Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,285
2	Robert	1,070
3	Charles	883
4	William	832
5	John	704
6	Donald	624
7	Richard	380
8	Thomas	352
9	Paul	331
10	George	330
11	David	323
12	Ronald	320
13	Kenneth	269
14	Billy	234
15	Harold	214
16	Larry	213
17	Bobby	207
18	Edward	204
19	Jack	190
20	Carl	187
21	Joseph	178
22	Jerry	173
23	Roy	165
24	Franklin	159
25	Raymond	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	142
27	Harry	136
28	Howard	132
29	Frank	128
30	Jackie	127
31	Clarence	124
32	Gary	123
33	Earl	109
33	Gerald	109
33	Walter	109
36	Eugene	105
37	Joe	102
38	Jimmy	97
39	Fred	94
40	Ernest	93
40	Henry	93
42	Russell	90
43	Jimmie	88
44	Arthur	85
45	Wayne	82
46	Ray	81
47	Samuel	77
48	Gene	76
49	Lawrence	75
50	Bill	73
50	Melvin	73
52	Johnny	72
53	Michael	70
54	Norman	69
55	Bernard	68
56	Glenn	67
57	Roger	66
58	Clyde	63
58	Dennis	63
58	Lewis	63
61	Cecil	61
61	Marvin	61
63	Albert	60
63	Leonard	60
65	Daniel	59
66	Darrell	57
66	Don	57
66	Homer	57
69	Curtis	54
69	Dale	54
71	Clifford	53
71	Herbert	53
73	Tommy	52
74	Allen	50
75	Floyd	47
75	Frederick	47
75	Lloyd	47
75	Phillip	47
79	Douglas	46
80	Francis	45
81	Philip	44
82	Alfred	43
82	Eddie	43
82	Elmer	43
82	Willard	43
86	Arnold	42
86	Delbert	42
86	Jesse	42
86	Lowell	42
90	Chester	41
90	Freddie	41
90	Glen	41
90	Herman	41
90	Junior	41
95	Danny	40
96	Everett	38
96	Vernon	38
98	Carroll	37
99	Andrew	35
99	Denver	35
99	Lonnie	35
99	Sherman	35
99	Teddy	35
99	Willie	35