Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,373
2	Robert	979
3	William	948
4	Charles	855
5	John	850
6	David	568
7	Richard	526
8	Larry	492
9	Donald	452
10	Jerry	420
11	Ronald	403
12	Thomas	383
13	George	338
14	Gary	300
15	Paul	296
16	Kenneth	251
17	Joseph	225
18	Roger	213
19	Edward	203
20	Carl	188
21	Billy	186
22	Harold	182
23	Roy	175
24	Bobby	174
25	Harry	150

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jackie	149
27	Jack	147
27	Ralph	147
29	Michael	132
29	Raymond	132
31	Frank	127
32	Walter	113
33	Howard	112
34	Clarence	110
35	Earl	109
36	Franklin	103
37	Gerald	102
38	Fred	101
39	Johnny	98
40	Lawrence	94
41	Samuel	90
42	Jimmy	89
43	Ernest	87
44	Eugene	86
45	Joe	85
46	Albert	83
47	Russell	82
48	Arthur	79
49	Melvin	78
50	Henry	77
51	Ronnie	76
52	Danny	75
53	Dennis	71
53	Herbert	71
55	Leonard	70
56	Norman	69
57	Lewis	68
58	Douglas	67
58	Stanley	67
58	Wayne	67
61	Don	66
62	Bernard	65
62	Gene	65
64	Cecil	62
64	Clyde	62
66	Stephen	61
67	Daniel	60
68	Darrell	59
69	Dale	58
69	Jimmie	58
71	Allen	57
71	Marvin	57
73	Glen	56
74	Philip	55
74	Tommy	55
76	Curtis	52
77	Glenn	51
77	Jesse	51
77	Terry	51
80	Frederick	50
80	Lloyd	50
80	Phillip	50
83	Chester	48
84	Willard	47
85	Bill	46
85	Eddie	46
85	Willie	46
88	Dallas	45
89	Floyd	44
89	Vernon	44
91	Arnold	43
92	Everett	41
92	Ray	41
94	Freddie	40
95	Alfred	39
95	Herman	39
97	Homer	38
97	Warren	38
99	Calvin	37
99	Clifford	37
99	Elmer	37
99	Lowell	37
99	Virgil	37