Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1918

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,156
2	William	810
3	John	782
4	Robert	512
5	George	350
6	Charles	349
7	Willie	250
8	Thomas	248
9	Henry	207
10	Joe	201
11	Raymond	180
12	Frank	179
13	Roy	173
14	Edward	172
15	Paul	164
15	Walter	164
17	Joseph	157
18	Carl	147
19	Woodrow	133
20	Albert	132
21	Clarence	131
22	Earl	126
22	Fred	126
24	Jack	123
25	Harold	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	121
27	Ralph	115
28	Arthur	109
28	Eugene	109
30	David	107
31	Cecil	106
32	Jesse	105
33	Ernest	102
34	Floyd	99
35	Charlie	92
36	Howard	88
37	Ray	86
38	Clyde	85
39	Samuel	80
40	Elmer	78
40	Herbert	78
40	Louis	78
40	Vernon	78
44	Harry	77
44	Marvin	77
46	Johnnie	76
46	Leon	76
48	Jessie	74
49	Lee	72
50	Homer	70
51	Lawrence	67
52	Oscar	65
52	Sam	65
54	Chester	64
54	Leonard	64
54	Lester	64
57	Herman	63
57	Leroy	63
59	Alvin	60
59	Luther	60
61	Alfred	59
61	Lewis	59
63	Curtis	57
63	Leo	57
63	Troy	57
66	Virgil	56
67	Andrew	55
67	Claude	55
67	Lloyd	55
70	Earnest	53
70	Eddie	53
72	Edgar	52
72	Kenneth	52
74	Hubert	51
75	Lonnie	50
75	Loyd	50
75	Melvin	50
78	Daniel	49
78	Donald	49
78	Norman	49
81	Hugh	48
82	Glenn	47
83	Clifford	46
83	Otis	46
85	Wilson	45
86	Glen	44
87	Archie	43
87	Bill	43
87	Charley	43
87	Doyle	43
87	Jim	43
87	Johnie	43
93	Horace	42
93	Jimmie	42
95	Marion	41
95	Willard	41
97	Allen	40
97	Theodore	40
99	Russell	39
100	Grover	37
100	Oliver	37