Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	969
2	William	910
3	John	831
4	Charles	726
5	Robert	589
6	George	398
7	Paul	319
8	Harold	267
9	Edward	224
10	Joseph	222
11	Frank	220
12	Harry	217
12	Thomas	217
14	Carl	200
15	Ralph	191
16	Walter	185
17	Earl	163
18	Raymond	162
19	Clarence	153
20	Jack	151
21	Roy	150
22	Richard	148
23	Howard	139
24	Warren	137
25	Eugene	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	122
27	Donald	119
28	Kenneth	117
29	Arthur	114
30	Henry	104
31	Clyde	101
31	Fred	101
33	Samuel	100
34	David	96
35	Leonard	94
36	Herbert	92
37	Ray	91
38	Ernest	89
38	Lawrence	89
40	Joe	82
41	Cecil	80
42	Virgil	75
43	Russell	72
44	Lewis	71
45	Elmer	70
46	Chester	68
47	Homer	65
48	Willard	64
49	Bernard	63
49	Clifford	63
51	Junior	62
52	Herman	61
53	Alfred	59
54	Lester	57
55	Louis	55
56	Andrew	49
56	Lloyd	49
56	Stanley	49
59	Glenn	48
59	Norman	48
61	Arnold	47
61	Jesse	47
63	Everett	46
63	Luther	46
65	Daniel	45
65	Delbert	45
65	Edgar	45
65	Francis	45
69	Gerald	41
70	Frederick	40
71	Claude	39
71	Glen	39
71	Melvin	39
74	Billy	38
75	Denver	37
75	Ira	37
77	Benjamin	36
77	Earnest	36
77	Lee	36
77	Marvin	36
81	Floyd	35
81	Harvey	35
81	Vernon	35
81	Willie	35
85	Allen	33
85	Hubert	33
85	Wayne	33
88	Calvin	32
88	Edwin	32
88	Franklin	32
88	Guy	32
92	Orville	31
92	Theodore	31
92	Victor	31
95	Curtis	30
95	Dennis	30
95	Michael	30
95	Tony	30
99	Philip	29
100	Bill	28
100	Forrest	28
100	Leroy	28
100	Sam	28