Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,356
2	William	1,780
3	Robert	1,570
4	John	1,410
5	Charles	1,048
6	Richard	709
7	Thomas	692
8	George	621
9	David	606
10	Ronald	455
11	Donald	426
12	Joseph	422
13	Jerry	420
14	Roger	391
15	Kenneth	379
16	Larry	362
17	Edward	358
18	Paul	299
19	Walter	294
20	Douglas	292
21	Raymond	252
22	Roy	250
23	Frank	242
24	Bobby	227
25	Henry	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	218
27	Harry	205
28	Clarence	203
28	Willie	203
30	Wayne	200
31	Billy	198
32	Michael	196
33	Samuel	192
34	Carl	186
35	Ernest	172
36	Arthur	169
37	Howard	168
38	Gary	167
39	Ralph	164
40	Lawrence	160
41	Earl	154
42	Melvin	148
43	Jimmy	146
44	Fred	144
44	Gerald	144
46	Ronnie	131
47	Eugene	130
48	Johnny	128
49	Albert	126
50	Daniel	124
50	Herbert	124
52	Jack	122
53	Russell	117
54	Lewis	113
55	Franklin	112
56	Joe	111
57	Dennis	110
57	Marvin	110
59	Curtis	108
60	Charlie	105
61	Bernard	103
62	Clyde	101
63	Alfred	99
64	Leroy	96
65	Stanley	95
66	Norman	93
66	Warren	93
68	Stephen	92
69	Calvin	90
70	Andrew	89
70	Tommy	89
72	Floyd	88
73	Allen	86
74	Cecil	85
75	Eddie	84
76	Frederick	80
76	Herman	80
76	Jesse	80
79	Alvin	78
79	Danny	78
81	Benjamin	77
82	Ray	76
83	Claude	75
83	Louis	75
85	Glenn	73
86	Leonard	72
86	Phillip	72
88	Harvey	69
88	Lloyd	69
90	Leon	68
90	Vernon	68
92	Freddie	66
93	Philip	65
94	Earnest	63
94	Garland	63
96	Gene	62
97	Bill	60
97	Francis	60
97	Wallace	60
100	Carroll	59
100	Jackie	59
100	Johnnie	59