Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1930

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	Robert	1,049
3	William	970
4	Charles	854
5	John	735
6	Donald	446
7	Richard	375
8	George	313
9	Jack	307
10	Paul	302
11	Thomas	255
12	Billy	228
13	Harold	217
14	Kenneth	214
15	Carl	211
16	Edward	203
17	Raymond	202
18	Harry	187
19	Joseph	184
20	Roy	175
21	David	163
21	Howard	163
21	Ralph	163
24	Clarence	154
25	Bobby	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	137
27	Eugene	135
28	Walter	132
29	Earl	115
30	Ray	114
31	Joe	112
32	Arthur	111
32	Herbert	111
34	Ernest	102
34	Junior	102
36	Bernard	97
37	Fred	90
38	Cecil	88
39	Lawrence	87
40	Henry	85
41	Clyde	84
41	Samuel	84
43	Albert	80
44	Gene	79
45	Ronald	77
46	Leonard	74
46	Russell	74
48	Bill	64
48	Clifford	64
50	Marvin	60
51	Glenn	59
52	Melvin	58
53	Delbert	57
54	Lewis	55
54	Norman	55
56	Don	54
57	Homer	53
58	Gerald	52
58	Herman	52
60	Vernon	51
61	Daniel	50
62	Elmer	49
63	Glen	48
63	Louis	48
65	Arnold	47
65	Floyd	47
65	Johnny	47
68	Lloyd	46
69	Alfred	45
69	Dale	45
69	Virgil	45
72	Claude	44
72	Jimmie	44
72	Wayne	44
75	Andrew	43
75	Everett	43
75	Francis	43
75	Willard	43
79	Chester	42
79	Dennis	42
79	Jackie	42
79	Willie	42
83	Edwin	40
84	Edgar	39
85	Stanley	38
86	Calvin	37
86	Curtis	37
86	Jimmy	37
89	Jerry	36
90	Darrell	34
90	Frederick	34
90	Gilbert	34
93	Earnest	33
93	Hubert	33
93	Leon	33
96	Jesse	32
96	Lee	32
96	Leo	32
99	Allen	31
99	Dallas	31
99	Lester	31
99	Orville	31