Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,198
2	William	1,086
3	Robert	1,016
4	Charles	952
5	John	799
6	George	417
7	Paul	359
8	Donald	338
9	Jack	322
10	Richard	302
11	Harold	288
12	Thomas	282
13	Harry	246
14	Edward	236
15	Carl	229
16	Joseph	224
17	Roy	198
18	Frank	195
19	Kenneth	192
20	Clarence	189
20	Eugene	189
22	Billy	186
22	Raymond	186
24	Ralph	181
25	Howard	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Junior	149
27	Earl	146
28	David	128
29	Albert	125
30	Ray	124
31	Arthur	123
31	Walter	123
33	Cecil	118
34	Lawrence	112
35	Fred	111
36	Ernest	105
37	Henry	103
38	Joe	98
39	Clyde	93
40	Herbert	88
41	Russell	87
42	Samuel	86
43	Gene	80
44	Calvin	77
45	Lewis	75
46	Clifford	73
47	Bernard	67
48	Gerald	64
49	Alfred	63
49	Willard	63
51	Melvin	61
52	Norman	60
53	Bill	58
53	Ronald	58
55	Leonard	57
56	Daniel	56
57	Lloyd	55
58	Stanley	54
59	Marvin	52
60	Elmer	50
60	Everett	50
62	Bobby	49
62	Edgar	49
62	Homer	49
62	Louis	49
66	Andrew	48
66	Glen	48
66	Virgil	48
69	Arnold	47
69	Jesse	47
71	Floyd	46
71	Luther	46
71	Willie	46
74	Claude	45
74	Don	45
76	Allen	44
76	Curtis	44
76	Lester	44
79	Dale	43
79	Delbert	43
79	Hubert	43
79	Lee	43
79	Vernon	43
84	Leo	42
85	Chester	41
85	Denver	41
85	Herman	41
88	Francis	40
89	Benjamin	39
89	Glenn	39
89	Guy	39
89	Leroy	39
89	Wayne	39
94	Edwin	38
95	Grover	35
96	Ira	34
96	Oscar	34
98	Dewey	32
98	Earnest	32
98	Garland	32
98	Jimmie	32