Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	622
2	James	602
3	John	594
4	Charles	491
5	Robert	405
6	George	331
7	Paul	220
8	Joseph	208
9	Harry	187
10	Harold	161
11	Thomas	160
12	Frank	153
13	Edward	148
14	Howard	140
15	Carl	137
16	Ralph	132
17	Roy	126
18	Clarence	120
19	Willard	117
20	Raymond	109
21	Ernest	105
22	Walter	100
23	Richard	99
24	Earl	97
25	Albert	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	93
27	Fred	88
28	Jack	84
28	Lawrence	84
30	Samuel	83
31	Ray	82
32	Joe	81
33	Kenneth	80
34	Clyde	77
35	Elmer	72
36	Arthur	70
37	Eugene	68
38	Russell	66
39	Cecil	64
39	Donald	64
39	Woodrow	64
42	Homer	58
43	Bernard	57
44	Lester	56
45	David	55
45	Herbert	55
47	Leonard	54
48	Louis	53
48	Virgil	53
50	Jesse	52
51	Chester	48
52	Edgar	47
52	Lewis	47
54	Andrew	45
54	Herman	45
56	Clifford	43
56	Francis	43
58	Glenn	39
59	Everett	37
59	Stanley	37
61	Floyd	36
61	Luther	36
63	Guy	35
63	Jess	35
63	Leo	35
66	Denver	34
66	Vernon	34
68	Daniel	33
68	Melvin	33
70	Alfred	32
70	Ira	32
70	Lee	32
70	Lloyd	32
74	Claude	31
74	Gerald	31
74	Steve	31
77	Arnold	30
77	Willie	30
79	Edwin	29
80	Glen	28
80	Hubert	28
82	Ronald	27
83	Anthony	26
83	Basil	26
83	Curtis	26
83	Dale	26
83	Frederick	26
83	Marvin	26
83	Sam	26
90	Benjamin	25
90	Delbert	25
90	Leslie	25
90	Norman	25
90	Orville	25
95	Earnest	24
95	Victor	24
97	Harvey	23
97	Tony	23
99	Dennis	22
99	Harley	22