Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,313
2	David	1,137
3	Robert	983
4	John	955
5	William	949
6	Michael	925
7	Charles	777
8	Gary	583
9	Larry	577
10	Richard	575
11	Thomas	519
12	Roger	451
13	Donald	435
14	Ronald	378
15	Kenneth	344
16	Jerry	313
17	Stephen	301
18	Paul	286
19	Joseph	271
20	Danny	270
21	George	264
22	Steven	263
23	Terry	258
24	Mark	238
25	Edward	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	204
27	Dennis	193
28	Douglas	166
29	Gregory	164
30	Timothy	161
31	Roy	157
32	Harold	156
33	Carl	152
34	Randy	137
35	Randall	135
36	Ralph	130
37	Johnny	120
38	Jack	116
39	Darrell	114
40	Raymond	113
41	Billy	112
42	Frank	110
43	Samuel	109
44	Ronnie	107
45	Harry	99
46	Gerald	96
46	Jeffrey	96
48	Bruce	95
49	Rodney	94
50	Walter	91
51	Arthur	89
51	Lawrence	89
53	Allen	87
53	Phillip	87
55	Ernest	86
55	Jackie	86
57	Bobby	84
57	Earl	84
59	Howard	82
60	Ricky	79
61	Russell	77
62	Clarence	76
63	Stanley	75
64	Dale	72
65	Jimmy	71
66	Barry	69
66	Micheal	69
66	Wayne	69
69	Keith	68
70	Marvin	67
71	Franklin	66
71	Fred	66
73	Patrick	64
74	Henry	61
74	Tommy	61
76	Joe	58
77	Anthony	57
77	Cecil	57
77	Curtis	57
77	Glenn	57
77	Melvin	57
77	Steve	57
83	Andrew	56
83	Clifford	56
85	Dwight	55
85	Philip	55
87	Leonard	54
88	Albert	51
88	Lonnie	51
90	Alan	50
90	Bernard	50
92	Dana	49
93	Frederick	48
93	Lewis	48
95	Eddie	46
95	Herbert	46
97	Ray	45
98	Glen	44
98	Norman	44
100	Clyde	43
100	Jesse	43