Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	829
2	William	742
3	John	708
4	Charles	620
5	Robert	584
6	George	308
7	Paul	269
8	Edward	209
9	Harold	206
10	Joseph	201
11	Harry	195
12	Frank	191
13	Ralph	175
14	Carl	164
15	Thomas	159
16	Clarence	158
17	Raymond	148
18	Walter	146
19	Earl	145
19	Howard	145
21	Roy	139
22	Donald	125
22	Richard	125
24	Jack	124
25	Arthur	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	106
27	Henry	105
28	Fred	104
29	David	100
30	Ernest	94
31	Elmer	93
32	Ray	91
33	Albert	90
34	Clyde	87
34	Eugene	87
36	Lawrence	84
37	Herbert	80
38	Samuel	79
39	Cecil	75
40	Russell	73
41	Homer	70
42	Bernard	69
43	Leonard	64
44	Clifford	61
44	Stanley	61
46	Joe	59
47	Lewis	58
48	Francis	54
48	Junior	54
48	Willard	54
51	Jesse	52
52	Andrew	51
52	Gerald	51
52	Herman	51
55	Chester	49
55	Woodrow	49
57	Claude	47
57	Floyd	47
59	Lester	46
59	Louis	46
59	Virgil	46
62	Edgar	45
63	Lloyd	43
64	Arnold	42
64	Glenn	42
66	Willie	41
67	Vernon	40
68	Edwin	39
68	Everett	39
68	Theodore	39
71	Alfred	38
71	Franklin	38
71	Marvin	38
74	Dale	37
75	Glen	36
75	Leo	36
75	Melvin	36
75	Norman	36
75	Victor	36
80	Daniel	35
80	Sam	35
82	Dennis	34
82	Guy	34
84	Delbert	33
84	Hubert	33
84	Lee	33
84	Warren	33
88	Denver	32
89	Benjamin	31
89	Billy	31
89	Kermit	31
92	Luther	30
93	Ira	29
94	Earnest	28
94	Frederick	28
94	Orville	28
94	Wallace	28
98	Philip	27
99	Okey	26
99	Wilbur	26