Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,321
2	Robert	928
3	William	871
4	John	785
5	Charles	783
6	David	564
7	Roger	522
8	Larry	518
9	Richard	462
10	Thomas	415
11	Ronald	372
12	Gary	369
13	Donald	341
14	Paul	326
15	Jerry	318
16	George	284
17	Kenneth	242
18	Michael	218
19	Joseph	214
20	Harold	184
21	Roy	176
22	Carl	170
23	Edward	161
24	Billy	147
25	Raymond	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	138
27	Danny	134
28	Ralph	121
29	Frank	113
29	Jack	113
31	Johnny	109
32	Bobby	106
32	Dennis	106
34	Douglas	105
35	Ernest	103
36	Walter	102
37	Daniel	100
37	Howard	100
39	Ronnie	97
40	Terry	91
41	Jimmy	90
41	Stephen	90
43	Earl	89
44	Clarence	87
45	Gerald	85
46	Arthur	84
47	Russell	81
48	Jackie	80
49	Samuel	78
50	Eugene	75
50	Franklin	75
50	Marvin	75
53	Fred	73
54	Clyde	72
55	Lawrence	71
56	Henry	63
57	Darrell	62
57	Lewis	62
59	Joe	61
59	Ray	61
59	Tommy	61
62	Leonard	60
62	Wayne	60
64	Bernard	58
65	Curtis	55
66	Melvin	54
67	Allen	53
68	Albert	52
68	Norman	52
70	Cecil	51
71	Clifford	50
71	Herbert	50
71	Phillip	50
74	Arnold	49
75	Eddie	48
76	Glenn	47
77	Homer	46
77	Lloyd	46
79	Dale	45
80	Stanley	44
81	Glen	42
81	Philip	42
83	Bill	41
83	Chester	41
83	Floyd	41
86	Frederick	40
87	Dewey	39
88	Jimmie	38
89	Alfred	37
89	Don	37
89	Jesse	37
89	Rodney	37
89	Warren	37
94	Calvin	36
94	Freddie	36
94	Gene	36
97	Willard	34
98	Delbert	31
98	Denver	31
98	Steve	31