Top 100 West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1918

// These were the most popular boy baby names in West Virginia, in 1918.

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1918


You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1918.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was William. In total there were 14,020 boys born sharing 364 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1918 . 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
1William1 in 17 (5.7%)805
2James1 in 17 (5.7%)803
3John1 in 20 (5.1%)717
4Charles1 in 22 (4.5%)632
5Robert1 in 25 (4%)562
6George1 in 41 (2.5%)346
7Paul1 in 60 (1.7%)235
8Joseph1 in 65 (1.5%)216
9Harry1 in 66 (1.5%)213
10Harold1 in 67 (1.5%)209
11Edward1 in 70 (1.4%)201
12Thomas1 in 72 (1.4%)196
13Frank1 in 72 (1.4%)195
14Clarence1 in 77 (1.3%)183
15Walter1 in 78 (1.3%)179
16Carl1 in 82 (1.2%)172
17Howard1 in 83 (1.2%)168
18Roy1 in 85 (1.2%)164
19Raymond1 in 91 (1.1%)154
20Richard1 in 93 (1.1%)151
21Earl1 in 99 (1%)141
22Ralph1 in 99 (1%)141
23Albert1 in 105 (1%)134
24Jack1 in 105 (0.9%)133
25Henry1 in 126 (0.8%)111
26Kenneth1 in 131 (0.8%)107
27Eugene1 in 134 (0.7%)105
28Fred1 in 135 (0.7%)104
29Donald1 in 136 (0.7%)103
30Samuel1 in 139 (0.7%)101
31Arthur1 in 140 (0.7%)100
32Ernest1 in 148 (0.7%)95
33Woodrow1 in 154 (0.6%)91
34Bernard1 in 161 (0.6%)87
35Lawrence1 in 167 (0.6%)84
36Joe1 in 167 (0.6%)84
37Clyde1 in 167 (0.6%)84
38Cecil1 in 171 (0.6%)82
39David1 in 171 (0.6%)82
40Ray1 in 173 (0.6%)81
41Herbert1 in 173 (0.6%)81
42Elmer1 in 173 (0.6%)81
43Russell1 in 187 (0.5%)75
44Andrew1 in 203 (0.5%)69
45Chester1 in 206 (0.5%)68
46Willard1 in 216 (0.5%)65
47Lewis1 in 216 (0.5%)65
48Clifford1 in 226 (0.4%)62
49Louis1 in 226 (0.4%)62
50Virgil1 in 226 (0.4%)62
51Leonard1 in 238 (0.4%)59
52Homer1 in 242 (0.4%)58
53Stanley1 in 250 (0.4%)56
54Lester1 in 250 (0.4%)56
55Francis1 in 250 (0.4%)56
56Arnold1 in 270 (0.4%)52
57Edgar1 in 286 (0.3%)49
58Victor1 in 292 (0.3%)48
59Vernon1 in 292 (0.3%)48
60Daniel1 in 292 (0.3%)48
61Everett1 in 298 (0.3%)47
62Herman1 in 298 (0.3%)47
63Claude1 in 305 (0.3%)46
64Jesse1 in 305 (0.3%)46
65Luther1 in 305 (0.3%)46
66Glenn1 in 312 (0.3%)45
67Lloyd1 in 319 (0.3%)44
68Theodore1 in 326 (0.3%)43
69Delbert1 in 326 (0.3%)43
70Lee1 in 334 (0.3%)42
71Alfred1 in 342 (0.3%)41
72Melvin1 in 342 (0.3%)41
73Ira1 in 351 (0.3%)40
74Willie1 in 379 (0.3%)37
75Mike1 in 389 (0.3%)36
76Gerald1 in 389 (0.3%)36
77Edwin1 in 389 (0.3%)36
78Guy1 in 401 (0.2%)35
79Wilbur1 in 401 (0.2%)35
80Hubert1 in 412 (0.2%)34
81Dennis1 in 412 (0.2%)34
82Anthony1 in 425 (0.2%)33
83Leslie1 in 425 (0.2%)33
84Marvin1 in 425 (0.2%)33
85Sam1 in 425 (0.2%)33
86Wayne1 in 438 (0.2%)32
87Oscar1 in 438 (0.2%)32
88Leo1 in 452 (0.2%)31
89Kermit1 in 452 (0.2%)31
90Glen1 in 452 (0.2%)31
91Gilbert1 in 452 (0.2%)31
92Frederick1 in 452 (0.2%)31
93Curtis1 in 452 (0.2%)31
94Bill1 in 467 (0.2%)30
95Orville1 in 483 (0.2%)29
96Michael1 in 483 (0.2%)29
97Floyd1 in 483 (0.2%)29
98Allen1 in 501 (0.2%)28
99Dale1 in 501 (0.2%)28
100Norman1 in 501 (0.2%)28


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