Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,083
2	John	1,556
3	William	1,404
4	Willie	1,029
5	Robert	996
6	George	727
7	Thomas	548
8	Henry	538
9	Charles	515
10	Charlie	404
11	Joseph	394
12	Walter	359
13	Frank	298
14	Edward	289
15	Joe	267
16	Albert	252
17	Jack	237
18	Roy	218
19	Clarence	215
20	Fred	205
21	Ernest	201
22	Paul	199
23	David	193
24	Ralph	187
25	Leroy	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	183
27	Arthur	181
28	Richard	166
29	Eddie	160
30	Samuel	159
31	Eugene	158
32	Jessie	147
33	Hugh	138
34	Howard	134
35	Harry	131
36	Jesse	130
37	Carl	129
37	Lewis	129
39	Sam	124
40	Woodrow	123
41	Oscar	122
42	Horace	119
43	Otis	118
44	Andrew	117
45	Grady	115
46	Herman	109
47	Herbert	107
48	Clifford	104
48	Luther	104
50	Clyde	103
50	Harold	103
52	Curtis	100
53	Rufus	98
54	Hubert	97
55	Marion	95
56	Raymond	94
57	Louis	92
58	Cecil	89
58	Homer	89
58	Jimmie	89
58	Lee	89
62	Earnest	86
62	Marvin	86
64	Earl	82
65	Lonnie	81
66	Leonard	78
67	Benjamin	77
67	Edgar	77
69	Leon	76
70	Nathaniel	73
71	Alfred	71
71	Ben	71
73	Bennie	70
74	Jim	69
75	Lester	68
75	Tom	68
77	Claude	67
78	Alvin	66
78	Julian	66
80	Julius	65
81	Floyd	63
81	Lawrence	63
81	Tommie	63
84	Harvey	61
85	Allen	58
86	Daniel	57
86	Milton	57
86	Norman	57
89	Willard	56
90	Mack	55
91	Edwin	54
91	Johnie	54
93	Melvin	52
94	Alton	50
94	Ray	50
94	Wallace	50
97	Gordon	49
97	Lloyd	49
99	Elmer	48
100	Oliver	46