Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,400
2	William	1,744
3	Robert	1,614
4	John	1,491
5	Charles	1,116
6	Richard	889
7	Thomas	771
8	David	739
9	George	646
10	Ronald	583
11	Donald	575
12	Larry	572
13	Michael	490
14	Jerry	434
15	Joseph	432
16	Roger	421
17	Edward	418
18	Kenneth	399
19	Gary	311
20	Paul	290
21	Walter	281
22	Raymond	255
23	Roy	251
24	Wayne	250
25	Dennis	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	227
27	Billy	219
28	Samuel	216
29	Harry	215
30	Frank	212
31	Douglas	210
32	Henry	209
33	Harold	208
34	Ralph	194
35	Willie	192
36	Ronnie	187
37	Carl	186
38	Danny	183
39	Clarence	181
40	Daniel	179
41	Earl	176
42	Stephen	164
43	Jimmy	161
44	Lawrence	160
45	Ernest	158
46	Johnny	148
47	Arthur	146
48	Gerald	145
49	Howard	140
50	Melvin	137
51	Albert	126
52	Curtis	122
53	Jack	120
54	Allen	119
54	Fred	119
56	Herbert	116
57	Joe	111
57	Lewis	111
57	Russell	111
60	Bernard	105
60	Eugene	105
62	Glenn	103
63	Phillip	102
64	Eddie	99
65	Alfred	98
65	Barry	98
67	Marvin	96
67	Terry	96
69	Leonard	94
70	Calvin	93
70	Charlie	93
70	Jesse	93
70	Leroy	93
74	Andrew	91
74	Franklin	91
76	Alvin	88
76	Tommy	88
78	Bruce	87
79	Benjamin	85
79	Claude	85
79	Norman	85
82	Clyde	82
82	Ray	82
84	Herman	79
85	Stanley	78
86	Cecil	76
87	Floyd	74
88	Warren	73
89	Jackie	72
89	Steven	72
91	Lloyd	70
91	Randolph	70
93	Milton	69
93	Steve	69
95	Gene	68
96	Vernon	66
97	Edwin	65
97	Leon	65
99	Donnie	64
99	Frederick	64