Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,272
2	John	1,189
3	Charles	928
4	William	915
5	James	825
6	George	554
7	Paul	451
8	Harold	449
9	Joseph	442
10	Richard	372
11	Edward	351
12	Donald	301
13	Ralph	286
14	Walter	282
15	Kenneth	272
16	Harry	262
17	Raymond	260
18	Carl	258
19	Frank	237
20	Thomas	220
21	Howard	207
22	Earl	201
23	Arthur	199
24	Albert	190
25	Clarence	160

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Russell	160
27	Eugene	154
28	Jack	139
29	Henry	138
30	Louis	132
30	Roy	132
32	Fred	130
33	Francis	128
34	Lawrence	126
35	Herbert	125
36	Chester	122
37	Wayne	114
38	Floyd	113
39	Norman	112
40	Ernest	111
41	David	110
42	Elmer	103
42	Gerald	103
44	Lloyd	102
44	Stanley	102
46	Lester	98
47	Herman	95
48	Dale	89
49	Alfred	87
49	Virgil	87
51	Frederick	86
51	Leonard	86
53	Joe	83
54	Clifford	82
55	Marion	81
55	Maurice	81
57	Melvin	79
58	Wilbur	78
59	Leo	77
59	Max	77
61	Everett	75
61	Glenn	75
63	Clyde	70
64	Andrew	68
64	Gilbert	68
66	Willard	67
67	Bernard	66
67	Edwin	66
69	Cecil	65
69	Leroy	65
69	Lewis	65
69	Marvin	65
69	Samuel	65
74	Woodrow	62
75	Ray	60
75	Victor	60
77	Glen	58
78	Claude	57
78	Jesse	57
80	Daniel	54
81	Lowell	52
82	Hugh	51
82	Michael	51
84	Vernon	50
85	Warren	49
86	Delbert	48
87	Philip	46
88	Edgar	44
88	Steve	44
90	Oscar	43
91	Anthony	42
91	Homer	42
91	Ivan	42
91	Morris	42
95	Arnold	41
95	Theodore	41
97	Loren	40
98	Hubert	39
98	Leslie	39
100	Forrest	38
100	Roger	38