Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,562
2	Robert	1,112
3	David	1,092
4	John	1,049
5	William	1,025
6	Charles	972
7	Larry	763
8	Michael	659
9	Gary	592
10	Roger	568
11	Thomas	564
12	Richard	541
13	Ronald	497
14	Donald	462
15	Jerry	403
16	George	347
17	Joseph	329
18	Kenneth	315
19	Paul	308
20	Danny	296
21	Stephen	293
22	Daniel	226
22	Edward	226
24	Terry	210
25	Harold	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	187
27	Steven	176
28	Carl	172
29	Ralph	154
30	Douglas	148
31	Harry	142
31	Jack	142
33	Raymond	141
34	Johnny	138
35	Billy	137
36	Roy	129
36	Samuel	129
38	Frank	123
39	Darrell	115
40	Gregory	114
41	Gerald	110
42	Walter	107
43	Lawrence	106
44	Earl	102
44	Mark	102
44	Rodney	102
47	Jackie	99
47	Randall	99
47	Wayne	99
50	Bruce	98
50	Russell	98
52	Ernest	95
52	Ronnie	95
54	Bobby	93
54	Howard	93
56	Jimmy	92
57	Allen	89
58	Fred	87
59	Eugene	86
60	Stanley	83
61	Phillip	81
61	Timothy	81
63	Arthur	78
64	Clarence	77
65	Philip	75
66	Dale	74
67	Eddie	71
68	Henry	70
68	Lewis	70
70	Albert	66
70	Glenn	66
72	Curtis	64
73	Frederick	63
73	Joe	63
73	Patrick	63
73	Randy	63
77	Anthony	58
77	Barry	58
77	Leonard	58
80	Jeffrey	57
80	Steve	57
82	Marvin	55
83	Bernard	53
83	Clyde	53
85	Clifford	51
85	Franklin	51
85	Glen	51
85	Melvin	51
89	Lloyd	48
89	Norman	48
91	Freddie	47
92	Lonnie	46
93	Ray	45
94	Alfred	44
94	Cecil	44
94	Herbert	44
94	Keith	44
94	Tommy	44
99	Arnold	43
99	Jesse	43