Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,109
2	William	1,077
3	Robert	883
4	Charles	878
5	John	821
6	George	419
7	Paul	365
8	Harold	306
9	Richard	267
10	Joseph	263
11	Jack	255
12	Donald	248
13	Thomas	246
14	Edward	236
15	Carl	218
16	Harry	212
17	Ralph	190
18	Roy	182
19	Howard	177
19	Raymond	177
21	Frank	175
22	Kenneth	173
22	Walter	173
24	Eugene	169
25	Clarence	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	163
27	Calvin	145
28	Ernest	139
29	Junior	134
30	David	129
31	Henry	126
32	Billy	123
33	Arthur	117
34	Ray	114
35	Albert	112
36	Fred	106
36	Joe	106
38	Clyde	95
39	Cecil	94
39	Samuel	94
41	Russell	93
42	Lawrence	87
42	Lewis	87
44	Herbert	81
45	Bernard	80
46	Leonard	77
47	Clifford	75
48	Homer	74
49	Elmer	70
50	Floyd	67
51	Alfred	66
51	Jesse	66
53	Andrew	62
53	Virgil	62
55	Lloyd	58
55	Louis	58
57	Gerald	57
57	Norman	57
59	Melvin	55
59	Stanley	55
61	Herman	54
62	Arnold	50
62	Claude	50
62	Daniel	50
65	Glenn	49
66	Bill	48
66	Francis	48
68	Lester	46
68	Marvin	46
70	Ronald	45
71	Frederick	44
71	Glen	44
73	Guy	43
74	Curtis	42
74	Dennis	42
74	Okey	42
74	Willard	42
78	Chester	40
78	Leroy	40
80	Denver	39
80	Edgar	39
80	Theodore	39
80	Vernon	39
80	Warren	39
85	Lee	38
86	Edwin	37
86	Ira	37
86	Leo	37
86	Willie	37
90	Hubert	36
91	Benjamin	35
92	Luther	34
93	Dale	33
94	Allen	32
94	Earnest	32
94	Gene	32
97	Delbert	31
97	Everett	31
97	Harvey	31
100	Alvin	30
100	Dewey	30
100	Wallace	30