Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,120
2	John	1,541
3	William	1,338
4	Willie	987
5	Robert	920
6	George	686
7	Charles	528
8	Thomas	500
9	Henry	489
10	Charlie	414
11	Joseph	381
12	Frank	342
13	Hugh	309
14	Walter	305
15	Joe	291
16	Edward	253
17	Albert	232
18	Fred	217
19	David	212
20	Roy	208
21	Jack	205
22	Clarence	203
23	Arthur	197
24	Paul	174
25	Ralph	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	168
27	Eddie	162
27	Leroy	162
29	Ernest	159
30	Eugene	156
30	Richard	156
30	Samuel	156
33	Harry	154
34	Sam	146
35	Lewis	141
36	Jesse	140
37	Carl	132
38	Jessie	125
39	Andrew	122
40	Harold	119
40	Woodrow	119
42	Herman	116
43	Horace	115
43	Otis	115
45	Clyde	113
46	Clifford	111
47	Herbert	107
48	Cecil	105
49	Luther	102
50	Marvin	101
50	Oscar	101
50	Raymond	101
53	Lee	100
53	Lester	100
55	Howard	97
56	Benjamin	96
56	Curtis	96
56	Grady	96
56	Leonard	96
60	Louis	94
61	Tom	93
62	Earl	91
62	Hubert	91
64	Ben	90
65	Daniel	89
66	Rufus	88
67	Homer	87
68	Milton	86
69	Jim	84
70	Jimmie	83
71	Bennie	80
72	Claude	76
73	Floyd	73
73	Marion	73
73	Nathaniel	73
76	Edgar	72
77	Alfred	69
77	Earnest	69
79	Allen	67
79	Harvey	67
81	Alvin	65
82	Leon	62
82	Tommie	62
84	Lonnie	61
85	Willard	58
86	Melvin	57
87	Julian	56
88	Julius	55
89	Dorsey	54
89	Emory	54
89	Isaac	54
89	Johnie	54
93	Roosevelt	52
94	Alton	51
95	Gordon	50
96	Grover	49
97	Edwin	48
97	Elmer	48
97	Ira	48
97	Johnny	48
97	Lawrence	48