Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	705
2	William	678
3	John	659
4	Charles	567
5	Robert	470
6	George	300
7	Paul	238
8	Harry	205
9	Frank	198
10	Joseph	196
11	Thomas	182
12	Edward	163
13	Harold	160
14	Carl	157
15	Roy	154
16	Walter	148
17	Howard	140
18	Richard	135
19	Raymond	124
20	Ralph	123
21	Clarence	120
21	Earl	120
23	Henry	114
24	Kenneth	109
25	Donald	102

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	100
27	Eugene	95
28	Jack	90
28	Lawrence	90
30	Clyde	88
31	David	86
32	Woodrow	84
33	Fred	80
34	Ernest	78
35	Samuel	76
36	Cecil	72
36	Willard	72
38	Herbert	71
39	Elmer	70
40	Joe	68
41	Arthur	63
42	Russell	62
43	Bernard	61
43	Chester	61
43	Virgil	61
46	Leonard	60
47	Homer	59
48	Gerald	54
48	Ray	54
50	Clifford	50
51	Edgar	48
51	Lloyd	48
51	Louis	48
54	Everett	47
55	Delbert	46
56	Lewis	45
57	Lee	43
57	Lester	43
59	Ira	42
59	Luther	42
59	Stanley	42
59	Willie	42
63	Alfred	41
64	Herman	40
65	Floyd	39
65	Jesse	39
65	Melvin	39
68	Andrew	38
69	Theodore	37
70	Denver	36
70	Francis	36
70	Glenn	36
73	Marvin	35
73	Oscar	35
73	Vernon	35
76	Guy	34
77	Frederick	33
77	Leo	33
79	Daniel	32
80	Orville	31
81	Glen	30
81	Michael	30
81	Norman	30
84	Dale	29
84	Edwin	29
84	Hubert	29
84	Otis	29
88	Leslie	28
88	Ronald	28
90	Claude	27
90	Gilbert	27
90	Wilbur	27
90	Willis	27
94	Harley	25
94	Okey	25
96	Anthony	24
96	Arnold	24
96	Junior	24
96	Roscoe	24
96	Wayne	24