Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,321
2	William	1,838
3	Robert	1,722
4	John	1,531
5	Charles	1,161
6	David	1,080
7	Larry	909
8	Thomas	899
9	Michael	825
10	Richard	801
11	Donald	633
12	Ronald	622
13	George	613
14	Joseph	537
15	Jerry	492
16	Kenneth	465
17	Gary	457
18	Edward	441
19	Roger	410
20	Paul	344
21	Stephen	342
22	Dennis	265
23	Wayne	256
24	Raymond	254
25	Walter	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	237
27	Danny	234
28	Ronnie	224
28	Roy	224
30	Steven	216
31	Henry	215
32	Frank	207
33	Carl	204
33	Douglas	204
33	Harry	204
36	Daniel	201
36	Lawrence	201
36	Ralph	201
39	Samuel	200
40	Willie	195
41	Bobby	189
42	Howard	185
43	Gerald	175
44	Clarence	171
45	Melvin	169
46	Billy	166
47	Arthur	160
48	Ernest	155
49	Earl	154
50	Terry	153
51	Johnny	150
52	Bruce	145
53	Phillip	137
54	Barry	136
55	Calvin	135
55	Curtis	135
57	Eugene	134
57	Gregory	134
59	Allen	130
60	Herbert	129
61	Marvin	127
62	Alvin	125
63	Lewis	124
64	Glenn	122
65	Fred	121
66	Albert	120
67	Charlie	116
68	Bernard	115
69	Jack	114
70	Jimmy	113
71	Russell	108
72	Mark	107
73	Joe	105
74	Andrew	100
75	Clyde	99
75	Eddie	99
75	Herman	99
78	Norman	93
79	Stanley	92
79	Warren	92
81	Frederick	91
81	Tommy	91
83	Alfred	89
83	Donnie	89
85	Anthony	88
86	Leroy	87
87	Steve	85
88	Floyd	84
88	Randolph	84
90	Louis	83
91	Benjamin	81
91	Jesse	81
91	Leonard	81
91	Philip	81
91	Ray	81
91	Timothy	81
97	Theodore	79
98	Vernon	76
99	Leon	74
100	Lonnie	73