Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,266
2	William	1,669
3	Robert	1,523
4	John	1,322
5	Charles	1,013
6	Richard	711
7	Thomas	687
8	David	664
9	George	641
10	Donald	452
11	Ronald	406
12	Joseph	399
13	Edward	384
14	Larry	373
15	Roger	367
16	Kenneth	354
17	Jerry	327
18	Paul	277
19	Michael	270
20	Walter	255
21	Roy	245
22	Raymond	243
23	Harold	220
24	Frank	208
25	Douglas	204

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Henry	204
27	Willie	200
28	Gary	199
29	Wayne	198
30	Bobby	197
31	Harry	196
32	Clarence	195
33	Howard	176
34	Lawrence	175
35	Carl	173
36	Ralph	172
37	Samuel	170
38	Arthur	169
38	Billy	169
40	Melvin	160
41	Earl	158
42	Ernest	153
43	Charlie	148
44	Jimmy	144
45	Eugene	141
46	Daniel	135
47	Albert	129
48	Lewis	127
49	Johnny	125
50	Dennis	124
51	Herbert	118
52	Fred	117
53	Jack	114
54	Joe	112
55	Marvin	107
56	Gerald	105
57	Curtis	101
57	Franklin	101
59	Calvin	99
60	Norman	95
60	Russell	95
60	Stephen	95
63	Ronnie	94
64	Andrew	93
65	Danny	92
66	Leroy	90
66	Tommy	90
68	Bernard	89
69	Eddie	88
70	Leonard	86
71	Alfred	85
71	Ray	85
71	Warren	85
74	Clyde	82
74	Herman	82
74	Phillip	82
77	Benjamin	79
77	Lloyd	79
79	Frederick	78
80	Allen	76
80	Claude	76
82	Floyd	74
82	Jesse	74
84	Stanley	73
85	Cecil	72
86	Alvin	71
86	Glenn	71
86	Vernon	71
89	Lee	69
89	Louis	69
91	Jackie	66
92	Gene	64
93	Barry	63
93	Terry	63
95	Earnest	62
95	Milton	62
97	Bruce	61
98	Leon	60
99	Johnnie	59
100	Luther	58