Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,679
2	William	1,988
3	Robert	1,825
4	John	1,656
5	Charles	1,236
6	David	1,048
7	Thomas	949
8	Richard	913
9	Larry	813
10	George	710
11	Ronald	674
12	Donald	632
13	Michael	630
14	Jerry	542
15	Joseph	536
16	Kenneth	505
17	Edward	449
18	Gary	414
19	Roger	413
20	Paul	338
21	Walter	305
22	Wayne	290
23	Harry	267
23	Roy	267
25	Danny	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	255
27	Stephen	253
28	Dennis	248
29	Samuel	241
30	Frank	237
31	Henry	236
32	Douglas	230
33	Willie	225
34	Harold	218
35	Ronnie	216
36	Bobby	207
36	Clarence	207
38	Ralph	203
39	Carl	200
40	Daniel	196
41	Melvin	192
42	Arthur	184
43	Lawrence	183
44	Earl	182
45	Billy	181
46	Howard	178
47	Jimmy	173
48	Johnny	172
49	Ernest	155
50	Albert	151
51	Lewis	150
52	Steven	149
53	Gerald	147
54	Calvin	144
54	Curtis	144
54	Fred	144
57	Eugene	138
58	Herbert	131
59	Jack	130
60	Russell	129
61	Allen	123
62	Joe	122
62	Terry	122
64	Marvin	120
65	Bruce	119
66	Phillip	117
67	Charlie	113
68	Tommy	112
69	Barry	111
70	Eddie	109
70	Glenn	109
72	Leonard	107
73	Jesse	106
73	Ray	106
75	Norman	104
76	Bernard	103
77	Alvin	98
78	Andrew	95
78	Herman	95
80	Warren	93
81	Floyd	92
81	Leroy	92
83	Edwin	91
84	Stanley	90
85	Clyde	89
85	Frederick	89
85	Gregory	89
85	Steve	89
89	Alfred	88
89	Jackie	88
91	Cecil	87
92	Louis	86
93	Benjamin	85
93	Franklin	85
95	Philip	82
96	Claude	81
97	Vernon	73
98	Anthony	71
99	Linwood	70
100	Freddie	68