Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,680
2	John	1,186
3	Robert	1,169
4	William	1,127
5	David	1,086
6	Charles	921
7	Larry	912
8	Richard	706
9	Gary	661
10	Roger	648
11	Michael	558
12	Ronald	528
13	Thomas	524
14	Donald	432
15	Jerry	380
16	George	369
17	Kenneth	362
18	Paul	360
19	Joseph	285
20	Danny	279
21	Terry	244
22	Edward	238
23	Stephen	216
24	Harold	212
25	Carl	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	185
27	Dennis	178
28	Roy	172
29	Billy	159
30	Ralph	158
31	Jack	155
32	Harry	150
33	Johnny	146
33	Raymond	146
35	Ronnie	143
36	Frank	140
37	Douglas	134
38	Lawrence	132
39	Howard	129
40	Jimmy	124
41	Gerald	121
42	Walter	118
43	Samuel	117
44	Steven	111
45	Wayne	105
46	Darrell	104
47	Russell	102
48	Bobby	101
49	Rodney	100
50	Fred	99
51	Allen	97
51	Ernest	97
53	Earl	92
54	Eddie	88
54	Eugene	88
56	Jackie	87
57	Clarence	86
57	Phillip	86
59	Clyde	85
60	Joe	82
61	Arthur	81
62	Henry	78
63	Ray	76
64	Bruce	75
64	Gregory	75
66	Leonard	74
67	Franklin	73
68	Albert	72
68	Lewis	72
70	Dale	71
70	Randall	71
72	Stanley	70
72	Timothy	70
74	Bernard	66
74	Patrick	66
76	Norman	65
76	Steve	65
78	Melvin	64
78	Philip	64
80	Bill	61
80	Marvin	61
80	Tommy	61
83	Glenn	58
84	Frederick	55
85	Herbert	54
86	Garry	53
87	Arnold	52
87	Glen	52
89	Alan	50
89	Anthony	50
89	Cecil	50
89	Keith	50
93	Andrew	49
93	Curtis	49
93	Freddie	49
96	Jesse	48
96	Lloyd	48
98	Delbert	45
98	Homer	45
98	Jim	45