Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,628
2	Robert	1,153
3	John	1,064
4	William	1,050
5	David	1,043
6	Charles	878
7	Larry	836
8	Roger	640
9	Richard	601
10	Thomas	591
11	Gary	572
12	Michael	561
13	Ronald	502
14	Donald	467
15	Jerry	384
16	Kenneth	338
17	George	318
18	Paul	307
19	Danny	292
20	Joseph	280
21	Stephen	268
22	Terry	224
23	Edward	218
24	Harold	215
25	Daniel	186

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Dennis	186
27	Roy	184
28	Carl	170
29	Harry	153
30	Billy	150
31	Steven	141
32	Ronnie	139
33	Frank	131
34	Jack	127
35	Johnny	126
35	Ralph	126
37	Raymond	123
38	Douglas	122
39	Gregory	116
40	Howard	115
41	Walter	109
42	Clarence	108
43	Rodney	107
44	Gerald	106
45	Samuel	103
46	Bobby	99
47	Ernest	96
48	Darrell	95
49	Lawrence	92
50	Leonard	87
51	Wayne	86
52	Phillip	85
53	Randall	84
54	Earl	83
55	Jackie	81
55	Jimmy	81
57	Arthur	80
58	Lewis	79
59	Dale	78
59	Eddie	78
59	Timothy	78
62	Fred	75
62	Patrick	75
64	Eugene	74
64	Joe	74
66	Albert	73
66	Tommy	73
68	Henry	72
68	Russell	72
70	Melvin	71
71	Allen	70
71	Franklin	70
73	Ray	69
74	Herbert	65
75	Steve	64
76	Norman	62
77	Clyde	61
78	Mark	60
79	Glen	59
79	Lloyd	59
79	Marvin	59
79	Philip	59
83	Bernard	58
83	Glenn	58
85	Frederick	56
86	Bruce	55
86	Don	55
88	Curtis	52
89	Jimmie	51
90	Freddie	50
90	Stanley	50
92	Cecil	47
93	Keith	45
94	Bill	44
94	Chester	44
94	Clifford	44
97	Arnold	43
98	Barry	42
98	Calvin	42
98	Delbert	42
98	Francis	42
98	Garry	42
98	Leslie	42
98	Louis	42