Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1917

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1917

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1917.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 12,049 boys born sharing 319 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1917 . 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	James	1 in 17 (5.9%)	705
2	William	1 in 18 (5.6%)	679
3	John	1 in 18 (5.5%)	659
4	Charles	1 in 21 (4.7%)	567
5	Robert	1 in 26 (3.9%)	470
6	George	1 in 40 (2.5%)	300
7	Paul	1 in 51 (2%)	238
8	Harry	1 in 59 (1.7%)	205
9	Frank	1 in 61 (1.6%)	198
10	Joseph	1 in 61 (1.6%)	196
11	Thomas	1 in 66 (1.5%)	182
12	Edward	1 in 74 (1.4%)	163
13	Harold	1 in 75 (1.3%)	160
14	Carl	1 in 77 (1.3%)	157
15	Roy	1 in 78 (1.3%)	154
16	Walter	1 in 81 (1.2%)	148
17	Howard	1 in 86 (1.2%)	140
18	Richard	1 in 89 (1.1%)	136
19	Raymond	1 in 97 (1%)	124
20	Ralph	1 in 97 (1%)	124
21	Clarence	1 in 100 (1%)	120
22	Earl	1 in 100 (1%)	120
23	Henry	1 in 106 (0.9%)	114
24	Kenneth	1 in 111 (0.9%)	109
25	Donald	1 in 118 (0.8%)	102
26	Albert	1 in 120 (0.8%)	100
27	Eugene	1 in 127 (0.8%)	95
28	Lawrence	1 in 132 (0.8%)	91
29	Jack	1 in 134 (0.7%)	90
30	Clyde	1 in 137 (0.7%)	88
31	David	1 in 140 (0.7%)	86
32	Woodrow	1 in 143 (0.7%)	84
33	Fred	1 in 151 (0.7%)	80
34	Ernest	1 in 154 (0.6%)	78
35	Samuel	1 in 159 (0.6%)	76
36	Cecil	1 in 167 (0.6%)	72
37	Willard	1 in 167 (0.6%)	72
38	Herbert	1 in 170 (0.6%)	71
39	Elmer	1 in 172 (0.6%)	70
40	Joe	1 in 177 (0.6%)	68
41	Arthur	1 in 191 (0.5%)	63
42	Russell	1 in 194 (0.5%)	62
43	Bernard	1 in 198 (0.5%)	61
44	Chester	1 in 198 (0.5%)	61
45	Virgil	1 in 198 (0.5%)	61
46	Leonard	1 in 201 (0.5%)	60
47	Homer	1 in 204 (0.5%)	59
48	Gerald	1 in 223 (0.4%)	54
49	Ray	1 in 223 (0.4%)	54
50	Clifford	1 in 241 (0.4%)	50
51	Louis	1 in 251 (0.4%)	48
52	Lloyd	1 in 251 (0.4%)	48
53	Edgar	1 in 251 (0.4%)	48
54	Everett	1 in 256 (0.4%)	47
55	Delbert	1 in 262 (0.4%)	46
56	Lewis	1 in 268 (0.4%)	45
57	Lee	1 in 280 (0.4%)	43
58	Lester	1 in 280 (0.4%)	43
59	Willie	1 in 287 (0.3%)	42
60	Stanley	1 in 287 (0.3%)	42
61	Luther	1 in 287 (0.3%)	42
62	Ira	1 in 287 (0.3%)	42
63	Alfred	1 in 294 (0.3%)	41
64	Herman	1 in 301 (0.3%)	40
65	Melvin	1 in 309 (0.3%)	39
66	Jesse	1 in 309 (0.3%)	39
67	Floyd	1 in 309 (0.3%)	39
68	Andrew	1 in 317 (0.3%)	38
69	Theodore	1 in 326 (0.3%)	37
70	Glenn	1 in 335 (0.3%)	36
71	Francis	1 in 335 (0.3%)	36
72	Denver	1 in 335 (0.3%)	36
73	Marvin	1 in 344 (0.3%)	35
74	Oscar	1 in 344 (0.3%)	35
75	Vernon	1 in 344 (0.3%)	35
76	Guy	1 in 354 (0.3%)	34
77	Frederick	1 in 365 (0.3%)	33
78	Leo	1 in 365 (0.3%)	33
79	Daniel	1 in 377 (0.3%)	32
80	Orville	1 in 389 (0.3%)	31
81	Glen	1 in 402 (0.2%)	30
82	Michael	1 in 402 (0.2%)	30
83	Norman	1 in 402 (0.2%)	30
84	Dale	1 in 415 (0.2%)	29
85	Edwin	1 in 415 (0.2%)	29
86	Hubert	1 in 415 (0.2%)	29
87	Otis	1 in 415 (0.2%)	29
88	Ronald	1 in 430 (0.2%)	28
89	Leslie	1 in 430 (0.2%)	28
90	Claude	1 in 446 (0.2%)	27
91	Gilbert	1 in 446 (0.2%)	27
92	Wilbur	1 in 446 (0.2%)	27
93	Willis	1 in 446 (0.2%)	27
94	Harley	1 in 482 (0.2%)	25
95	Okey	1 in 482 (0.2%)	25
96	Wayne	1 in 502 (0.2%)	24
97	Roscoe	1 in 502 (0.2%)	24
98	Junior	1 in 502 (0.2%)	24
99	Arnold	1 in 502 (0.2%)	24
100	Anthony	1 in 502 (0.2%)	24