Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,158
2	William	1,505
3	Robert	1,457
4	John	1,446
5	Charles	967
6	Thomas	736
7	Richard	733
8	David	674
9	George	608
10	Donald	486
11	Ronald	422
12	Joseph	413
13	Larry	411
14	Roger	392
15	Edward	372
15	Jerry	372
17	Michael	337
18	Kenneth	334
19	Paul	264
20	Douglas	253
21	Harry	251
22	Gary	228
23	Raymond	227
24	Roy	224
25	Harold	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	213
27	Willie	211
28	Bobby	199
29	Frank	195
30	Henry	184
31	Carl	181
31	Wayne	181
33	Ralph	160
34	Arthur	158
34	Clarence	158
36	Billy	155
36	Dennis	155
38	Earl	152
38	Howard	152
40	Ernest	150
41	Samuel	146
42	Johnny	145
43	Gerald	134
44	Stephen	132
45	Daniel	128
45	Melvin	128
47	Ronnie	125
48	Lawrence	124
49	Jimmy	122
50	Fred	120
51	Curtis	118
52	Jack	116
53	Lewis	115
53	Marvin	115
55	Albert	113
55	Eugene	113
55	Russell	113
58	Herbert	104
59	Leonard	101
60	Danny	100
61	Charlie	98
62	Clyde	97
63	Andrew	96
64	Joe	95
65	Allen	90
66	Calvin	88
67	Frederick	87
68	Lloyd	84
69	Franklin	83
70	Norman	82
71	Phillip	81
72	Cecil	80
72	Ray	80
74	Louis	79
75	Leroy	78
76	Eddie	77
76	Vernon	77
78	Tommy	76
79	Alvin	74
79	Bernard	74
79	Claude	74
82	Benjamin	72
83	Alfred	71
83	Jesse	71
85	Herman	69
85	Johnnie	69
87	Stanley	68
88	Floyd	64
89	Glenn	61
89	Harvey	61
89	Lee	61
89	Randolph	61
89	Warren	61
94	Bruce	60
94	Milton	60
96	Don	59
96	Leon	59
98	Freddie	58
99	Marshall	57
100	Steve	56