Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,514
2	Robert	1,091
3	John	1,083
4	William	983
5	Charles	899
6	David	809
7	Larry	763
8	Richard	638
9	Gary	633
10	Roger	569
11	Thomas	527
12	Ronald	481
13	Michael	407
14	Donald	405
15	Jerry	404
16	Kenneth	338
17	Paul	308
18	George	307
19	Danny	256
20	Joseph	244
21	Harold	203
22	Edward	202
23	Terry	195
24	Dennis	171
24	Roy	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	170
27	Ronnie	157
28	Billy	156
29	Daniel	154
30	Ralph	153
31	Stephen	152
32	Harry	149
33	Raymond	139
34	Johnny	132
35	Frank	124
36	Howard	118
37	Walter	117
38	Jack	115
39	Douglas	112
40	Bobby	106
40	Samuel	106
42	Jimmy	104
43	Gerald	103
44	Clarence	101
45	Russell	96
46	Ernest	94
46	Jackie	94
48	Lawrence	90
49	Wayne	88
50	Eugene	86
51	Darrell	82
51	Earl	82
53	Rodney	81
54	Joe	75
55	Arthur	74
56	Fred	72
57	Steven	71
58	Allen	70
58	Lewis	70
58	Philip	70
61	Clyde	69
62	Stanley	68
62	Tommy	68
64	Leonard	67
65	Dale	66
65	Frederick	66
67	Franklin	64
67	Marvin	64
69	Bernard	63
69	Eddie	63
69	Melvin	63
72	Glenn	60
73	Curtis	59
73	Phillip	59
75	Henry	57
75	Timothy	57
77	Lloyd	55
78	Albert	50
79	Gene	49
79	Gregory	49
79	Herbert	49
82	Cecil	48
82	Clifford	48
82	Randall	48
85	Steve	47
86	Patrick	46
87	Ray	45
88	Arnold	44
88	Norman	44
90	Lonnie	43
91	Delmas	42
91	Garry	42
93	Barry	41
93	Freddie	41
93	Glen	41
93	Jimmie	41
97	Bill	40
97	Chester	40
99	Dwight	39
99	Floyd	39
99	Jesse	39