Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,037
2	William	1,028
3	John	821
4	Charles	781
5	Robert	762
6	George	427
7	Paul	320
8	Joseph	282
9	Harold	280
10	Thomas	251
11	Harry	244
12	Frank	234
13	Edward	211
13	Jack	211
15	Walter	187
16	Ralph	182
17	Carl	178
18	Earl	177
19	Richard	171
20	Donald	169
21	Roy	161
22	Raymond	154
23	Kenneth	151
24	Eugene	150
25	Howard	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	144
27	Albert	128
28	Fred	121
29	Henry	119
30	Joe	111
31	Herbert	104
32	Russell	103
33	Ernest	102
34	Arthur	101
34	David	101
36	Junior	98
37	Lawrence	95
38	Ray	92
39	Clyde	90
39	Leonard	90
39	Samuel	90
42	Bernard	87
42	Elmer	87
44	Warren	82
45	Homer	81
46	Cecil	79
47	Virgil	75
48	Clifford	73
49	Alfred	65
50	Lester	61
51	Floyd	60
51	Lewis	60
53	Louis	59
54	Chester	58
54	Herman	58
56	Andrew	56
56	Lloyd	56
58	Melvin	54
59	Everett	53
59	Jesse	53
61	Billy	52
62	Claude	50
63	Edgar	49
64	Stanley	48
65	Glenn	47
66	Daniel	46
66	Delbert	46
66	Guy	46
69	Hubert	45
70	Theodore	44
71	Glen	43
71	Luther	43
71	Vernon	43
71	Victor	43
71	Willard	43
76	Leo	42
76	Willie	42
78	Lee	41
79	Arnold	40
79	Edwin	40
79	Ira	40
82	Bill	39
82	Dennis	39
82	Francis	39
82	Gerald	39
82	Norman	39
87	Frederick	37
87	Leroy	37
87	Wilbur	37
90	Curtis	36
90	Woodrow	36
92	Benjamin	35
92	Harvey	35
94	Boyd	34
94	Calvin	34
94	Tony	34
97	Anthony	33
98	Leslie	32
98	Ronald	32
98	Wayne	32