Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,448
2	William	1,793
3	Robert	1,724
4	John	1,608
5	Charles	1,111
6	David	1,025
7	Larry	887
8	Thomas	820
9	Richard	807
10	Michael	731
11	Ronald	676
12	George	673
13	Donald	613
14	Joseph	524
15	Kenneth	480
16	Jerry	474
17	Gary	438
18	Roger	424
19	Edward	411
20	Paul	326
21	Walter	296
22	Dennis	287
23	Stephen	282
24	Raymond	266
25	Wayne	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	244
27	Danny	241
28	Frank	234
29	Ronnie	230
30	Samuel	229
31	Harold	226
32	Henry	220
33	Willie	219
34	Carl	217
35	Roy	214
36	Bobby	208
37	Lawrence	206
38	Daniel	205
39	Ralph	204
40	Douglas	199
41	Clarence	191
42	Melvin	182
43	Billy	172
44	Earl	168
45	Johnny	167
46	Ernest	163
46	Jimmy	163
48	Howard	161
49	Arthur	157
50	Gerald	156
51	Terry	144
52	Allen	140
53	Herbert	136
54	Phillip	135
55	Glenn	134
56	Calvin	133
56	Steven	133
58	Barry	131
58	Bruce	131
60	Marvin	124
61	Jack	122
62	Lewis	120
62	Russell	120
64	Albert	119
65	Joe	116
66	Fred	114
67	Gregory	113
67	Herman	113
69	Bernard	112
69	Curtis	112
71	Eugene	111
72	Stanley	110
73	Warren	108
74	Eddie	106
75	Alvin	105
76	Alfred	99
77	Mark	95
78	Clyde	94
78	Tommy	94
80	Andrew	93
80	Jesse	93
80	Lloyd	93
80	Norman	93
84	Leonard	91
84	Philip	91
86	Leon	90
87	Floyd	89
88	Charlie	88
89	Leroy	87
89	Louis	87
89	Ray	87
92	Benjamin	85
93	Anthony	83
94	Cecil	79
94	Steve	79
96	Timothy	77
97	Donnie	75
98	Milton	74
99	Alan	73
100	Claude	72