Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,332
2	Robert	974
3	William	896
4	Charles	825
5	John	797
6	Donald	466
7	David	459
7	Richard	459
9	Larry	437
10	Thomas	405
11	Ronald	392
12	Jerry	318
13	George	310
14	Paul	294
15	Gary	253
16	Kenneth	237
17	Carl	209
17	Harold	209
19	Joseph	208
20	Billy	187
20	Edward	187
22	Roger	163
23	Jack	160
24	Bobby	157
25	Franklin	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jackie	151
27	Roy	141
28	Harry	138
29	Ralph	137
30	Walter	132
31	Frank	130
32	Raymond	129
33	Howard	127
34	Michael	121
35	Clarence	103
35	Lawrence	103
37	Joe	99
38	Fred	95
38	Gerald	95
40	Daniel	94
41	Earl	93
42	Arthur	88
42	Norman	88
44	Johnny	86
45	Russell	85
46	Melvin	82
47	Eugene	81
47	Samuel	81
49	Gene	76
50	Jimmy	75
51	Marvin	74
52	Darrell	73
52	Dennis	73
54	Albert	72
55	Jimmie	71
56	Curtis	68
56	Ernest	68
58	Henry	66
58	Ray	66
60	Allen	64
60	Lewis	64
62	Glenn	63
63	Bernard	62
64	Dale	60
65	Bill	57
65	Cecil	57
65	Don	57
68	Ronnie	56
69	Clyde	55
70	Tommy	54
71	Danny	53
71	Frederick	53
73	Wayne	52
74	Clifford	51
74	Douglas	51
74	Stephen	51
74	Wendell	51
78	Eddie	50
78	Herbert	50
78	Leonard	50
81	Stanley	49
82	Lowell	47
82	Terry	47
84	Floyd	45
84	Lloyd	45
84	Philip	45
87	Delbert	44
87	Phillip	44
89	Alfred	43
89	Elmer	43
91	Leroy	42
91	Willard	42
93	Arnold	41
93	Glen	41
95	Vernon	40
96	Everett	39
96	Freddie	39
98	Claude	37
98	Lonnie	37
98	Virgil	37