Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,203
2	William	1,050
3	Robert	962
4	Charles	822
5	John	783
6	George	398
7	Paul	334
8	Donald	299
9	Harold	288
10	Jack	272
11	Richard	265
12	Thomas	243
13	Joseph	239
14	Harry	238
15	Carl	228
16	Edward	219
17	Frank	209
18	Roy	185
19	Howard	181
20	Billy	180
21	Ralph	178
22	Raymond	177
23	Eugene	175
24	Walter	154
25	Kenneth	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Junior	151
27	Clarence	148
28	Earl	146
29	Henry	129
30	David	118
31	Albert	117
32	Ray	116
33	Lawrence	114
34	Ernest	113
35	Russell	106
36	Fred	103
37	Arthur	102
38	Cecil	95
39	Bernard	91
40	Samuel	87
41	Joe	85
42	Elmer	80
43	Leonard	76
44	Lewis	75
45	Gerald	73
46	Herbert	71
47	Clyde	69
48	Clifford	68
49	Virgil	66
50	Melvin	65
50	Norman	65
52	Calvin	63
52	Homer	63
52	Lester	63
52	Marvin	63
56	Glenn	62
57	Floyd	60
58	Stanley	57
59	Herman	56
60	Alfred	55
60	Bill	55
62	Vernon	54
63	Jesse	53
64	Louis	52
65	Guy	49
66	Earnest	48
66	Everett	48
68	Dale	47
68	Franklin	47
68	Lloyd	47
71	Dewey	46
72	Dennis	44
72	Gene	44
72	Willard	44
75	Claude	43
75	Daniel	43
75	Ronald	43
78	Delbert	42
78	Glen	42
78	Jimmie	42
81	Chester	41
81	Edgar	41
81	Lee	41
84	Edwin	40
85	Willie	39
86	Frederick	38
86	Luther	38
88	Francis	37
89	Arnold	36
89	Don	36
89	Leo	36
89	Wayne	36
93	Hubert	35
94	Alvin	34
94	Andrew	34
94	Sam	34
94	Victor	34
98	Bobby	33
99	Leroy	31
99	Leslie	31
99	Marion	31