89	Leon	61
90	Benjamin	60
91	Earnest	58
91	Glenn	58
91	Milton	58
94	Danny	55
94	Linwood	55
96	Calvin	54
96	Elmer	54
96	Freddie	54
96	Lester	54
100	Carroll	53