Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	473
2	Robert	449
3	William	427
4	Charles	396
5	James	344
6	George	231
7	Paul	230
8	Harold	226
9	Joseph	198
10	Edward	156
11	Walter	148
12	Raymond	136
13	Ralph	129
14	Donald	126
15	Clarence	125
16	Richard	123
17	Carl	122
17	Harry	122
19	Arthur	117
20	Frank	115
20	Howard	115
22	Kenneth	113
23	Thomas	105
24	Earl	102
25	Albert	91

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	85
27	Lawrence	80
28	Henry	76
29	Russell	74
30	Chester	72
31	Elmer	71
32	Fred	69
33	Roy	64
34	Eugene	56
35	Louis	55
36	Frederick	53
36	Herman	53
38	Floyd	51
38	Gerald	51
40	Wayne	50
41	Cecil	48
41	Lloyd	48
43	David	47
43	Lester	47
43	Wilbur	47
46	Edwin	46
46	Ernest	46
46	Francis	46
46	Leonard	46
46	Maurice	46
51	Clifford	44
51	Leo	44
53	Bernard	43
53	Everett	43
55	Norman	39
56	Virgil	38
57	Leroy	37
57	Samuel	37
59	Lewis	36
59	Vernon	36
59	Woodrow	36
62	Glenn	35
62	Theodore	35
64	Andrew	34
64	Claude	34
64	Ray	34
67	Marion	32
67	Melvin	32
69	Jack	31
69	Joe	31
69	Victor	31
72	Edgar	30
72	Marvin	30
72	Stanley	30
72	Willard	30
76	Gilbert	28
77	Alfred	27
77	Clyde	27
79	Max	26
79	Orville	26
81	Dale	25
81	Franklin	25
81	Oscar	25
84	Arnold	24
84	Daniel	24
84	Jesse	24
87	Forrest	23
87	Hubert	23
87	Lowell	23
90	Glen	22
91	Homer	20
91	Marshall	20
91	Morris	20
94	Lee	19
94	Oliver	19
96	Irvin	18
96	Ivan	18
96	Loren	18
96	Michael	18
96	Peter	18