Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	648
2	William	634
3	James	611
4	Charles	522
5	Robert	408
6	George	272
7	Paul	241
8	Harry	199
9	Joseph	180
10	Frank	176
11	Edward	168
12	Harold	146
13	Thomas	138
14	Woodrow	133
15	Roy	132
16	Carl	131
17	Howard	126
18	Raymond	124
19	Richard	120
20	Earl	118
21	Ralph	114
22	Walter	108
23	Albert	107
24	Clarence	103
25	Fred	98

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	94
27	Kenneth	91
28	Henry	89
29	Arthur	81
30	Willard	80
31	Samuel	75
32	Ernest	74
32	Ray	74
34	Lawrence	72
35	Herbert	71
36	Joe	70
37	Donald	69
38	Jack	68
39	Cecil	67
40	David	64
40	Virgil	64
42	Russell	60
43	Homer	57
44	Leonard	56
45	Elmer	54
46	Chester	52
46	Eugene	52
48	Clifford	51
49	Bernard	50
50	Lester	47
51	Stanley	45
52	Alfred	42
52	Jesse	42
52	Lewis	42
55	Everett	41
56	Andrew	40
56	Sam	40
58	Frederick	39
58	Glenn	39
58	Luther	39
61	Edwin	38
62	Arnold	37
62	Norman	37
64	Edgar	36
64	Floyd	36
64	Glen	36
64	Ira	36
64	Lee	36
69	Claude	35
69	Francis	35
69	Lloyd	35
72	Leo	34
72	Louis	34
74	Gerald	32
74	Marvin	32
76	Herman	31
76	Roscoe	31
78	Delbert	30
78	Leslie	30
78	Melvin	30
81	Steve	29
82	Dennis	28
82	Willie	28
84	Boyd	27
84	Daniel	27
84	Denver	27
84	Guy	27
84	Harvey	27
84	Hubert	27
84	Jess	27
91	Curtis	26
91	Oscar	26
93	Basil	25
93	Forrest	25
93	Theodore	25
96	Hugh	24
96	Orville	24
96	Otis	24
96	Willis	24
100	Anthony	23
100	Vernon	23