Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	151
2	James	134
3	John	125
4	Charles	95
5	Robert	70
6	George	68
7	Joseph	45
8	Harry	43
9	Frank	41
10	Edward	38
11	Walter	37
12	Howard	34
13	Clarence	33
14	Fred	32
14	Paul	32
16	Thomas	29
17	Earl	28
17	Ralph	28
19	Russell	27
20	Harold	26
20	Roy	26
22	Raymond	24
23	Albert	23
23	Carl	23
23	Henry	23

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	22
27	Willie	21
28	Donald	19
28	Samuel	19
30	Arthur	18
30	Cecil	18
30	Jack	18
30	Richard	18
34	Ernest	17
34	Herbert	17
36	Ray	16
37	Melvin	14
38	Clifford	13
38	Kenneth	13
38	Leonard	13
41	Chester	12
41	Joe	12
41	Lawrence	12
41	Lester	12
41	Norman	12
46	David	11
46	Homer	11
46	Jesse	11
46	Louis	11
46	Luther	11
51	Hubert	10
51	Lewis	10
51	Theodore	10
54	Alva	9
54	Arnold	9
54	Claude	9
54	Clyde	9
54	Elmer	9
54	Floyd	9
54	Francis	9
54	Herman	9
62	Alfred	8
62	Charlie	8
62	Curtis	8
62	Daniel	8
62	Edgar	8
62	Everett	8
62	Kermit	8
62	Sam	8
62	Wayne	8
62	Wilbur	8
72	Alonzo	7
72	Edwin	7
72	Frederick	7
72	Gilbert	7
72	Glen	7
72	Lee	7
72	Leroy	7
72	Leslie	7
72	Virgil	7
81	Aubrey	6
81	Boyd	6
81	Charley	6
81	Dale	6
81	Forest	6
81	Gerald	6
81	Glenn	6
81	Ira	6
81	Lloyd	6
81	Michael	6
81	Oliver	6
81	Oscar	6
81	Philip	6
81	Stanley	6
95	Aaron	5
95	Calvin	5
95	Earnest	5
95	Edison	5
95	Estel	5
95	Ezra	5
95	Guy	5
95	Harley	5
95	Marvin	5
95	Thurman	5
95	Wilbert	5
95	Willard	5
95	Willis	5