Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,362
2	David	1,058
3	Robert	1,015
4	William	1,011
5	John	993
6	Charles	876
7	Michael	799
8	Larry	738
9	Gary	702
10	Richard	649
11	Thomas	593
12	Roger	520
13	Donald	393
14	Ronald	381
15	Jerry	341
16	Joseph	322
17	Paul	315
18	Stephen	307
19	Kenneth	292
20	Terry	276
21	George	273
22	Danny	264
22	Steven	264
24	Daniel	222
25	Dennis	212

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Edward	212
27	Harold	179
28	Gregory	168
29	Mark	162
30	Douglas	149
31	Carl	146
32	Roy	142
33	Timothy	138
34	Raymond	137
35	Johnny	132
36	Randall	129
37	Darrell	127
38	Jack	124
39	Ralph	123
39	Rodney	123
41	Billy	116
42	Ronnie	113
43	Bruce	110
44	Samuel	108
45	Lawrence	97
46	Frank	96
46	Harry	96
46	Howard	96
49	Randy	93
50	Gerald	92
51	Walter	91
52	Jeffrey	89
53	Stanley	86
54	Russell	85
55	Allen	84
56	Jimmy	83
57	Bobby	79
58	Ernest	78
58	Wayne	78
60	Phillip	76
61	Curtis	75
62	Earl	71
62	Henry	71
64	Clarence	69
64	Dale	69
64	Fred	69
64	Marvin	69
68	Eugene	68
69	Jackie	67
69	Philip	67
71	Glenn	66
72	Alan	65
73	Anthony	63
73	Arthur	63
73	Bernard	63
76	Eddie	61
76	Frederick	61
76	Leonard	61
79	Clyde	59
80	Glen	58
81	Keith	57
82	Franklin	56
82	Norman	56
82	Tommy	56
85	Barry	55
85	Ray	55
87	Melvin	54
87	Micheal	54
87	Patrick	54
90	Lewis	53
91	Albert	51
92	Ricky	50
93	Calvin	49
93	Cecil	49
93	Lonnie	49
96	Andrew	47
96	Dana	47
96	Joe	47
99	Don	45
99	Steve	45