Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,515
2	Robert	1,020
3	William	953
4	John	886
5	Charles	806
6	David	616
7	Larry	609
8	Richard	540
9	Donald	462
10	Ronald	438
11	Thomas	422
12	Jerry	387
13	Gary	348
14	Douglas	318
15	George	314
16	Paul	294
17	Roger	269
18	Kenneth	245
19	Harold	220
20	Joseph	218
21	Carl	205
22	Michael	184
23	Roy	174
24	Billy	171
25	Edward	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	156
27	Harry	144
28	Raymond	140
29	Jack	138
30	Bobby	132
31	Frank	129
32	Walter	120
33	Danny	118
34	Earl	117
35	Franklin	110
36	Howard	105
36	Jackie	105
38	Lawrence	104
39	Clarence	98
40	Gerald	97
41	Samuel	94
42	Daniel	93
43	Eugene	91
44	Albert	89
44	Dennis	89
46	Henry	87
47	Johnny	84
48	Joe	82
48	Stephen	82
50	Arthur	81
50	Fred	81
52	Ernest	80
52	Wayne	80
54	Jimmy	76
55	Darrell	75
55	Russell	75
57	Phillip	73
57	Tommy	73
59	Jimmie	72
60	Philip	70
61	Clyde	68
62	Ronnie	67
63	Bernard	65
63	Curtis	65
63	Norman	65
66	Lloyd	63
67	Marvin	62
68	Terry	61
69	Herbert	60
70	Dale	59
70	Lewis	59
72	Allen	58
72	Melvin	58
74	Cecil	56
75	Don	55
75	Glenn	55
77	Freddie	54
78	Stanley	53
79	Eddie	51
80	Glen	50
81	Bill	48
81	Leonard	48
81	Ray	48
84	Chester	47
85	Jesse	46
85	Willard	46
87	Frederick	45
87	Virgil	45
89	Floyd	43
89	Gene	43
91	Arnold	42
92	Lowell	41
93	Clifford	40
93	Homer	40
93	Vernon	40
96	Alfred	39
96	Anthony	39
96	Delbert	39
96	Delmas	39
96	Lonnie	39