Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,435
2	Robert	1,119
3	John	1,098
4	William	1,028
5	David	1,012
6	Charles	871
7	Michael	810
8	Larry	718
9	Gary	626
10	Richard	583
11	Roger	579
12	Thomas	539
13	Ronald	460
14	Donald	427
15	Jerry	383
16	George	351
17	Paul	324
18	Kenneth	310
19	Danny	296
20	Joseph	293
21	Stephen	279
22	Steven	239
23	Terry	235
24	Edward	226
25	Daniel	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	173
27	Harold	158
28	Gregory	155
29	Roy	142
30	Harry	137
31	Jack	134
32	Johnny	131
33	Billy	129
33	Carl	129
35	Ralph	127
35	Raymond	127
37	Frank	120
38	Douglas	119
39	Randall	107
40	Ronnie	105
41	Lawrence	104
42	Samuel	101
43	Walter	100
44	Clarence	99
45	Darrell	97
46	Gerald	95
47	Mark	94
47	Timothy	94
49	Wayne	91
50	Howard	90
51	Earl	87
51	Russell	87
53	Bobby	86
53	Phillip	86
55	Ernest	84
56	Jackie	81
56	Rodney	81
58	Allen	80
58	Stanley	80
60	Keith	78
61	Arthur	77
61	Dale	77
63	Glenn	74
64	Henry	73
65	Jimmy	69
66	Eugene	68
67	Bruce	67
67	Randy	67
69	Philip	65
70	Albert	62
70	Curtis	62
70	Ray	62
73	Anthony	61
74	Marvin	60
74	Patrick	60
76	Barry	58
76	Franklin	58
78	Alan	57
78	Leonard	57
78	Steve	57
78	Tommy	57
82	Clyde	54
82	Joe	54
84	Eddie	53
84	Glen	53
84	Lewis	53
87	Lonnie	52
87	Micheal	52
89	Fred	51
89	Melvin	51
91	Jeffrey	50
92	Bernard	48
92	Clifford	48
94	Frederick	46
95	Calvin	44
95	Cecil	44
95	Victor	44
98	Norman	43
99	Freddie	42
99	Jesse	42