Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1926

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1926

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1926.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 17,538 boys born sharing 381 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1926 . 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 15 (6.9%)	1,204
2	William	1 in 17 (6%)	1,051
3	Robert	1 in 18 (5.5%)	963
4	Charles	1 in 21 (4.7%)	822
5	John	1 in 22 (4.5%)	782
6	George	1 in 44 (2.3%)	396
7	Paul	1 in 53 (1.9%)	334
8	Donald	1 in 59 (1.7%)	299
9	Harold	1 in 61 (1.6%)	288
10	Jack	1 in 64 (1.6%)	272
11	Richard	1 in 66 (1.5%)	265
12	Thomas	1 in 72 (1.4%)	243
13	Harry	1 in 73 (1.4%)	239
14	Joseph	1 in 74 (1.4%)	238
15	Carl	1 in 77 (1.3%)	228
16	Edward	1 in 80 (1.2%)	219
17	Frank	1 in 84 (1.2%)	209
18	Roy	1 in 95 (1.1%)	185
19	Howard	1 in 97 (1%)	181
20	Billy	1 in 97 (1%)	181
21	Ralph	1 in 99 (1%)	177
22	Raymond	1 in 100 (1%)	176
23	Eugene	1 in 100 (1%)	175
24	Walter	1 in 114 (0.9%)	154
25	Kenneth	1 in 115 (0.9%)	153
26	Junior	1 in 116 (0.9%)	151
27	Clarence	1 in 117 (0.9%)	150
28	Earl	1 in 121 (0.8%)	145
29	Henry	1 in 137 (0.7%)	128
30	David	1 in 149 (0.7%)	118
31	Ray	1 in 151 (0.7%)	116
32	Albert	1 in 151 (0.7%)	116
33	Lawrence	1 in 154 (0.7%)	114
34	Ernest	1 in 157 (0.6%)	112
35	Russell	1 in 165 (0.6%)	106
36	Fred	1 in 170 (0.6%)	103
37	Arthur	1 in 174 (0.6%)	101
38	Cecil	1 in 185 (0.5%)	95
39	Bernard	1 in 193 (0.5%)	91
40	Samuel	1 in 204 (0.5%)	86
41	Joe	1 in 206 (0.5%)	85
42	Elmer	1 in 219 (0.5%)	80
43	Lewis	1 in 234 (0.4%)	75
44	Leonard	1 in 234 (0.4%)	75
45	Gerald	1 in 240 (0.4%)	73
46	Herbert	1 in 247 (0.4%)	71
47	Clyde	1 in 251 (0.4%)	70
48	Clifford	1 in 258 (0.4%)	68
49	Virgil	1 in 262 (0.4%)	67
50	Melvin	1 in 266 (0.4%)	66
51	Norman	1 in 270 (0.4%)	65
52	Calvin	1 in 278 (0.4%)	63
53	Homer	1 in 278 (0.4%)	63
54	Lester	1 in 278 (0.4%)	63
55	Marvin	1 in 278 (0.4%)	63
56	Glenn	1 in 283 (0.4%)	62
57	Floyd	1 in 292 (0.3%)	60
58	Herman	1 in 313 (0.3%)	56
59	Stanley	1 in 313 (0.3%)	56
60	Alfred	1 in 319 (0.3%)	55
61	Bill	1 in 319 (0.3%)	55
62	Vernon	1 in 325 (0.3%)	54
63	Jesse	1 in 331 (0.3%)	53
64	Louis	1 in 337 (0.3%)	52
65	Guy	1 in 358 (0.3%)	49
66	Earnest	1 in 365 (0.3%)	48
67	Lloyd	1 in 373 (0.3%)	47
68	Franklin	1 in 373 (0.3%)	47
69	Everett	1 in 373 (0.3%)	47
70	Dale	1 in 373 (0.3%)	47
71	Dewey	1 in 381 (0.3%)	46
72	Dennis	1 in 399 (0.3%)	44
73	Gene	1 in 399 (0.3%)	44
74	Willard	1 in 399 (0.3%)	44
75	Ronald	1 in 408 (0.2%)	43
76	Daniel	1 in 408 (0.2%)	43
77	Claude	1 in 408 (0.2%)	43
78	Delbert	1 in 418 (0.2%)	42
79	Glen	1 in 418 (0.2%)	42
80	Jimmie	1 in 418 (0.2%)	42
81	Lee	1 in 428 (0.2%)	41
82	Edgar	1 in 428 (0.2%)	41
83	Chester	1 in 428 (0.2%)	41
84	Edwin	1 in 438 (0.2%)	40
85	Frederick	1 in 462 (0.2%)	38
86	Luther	1 in 462 (0.2%)	38
87	Willie	1 in 462 (0.2%)	38
88	Francis	1 in 474 (0.2%)	37
89	Arnold	1 in 487 (0.2%)	36
90	Don	1 in 487 (0.2%)	36
91	Wayne	1 in 487 (0.2%)	36
92	Hubert	1 in 501 (0.2%)	35
93	Leo	1 in 501 (0.2%)	35
94	Victor	1 in 516 (0.2%)	34
95	Sam	1 in 516 (0.2%)	34
96	Bobby	1 in 516 (0.2%)	34
97	Andrew	1 in 516 (0.2%)	34
98	Alvin	1 in 516 (0.2%)	34
99	Marion	1 in 566 (0.2%)	31
100	Leslie	1 in 566 (0.2%)	31