Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	805
2	James	803
3	John	716
4	Charles	632
5	Robert	562
6	George	346
7	Paul	235
8	Joseph	216
9	Harry	213
10	Harold	208
11	Edward	201
12	Thomas	196
13	Frank	195
14	Clarence	182
15	Walter	179
16	Carl	172
17	Howard	168
18	Roy	164
19	Raymond	154
20	Richard	152
21	Ralph	142
22	Earl	141
23	Albert	134
24	Jack	133
25	Henry	111

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	107
27	Eugene	105
28	Fred	104
29	Donald	103
30	Samuel	101
31	Arthur	100
32	Ernest	95
33	Woodrow	91
34	Bernard	87
35	Lawrence	85
36	Clyde	84
36	Joe	84
38	Cecil	82
38	David	82
40	Elmer	81
40	Herbert	81
40	Ray	81
43	Russell	75
44	Andrew	69
45	Chester	68
46	Lewis	65
46	Willard	65
48	Clifford	62
48	Louis	62
48	Virgil	62
51	Leonard	59
52	Homer	58
53	Francis	56
53	Lester	56
53	Stanley	56
56	Arnold	52
57	Edgar	49
58	Daniel	48
58	Vernon	48
58	Victor	48
61	Everett	47
61	Herman	47
63	Claude	46
63	Jesse	46
63	Luther	46
66	Glenn	45
67	Lloyd	44
68	Delbert	43
68	Theodore	43
70	Lee	42
71	Alfred	41
71	Melvin	41
73	Ira	40
74	Willie	37
75	Edwin	36
75	Gerald	36
75	Mike	36
78	Guy	35
78	Wilbur	35
80	Dennis	34
80	Hubert	34
82	Anthony	33
82	Leslie	33
82	Marvin	33
82	Sam	33
86	Oscar	32
86	Wayne	32
88	Curtis	31
88	Frederick	31
88	Gilbert	31
88	Glen	31
88	Kermit	31
88	Leo	31
94	Bill	30
95	Floyd	29
95	Michael	29
95	Orville	29
98	Allen	28
98	Dale	28
98	Norman	28
98	Steve	28