Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	459
2	John	458
3	William	448
4	Charles	350
5	Robert	274
6	George	240
7	Paul	168
8	Harry	151
9	Joseph	148
10	Frank	130
11	Harold	123
12	Edward	106
13	Roy	105
14	Ralph	104
15	Walter	103
16	Carl	100
17	Clarence	91
17	Howard	91
17	Thomas	91
20	Raymond	90
21	Earl	86
22	Richard	80
23	Fred	72
23	Woodrow	72
25	Albert	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	69
27	Henry	68
28	Eugene	64
29	Arthur	63
30	Lawrence	62
31	Jack	60
32	Cecil	57
33	Clyde	56
34	Bernard	54
35	Elmer	53
36	Herbert	52
37	Donald	50
38	Ray	48
38	Russell	48
40	Ernest	46
40	Homer	46
42	Samuel	43
43	Everett	40
43	Herman	40
45	Chester	39
46	Joe	38
46	Virgil	38
48	Andrew	36
48	David	36
48	Delbert	36
48	Lester	36
48	Stanley	36
53	Louis	34
54	Lee	33
54	Leonard	33
56	Claude	32
57	Daniel	31
58	Alfred	29
58	Arnold	29
58	Clifford	29
58	Melvin	29
58	Willard	29
63	Francis	28
63	Lloyd	28
63	Michael	28
66	Floyd	27
66	Glen	27
66	Lewis	27
69	Edgar	26
69	Orville	26
71	Luther	25
72	Dennis	24
72	Norman	24
74	Gilbert	23
74	Willie	23
76	Glenn	22
76	Hubert	22
76	Ira	22
76	Marvin	22
80	Anthony	21
80	Edwin	21
80	Oscar	21
83	Archie	20
83	Denver	20
83	Franklin	20
83	Leo	20
83	Victor	20
88	Earnest	19
88	Gerald	19
90	Frederick	18
90	Okey	18
90	Steve	18
90	Wilbert	18
94	Guy	17
94	Jesse	17
94	Kermit	17
94	Sam	17
94	Vernon	17
94	Willis	17
100	Leslie	16
100	Theodore	16
100	Wayne	16