Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,148
2	Robert	1,044
3	William	974
4	Charles	819
5	John	691
6	Donald	361
7	George	325
8	Richard	316
9	Paul	289
10	Jack	275
11	Thomas	274
12	Billy	244
12	Harold	244
14	Edward	196
15	Carl	193
16	Harry	187
17	Joseph	184
18	Kenneth	179
19	Ralph	176
20	Herbert	171
21	David	159
22	Frank	157
23	Eugene	152
24	Raymond	149
25	Roy	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	145
27	Howard	129
28	Clarence	128
29	Earl	127
30	Bobby	122
31	Junior	108
32	Albert	107
33	Henry	103
34	Arthur	100
34	Fred	100
36	Ray	91
37	Ernest	89
38	Joe	88
39	Clyde	85
40	Ronald	81
41	Lawrence	80
42	Russell	75
43	Alfred	74
44	Samuel	69
45	Cecil	67
45	Lewis	67
47	Bernard	65
48	Clifford	63
48	Gerald	63
50	Melvin	62
51	Bill	59
51	Gene	59
51	Norman	59
54	Glen	56
54	Homer	56
56	Marvin	54
57	Elmer	53
57	Leonard	53
59	Stanley	52
60	Chester	51
61	Floyd	50
61	Jesse	50
61	Lester	50
64	Curtis	49
65	Arnold	48
65	Herman	48
67	Don	46
67	Louis	46
67	Willard	46
70	Glenn	45
70	Lloyd	45
70	Virgil	45
73	Claude	44
74	Daniel	43
75	Jackie	42
75	Luther	42
77	Lee	41
78	Frederick	40
79	Andrew	39
79	Edwin	39
79	Hubert	39
79	Jimmie	39
79	Theodore	39
79	Willie	39
85	Billie	38
85	Vernon	38
87	Delbert	37
87	Denver	37
87	Everett	37
87	Leroy	37
91	Edgar	35
92	Johnny	34
92	Wayne	34
94	Leo	33
95	Leon	32
96	Anthony	31
96	Dale	31
96	Guy	31
99	Darrell	29
99	Franklin	29