Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,314
2	John	1,180
3	William	1,029
4	Charles	960
5	James	819
6	George	595
7	Paul	503
8	Harold	460
9	Joseph	420
10	Richard	405
11	Donald	348
12	Edward	325
13	Raymond	309
14	Ralph	301
15	Kenneth	291
16	Walter	266
17	Frank	253
18	Harry	251
19	Thomas	241
20	Carl	240
21	Arthur	223
22	Howard	210
23	Clarence	198
24	Albert	191
25	Earl	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	160
27	Henry	153
28	Eugene	148
29	Francis	143
29	Roy	143
29	Russell	143
32	Herbert	142
33	Lawrence	140
34	Louis	134
35	Floyd	127
36	Lloyd	125
37	David	124
38	Max	121
39	Wayne	120
40	Elmer	116
41	Ernest	114
42	Chester	112
42	Gerald	112
44	Fred	109
45	Stanley	108
46	Leonard	107
46	Wilbur	107
48	Frederick	103
49	Melvin	98
50	Leo	96
51	Dale	94
52	Bernard	92
52	Herman	92
52	Marion	92
55	Everett	91
56	Lester	90
57	Norman	87
58	Edwin	85
59	Glenn	84
60	Joe	81
61	Maurice	80
62	Clifford	72
62	Lewis	72
64	Virgil	70
65	Glen	69
66	Willard	67
67	Claude	65
67	Marvin	65
69	Jesse	63
69	Lowell	63
71	Gilbert	62
71	Ray	62
73	Alfred	61
74	Cecil	59
74	Samuel	59
76	Leroy	58
76	Woodrow	58
78	Hubert	57
79	Edgar	56
80	Clyde	55
81	Theodore	53
82	Daniel	51
83	Andrew	49
84	Michael	48
84	Vernon	48
86	Alvin	47
86	Homer	47
86	Martin	47
86	Orville	47
86	Warren	47
91	Philip	46
92	Oscar	43
93	Delbert	42
93	Victor	42
95	Forrest	40
96	Morris	39
97	Ivan	38
98	Hugh	36
99	Franklin	35
99	Harvey	35