Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,081
2	William	1,002
3	John	873
4	Robert	856
5	Charles	779
6	George	435
7	Paul	323
8	Harold	299
9	Thomas	266
10	Joseph	262
11	Edward	233
12	Frank	215
13	Carl	214
14	Harry	209
15	Ralph	207
16	Donald	205
17	Richard	198
18	Jack	196
19	Walter	180
20	Raymond	173
20	Roy	173
22	Howard	169
23	Eugene	164
24	Kenneth	153
25	Earl	135

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	134
27	David	124
27	Henry	124
29	Fred	118
30	Junior	115
31	Ernest	114
32	Albert	111
33	Arthur	109
33	Ray	109
35	Clyde	107
36	Lawrence	102
37	Joe	98
38	Russell	97
39	Cecil	89
40	Herbert	88
41	Samuel	86
42	Billy	80
43	Homer	78
44	Bernard	72
44	Leonard	72
46	Warren	71
47	Herman	70
48	Elmer	68
49	Virgil	65
50	Chester	63
50	Lewis	63
52	Alfred	59
52	Calvin	59
52	Louis	59
55	Clifford	58
55	Floyd	58
55	Lloyd	58
58	Marvin	56
58	Norman	56
60	Melvin	55
61	Jesse	53
62	Andrew	52
63	Daniel	51
63	Edwin	51
63	Everett	51
63	Lester	51
63	Stanley	51
68	Arnold	50
68	Claude	50
68	Glenn	50
71	Edgar	49
71	Francis	49
71	Hubert	49
74	Earnest	48
74	Guy	48
76	Wallace	47
77	Bill	46
78	Frederick	45
78	Glen	45
80	Delbert	44
80	Vernon	44
82	Willard	43
83	Denver	42
84	Benjamin	41
84	Gerald	41
84	Lee	41
84	Willie	41
88	Woodrow	40
89	Franklin	39
89	Luther	39
91	Harvey	38
91	Leo	38
93	Dennis	37
93	Dewey	37
93	Ira	37
93	Oscar	37
93	Theodore	37
98	Curtis	36
98	Steve	36
100	Ronald	35