Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,287
2	Robert	1,041
3	William	842
4	Charles	800
5	John	727
6	Donald	549
7	Richard	413
8	David	330
9	Thomas	326
10	George	299
10	Paul	299
12	Ronald	252
13	Kenneth	248
14	Harold	244
15	Bobby	222
16	Jack	219
17	Joseph	214
18	Billy	205
19	Franklin	191
20	Edward	185
21	Carl	181
22	Ralph	165
23	Harry	163
24	Raymond	158
25	Jackie	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	145
27	Roy	144
28	Frank	139
29	Larry	128
30	Joe	126
31	Walter	124
32	Eugene	121
33	Howard	120
34	Earl	114
35	Clarence	101
36	Gerald	94
37	Lawrence	93
38	Fred	90
39	Jimmy	89
40	Ernest	88
40	Gary	88
42	Ray	81
43	Russell	80
44	Bernard	79
45	Arthur	78
45	Henry	78
45	Samuel	78
48	Albert	76
49	Johnny	73
50	Gene	72
51	Melvin	70
52	Norman	68
53	Jimmie	67
53	Leonard	67
55	Cecil	65
56	Clyde	63
57	Wayne	61
58	Daniel	59
58	Lewis	59
60	Clifford	58
60	Dale	58
62	Arnold	56
62	Glenn	56
64	Alfred	54
65	Bill	53
65	Don	53
67	Dennis	52
67	Marvin	52
69	Lowell	51
70	Roger	50
71	Tommy	49
72	Lloyd	48
73	Willard	46
74	Phillip	45
75	Curtis	44
75	Eddie	44
75	Freddie	44
75	Homer	44
75	Junior	44
75	Keith	44
75	Lee	44
82	Glen	43
82	Herbert	43
84	Darrell	42
84	Jesse	42
84	Philip	42
87	Louis	41
88	Herman	40
88	Shirley	40
90	Floyd	39
90	Vernon	39
92	Michael	38
92	Stanley	38
94	Frederick	37
95	Allen	36
95	Everett	36
95	Virgil	36
98	Chester	35
98	Elmer	35
98	Gordon	35
98	Theodore	35