Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1918

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

RankNameBabies
1James2,281
2John1,701
3William1,580
4Willie1,116
5Robert1,086
6George762
7Charles579
8Thomas547
9Henry515
10Joseph468
11Charlie447
12Frank372
13Walter347
14Joe326
15Edward310
16Jack280
17Albert252
18Fred246
19Ralph229
20Roy223
21David216
22Arthur213
23Paul212
24Clarence210
25Eddie202
RankNameBabies
26Johnnie194
27Ernest191
28Richard185
29Woodrow183
30Samuel176
31Harry160
32Leroy158
33Harold156
34Jesse155
35Eugene151
35Howard151
37Sam149
38Raymond148
39Lewis146
40Carl144
41Oscar138
42Herbert137
43Hugh132
44Andrew130
45Jessie129
46Clifford123
46Hubert123
48Homer121
49Horace119
49Jimmie119
51Otis118
52Rufus116
53Lee113
54Grady112
55Clyde110
56Benjamin107
57Louis104
58Claude102
59Earnest101
59Herman101
61Cecil98
62Marvin97
63Luther96
64Ben95
65Earl94
65Tom94
67Alfred93
67Bennie93
69Lonnie91
69Marion91
71Curtis88
72Jim82
73Floyd81
74Daniel80
75Leonard78
76Johnie76
77Leon75
78Harvey73
79Johnny72
80Julian69
80Milton69
80Nathaniel69
83Wilson68
84Edgar67
85Tommie66
86Bill64
87Allen63
88Lawrence62
89Alvin61
89Ray61
91Melvin60
92Julius59
92Lester59
94Lloyd57
95Grover56
96Edwin54
96Mack54
98Sidney53
98Theodore53
100Will52