Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,238
2	William	1,060
3	Robert	937
4	John	932
5	Charles	864
6	George	455
7	Paul	369
8	Harold	296
9	Joseph	280
10	Thomas	261
11	Donald	259
12	Jack	250
13	Richard	245
14	Harry	240
15	Edward	230
16	Carl	222
17	Frank	215
18	Clarence	197
19	Roy	185
20	Raymond	184
21	Walter	177
22	Earl	172
23	Ralph	171
24	Kenneth	164
25	Howard	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Calvin	153
27	Junior	147
28	Eugene	144
29	Henry	137
30	David	135
31	Albert	132
32	Ernest	126
33	Fred	122
33	Ray	122
35	Billy	120
36	Bernard	114
37	Arthur	112
38	Lawrence	108
38	Russell	108
40	Joe	106
41	Herbert	105
42	Clyde	100
43	Samuel	97
44	Elmer	93
45	Cecil	92
46	Lewis	81
47	Homer	75
48	Clifford	72
49	Leonard	66
50	Jesse	65
51	Alfred	63
52	Everett	62
52	Lloyd	62
54	Chester	61
54	Louis	61
56	Norman	60
57	Herman	59
58	Andrew	58
59	Warren	57
60	Curtis	55
61	Arnold	54
61	Glenn	54
63	Edgar	53
64	Marvin	51
65	Francis	50
65	Stanley	50
67	Virgil	49
68	Willie	48
69	Leo	47
69	Melvin	47
69	Ronald	47
69	Wayne	47
73	Dale	46
73	Frederick	46
73	Leroy	46
76	Vernon	45
77	Floyd	44
77	Guy	44
79	Gerald	43
80	Hubert	42
81	Edwin	41
81	Lee	41
81	Lester	41
81	Willard	41
85	Anthony	40
86	Dewey	39
87	Bill	38
87	Daniel	38
89	Claude	37
89	Franklin	37
89	Michael	37
92	Alvin	36
92	Delbert	36
92	Ira	36
92	Luther	36
92	Orville	36
97	Steve	35
98	Benjamin	34
98	Woodrow	34
100	Glen	33
100	Sam	33