Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,386
2	Robert	1,023
3	John	906
4	William	892
5	Charles	823
6	David	570
7	Larry	545
8	Richard	472
9	Thomas	422
10	Ronald	389
11	Roger	377
12	Donald	370
13	Jerry	358
14	Paul	321
15	Gary	311
16	George	302
17	Kenneth	279
18	Joseph	232
19	Michael	229
20	Harold	198
21	Carl	195
22	Edward	193
23	Billy	171
24	Roy	169
25	Douglas	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	143
27	Frank	137
28	Harry	136
29	Bobby	130
30	Ralph	126
31	Johnny	120
32	Walter	117
33	Howard	113
34	Danny	111
35	Jack	110
36	Lawrence	107
37	Gerald	104
38	Earl	100
39	Jackie	98
39	Jimmy	98
41	Clarence	95
41	Daniel	95
43	Ernest	94
44	Dennis	93
45	Samuel	89
46	Fred	88
47	Arthur	87
48	Russell	85
49	Henry	79
49	Ronnie	79
51	Joe	78
52	Darrell	77
53	Terry	76
54	Ray	75
54	Stephen	75
56	Wayne	74
57	Eugene	73
58	Bernard	68
58	Leonard	68
60	Bill	67
61	Marvin	65
62	Cecil	64
63	Melvin	63
63	Tommy	63
65	Don	62
66	Phillip	61
67	Albert	60
68	Curtis	56
69	Lewis	55
70	Franklin	54
71	Herbert	53
71	Lloyd	53
71	Norman	53
74	Clyde	52
74	Glen	52
76	Dale	51
76	Eddie	51
76	Jimmie	51
79	Arnold	49
79	Stanley	49
81	Allen	48
82	Clifford	47
82	Philip	47
84	Glenn	46
84	Keith	46
86	Dallas	44
86	Homer	44
88	Frederick	43
89	Delmas	42
89	Elmer	42
91	Louis	41
92	Andrew	40
92	Chester	40
92	Leroy	40
95	Edwin	39
95	Patrick	39
97	Everett	38
97	Junior	38
97	Rodney	38
100	Floyd	37
100	Freddie	37
100	Virgil	37