Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	996
2	William	982
3	John	833
4	Charles	806
5	Robert	766
6	George	417
7	Paul	366
8	Harold	279
9	Joseph	255
10	Thomas	252
11	Harry	250
12	Frank	240
13	Edward	228
14	Carl	213
15	Richard	196
16	Walter	195
17	Jack	190
18	Warren	181
19	Howard	180
20	Earl	179
21	Roy	178
22	Ralph	168
23	Raymond	167
24	Donald	161
25	Kenneth	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	154
27	Eugene	132
27	Henry	132
29	David	125
30	Ray	119
31	Lawrence	118
32	Fred	117
33	Albert	114
34	Samuel	109
35	Arthur	106
36	Cecil	100
36	Ernest	100
38	Clyde	96
39	Herbert	91
40	Joe	90
40	Junior	90
42	Russell	89
43	Leonard	86
44	Bernard	79
44	Elmer	79
46	Virgil	78
47	Lewis	76
48	Clifford	70
49	Homer	68
50	Chester	61
50	Herman	61
52	Melvin	60
53	Lloyd	59
54	Stanley	58
55	Louis	57
55	Marvin	57
57	Jesse	56
57	Willard	56
59	Floyd	55
60	Everett	50
60	Glenn	50
60	Hubert	50
63	Alfred	48
63	Arnold	48
63	Billy	48
63	Daniel	48
63	Delbert	48
63	Gerald	48
69	Orville	47
70	Andrew	46
71	Curtis	45
71	Lester	45
73	Edgar	44
73	Edwin	44
73	Francis	44
73	Lee	44
77	Leo	42
77	Luther	42
77	Vernon	42
80	Ira	40
81	Dennis	39
82	Glen	38
82	Woodrow	38
84	Denver	37
85	Anthony	36
85	Claude	36
85	Guy	36
85	Steve	36
89	Allen	35
89	Norman	35
91	Harvey	34
91	Leroy	34
91	Ronald	34
91	Wayne	34
95	Benjamin	33
95	Wilbur	33
97	Dale	32
98	Earnest	31
98	Sam	31
100	Calvin	30
100	Frederick	30
100	Garland	30
100	Leon	30