Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 19,360 boys born sharing 381 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . 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%)	1,329
2	Robert	1 in 20 (5%)	973
3	William	1 in 22 (4.6%)	897
4	Charles	1 in 23 (4.3%)	826
5	John	1 in 24 (4.1%)	797
6	Donald	1 in 42 (2.4%)	466
7	Richard	1 in 42 (2.4%)	459
8	David	1 in 42 (2.4%)	457
9	Larry	1 in 44 (2.3%)	436
10	Thomas	1 in 48 (2.1%)	405
11	Ronald	1 in 50 (2%)	391
12	Jerry	1 in 61 (1.6%)	318
13	George	1 in 63 (1.6%)	309
14	Paul	1 in 66 (1.5%)	294
15	Gary	1 in 77 (1.3%)	252
16	Kenneth	1 in 82 (1.2%)	236
17	Joseph	1 in 93 (1.1%)	208
18	Harold	1 in 93 (1.1%)	208
19	Carl	1 in 93 (1.1%)	208
20	Billy	1 in 104 (1%)	187
21	Edward	1 in 104 (1%)	186
22	Roger	1 in 119 (0.8%)	163
23	Jack	1 in 122 (0.8%)	159
24	Bobby	1 in 124 (0.8%)	156
25	Franklin	1 in 125 (0.8%)	155
26	Jackie	1 in 129 (0.8%)	150
27	Roy	1 in 135 (0.7%)	143
28	Harry	1 in 140 (0.7%)	138
29	Ralph	1 in 142 (0.7%)	136
30	Walter	1 in 147 (0.7%)	132
31	Frank	1 in 149 (0.7%)	130
32	Raymond	1 in 150 (0.7%)	129
33	Howard	1 in 152 (0.7%)	127
34	Michael	1 in 160 (0.6%)	121
35	Clarence	1 in 188 (0.5%)	103
36	Lawrence	1 in 188 (0.5%)	103
37	Joe	1 in 194 (0.5%)	100
38	Fred	1 in 204 (0.5%)	95
39	Gerald	1 in 204 (0.5%)	95
40	Daniel	1 in 208 (0.5%)	93
41	Earl	1 in 208 (0.5%)	93
42	Norman	1 in 220 (0.5%)	88
43	Arthur	1 in 220 (0.5%)	88
44	Johnny	1 in 225 (0.4%)	86
45	Russell	1 in 228 (0.4%)	85
46	Melvin	1 in 236 (0.4%)	82
47	Eugene	1 in 239 (0.4%)	81
48	Samuel	1 in 239 (0.4%)	81
49	Gene	1 in 251 (0.4%)	77
50	Jimmy	1 in 255 (0.4%)	76
51	Darrell	1 in 265 (0.4%)	73
52	Dennis	1 in 265 (0.4%)	73
53	Marvin	1 in 265 (0.4%)	73
54	Jimmie	1 in 273 (0.4%)	71
55	Albert	1 in 273 (0.4%)	71
56	Ernest	1 in 281 (0.4%)	69
57	Curtis	1 in 285 (0.4%)	68
58	Henry	1 in 293 (0.3%)	66
59	Ray	1 in 293 (0.3%)	66
60	Lewis	1 in 303 (0.3%)	64
61	Allen	1 in 303 (0.3%)	64
62	Glenn	1 in 307 (0.3%)	63
63	Bernard	1 in 312 (0.3%)	62
64	Dale	1 in 323 (0.3%)	60
65	Don	1 in 340 (0.3%)	57
66	Cecil	1 in 340 (0.3%)	57
67	Bill	1 in 340 (0.3%)	57
68	Ronnie	1 in 346 (0.3%)	56
69	Clyde	1 in 359 (0.3%)	54
70	Danny	1 in 359 (0.3%)	54
71	Tommy	1 in 359 (0.3%)	54
72	Wayne	1 in 372 (0.3%)	52
73	Frederick	1 in 372 (0.3%)	52
74	Clifford	1 in 380 (0.3%)	51
75	Douglas	1 in 380 (0.3%)	51
76	Stephen	1 in 380 (0.3%)	51
77	Wendell	1 in 380 (0.3%)	51
78	Leonard	1 in 387 (0.3%)	50
79	Herbert	1 in 387 (0.3%)	50
80	Eddie	1 in 387 (0.3%)	50
81	Stanley	1 in 395 (0.3%)	49
82	Lowell	1 in 412 (0.2%)	47
83	Terry	1 in 412 (0.2%)	47
84	Philip	1 in 430 (0.2%)	45
85	Lloyd	1 in 430 (0.2%)	45
86	Floyd	1 in 430 (0.2%)	45
87	Delbert	1 in 440 (0.2%)	44
88	Phillip	1 in 440 (0.2%)	44
89	Alfred	1 in 450 (0.2%)	43
90	Elmer	1 in 450 (0.2%)	43
91	Willard	1 in 461 (0.2%)	42
92	Leroy	1 in 461 (0.2%)	42
93	Glen	1 in 472 (0.2%)	41
94	Arnold	1 in 484 (0.2%)	40
95	Vernon	1 in 484 (0.2%)	40
96	Freddie	1 in 496 (0.2%)	39
97	Everett	1 in 496 (0.2%)	39
98	Claude	1 in 523 (0.2%)	37
99	Lonnie	1 in 523 (0.2%)	37
100	Virgil	1 in 523 (0.2%)	37