Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1916

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1916

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1916.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was John. In total there were 11,181 boys born sharing 325 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1916 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	John	1 in 17 (5.8%)	648
2	William	1 in 18 (5.7%)	634
3	James	1 in 18 (5.5%)	611
4	Charles	1 in 21 (4.7%)	522
5	Robert	1 in 27 (3.6%)	408
6	George	1 in 41 (2.4%)	272
7	Paul	1 in 46 (2.2%)	241
8	Harry	1 in 56 (1.8%)	199
9	Joseph	1 in 62 (1.6%)	180
10	Frank	1 in 64 (1.6%)	176
11	Edward	1 in 67 (1.5%)	168
12	Harold	1 in 77 (1.3%)	146
13	Thomas	1 in 81 (1.2%)	138
14	Woodrow	1 in 84 (1.2%)	133
15	Roy	1 in 85 (1.2%)	132
16	Carl	1 in 85 (1.2%)	131
17	Howard	1 in 89 (1.1%)	126
18	Raymond	1 in 90 (1.1%)	124
19	Richard	1 in 93 (1.1%)	120
20	Earl	1 in 95 (1.1%)	118
21	Ralph	1 in 98 (1%)	114
22	Walter	1 in 104 (1%)	108
23	Albert	1 in 104 (1%)	107
24	Clarence	1 in 109 (0.9%)	103
25	Fred	1 in 114 (0.9%)	98
26	Clyde	1 in 119 (0.8%)	94
27	Kenneth	1 in 123 (0.8%)	91
28	Henry	1 in 126 (0.8%)	89
29	Arthur	1 in 138 (0.7%)	81
30	Willard	1 in 140 (0.7%)	80
31	Samuel	1 in 149 (0.7%)	75
32	Ray	1 in 151 (0.7%)	74
33	Ernest	1 in 151 (0.7%)	74
34	Lawrence	1 in 155 (0.6%)	72
35	Herbert	1 in 157 (0.6%)	71
36	Joe	1 in 160 (0.6%)	70
37	Donald	1 in 162 (0.6%)	69
38	Jack	1 in 164 (0.6%)	68
39	Cecil	1 in 167 (0.6%)	67
40	David	1 in 175 (0.6%)	64
41	Virgil	1 in 175 (0.6%)	64
42	Russell	1 in 186 (0.5%)	60
43	Homer	1 in 196 (0.5%)	57
44	Leonard	1 in 200 (0.5%)	56
45	Elmer	1 in 207 (0.5%)	54
46	Chester	1 in 215 (0.5%)	52
47	Eugene	1 in 215 (0.5%)	52
48	Clifford	1 in 219 (0.5%)	51
49	Bernard	1 in 224 (0.4%)	50
50	Lester	1 in 238 (0.4%)	47
51	Stanley	1 in 248 (0.4%)	45
52	Lewis	1 in 266 (0.4%)	42
53	Jesse	1 in 266 (0.4%)	42
54	Alfred	1 in 266 (0.4%)	42
55	Everett	1 in 273 (0.4%)	41
56	Andrew	1 in 280 (0.4%)	40
57	Sam	1 in 280 (0.4%)	40
58	Frederick	1 in 287 (0.3%)	39
59	Glenn	1 in 287 (0.3%)	39
60	Luther	1 in 287 (0.3%)	39
61	Edwin	1 in 294 (0.3%)	38
62	Norman	1 in 302 (0.3%)	37
63	Arnold	1 in 302 (0.3%)	37
64	Lee	1 in 311 (0.3%)	36
65	Ira	1 in 311 (0.3%)	36
66	Glen	1 in 311 (0.3%)	36
67	Floyd	1 in 311 (0.3%)	36
68	Edgar	1 in 311 (0.3%)	36
69	Claude	1 in 319 (0.3%)	35
70	Francis	1 in 319 (0.3%)	35
71	Lloyd	1 in 319 (0.3%)	35
72	Louis	1 in 329 (0.3%)	34
73	Leo	1 in 329 (0.3%)	34
74	Gerald	1 in 349 (0.3%)	32
75	Marvin	1 in 349 (0.3%)	32
76	Herman	1 in 361 (0.3%)	31
77	Roscoe	1 in 361 (0.3%)	31
78	Melvin	1 in 373 (0.3%)	30
79	Leslie	1 in 373 (0.3%)	30
80	Delbert	1 in 373 (0.3%)	30
81	Steve	1 in 386 (0.3%)	29
82	Willie	1 in 399 (0.3%)	28
83	Dennis	1 in 399 (0.3%)	28
84	Jess	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
85	Hubert	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
86	Harvey	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
87	Guy	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
88	Denver	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
89	Daniel	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
90	Boyd	1 in 414 (0.2%)	27
91	Curtis	1 in 430 (0.2%)	26
92	Oscar	1 in 430 (0.2%)	26
93	Theodore	1 in 447 (0.2%)	25
94	Forrest	1 in 447 (0.2%)	25
95	Basil	1 in 447 (0.2%)	25
96	Hugh	1 in 466 (0.2%)	24
97	Orville	1 in 466 (0.2%)	24
98	Otis	1 in 466 (0.2%)	24
99	Willis	1 in 466 (0.2%)	24
100	Vernon	1 in 486 (0.2%)	23