Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,309
2	Robert	1,030
3	Charles	866
4	William	831
5	John	729
6	Donald	555
7	Richard	440
8	David	430
9	Ronald	359
10	Thomas	327
11	George	325
12	Paul	316
13	Larry	294
14	Jerry	262
15	Kenneth	260
16	Harold	251
17	Billy	217
18	Gary	209
18	Jack	209
20	Edward	206
21	Joseph	204
22	Carl	201
23	Bobby	185
24	Raymond	173
25	Harry	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jackie	157
27	Frank	146
28	Howard	145
28	Ralph	145
30	Franklin	131
31	Roy	129
32	Joe	126
33	Walter	109
34	Eugene	102
35	Clarence	99
35	Earl	99
37	Gerald	95
38	Lawrence	92
39	Samuel	90
40	Arthur	89
40	Fred	89
42	Roger	86
43	Michael	84
44	Henry	81
45	Bernard	79
45	Ernest	79
45	Gene	79
45	Norman	79
49	Jimmy	77
49	Johnny	77
51	Russell	76
52	Daniel	75
53	Clyde	74
54	Albert	72
55	Wayne	69
56	Dale	68
56	Melvin	68
56	Ray	68
59	Danny	65
60	Freddie	62
61	Curtis	61
61	Jimmie	61
61	Marvin	61
64	Don	59
64	Glenn	59
66	Clifford	58
66	Frederick	58
66	Tommy	58
69	Bill	57
69	Cecil	57
69	Douglas	57
72	Lloyd	56
73	Dennis	55
73	Floyd	55
73	Lewis	55
76	Arnold	53
76	Glen	53
78	Ronnie	52
79	Phillip	51
80	Edwin	50
80	Leonard	50
82	Darrell	49
82	Herbert	49
82	Stanley	49
85	Terry	46
86	Alfred	45
86	Francis	45
88	Allen	44
88	Virgil	44
90	Keith	43
90	Willard	43
92	Lowell	42
93	Claude	41
93	Delbert	41
95	Everett	40
96	Homer	38
97	Buddy	37
98	Herman	36
98	Jesse	36
98	Lester	36
98	Lonnie	36
98	Rodney	36