Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,558
2	John	1,307
3	William	1,161
4	Charles	1,036
5	James	934
6	Paul	542
7	George	541
8	Richard	484
9	Joseph	476
10	Harold	437
11	Donald	396
12	Edward	352
13	Frank	319
14	Walter	317
15	Ralph	314
16	Raymond	313
17	Harry	292
18	Carl	284
19	Kenneth	281
20	Thomas	248
21	Arthur	236
22	Earl	222
23	Howard	220
24	Jack	215
25	Clarence	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	199
27	Eugene	185
28	Russell	182
29	Roy	179
30	Francis	164
31	Fred	152
32	Louis	146
33	Lawrence	140
34	Henry	138
35	Herbert	135
36	Ernest	134
37	Chester	133
38	Elmer	132
39	Lloyd	129
40	Max	126
41	David	125
41	Gerald	125
43	Wayne	123
44	Floyd	115
44	Norman	115
46	Maurice	109
47	Dale	108
48	Frederick	104
49	Herman	103
50	Melvin	101
51	Leo	100
52	Joe	99
53	Marion	98
53	Wilbur	98
55	Stanley	95
56	Virgil	92
57	Clifford	91
58	Bernard	89
59	Everett	88
60	Ray	84
60	Samuel	84
60	Victor	84
63	Lester	83
64	Marvin	81
65	Leroy	79
65	Lewis	79
67	Claude	78
67	Leonard	78
69	Edwin	77
69	Glenn	77
71	Cecil	73
72	Alfred	66
72	Glen	66
74	Jesse	65
74	Vernon	65
74	Woodrow	65
77	Clyde	63
77	Michael	63
79	Theodore	61
79	Warren	61
79	Willard	61
82	Edgar	60
83	Daniel	59
83	Forrest	59
85	Gilbert	52
86	Homer	51
86	Leon	51
86	Orville	51
89	Lowell	49
89	Oscar	49
89	Philip	49
92	Delbert	48
93	Alvin	47
93	Andrew	47
93	Morris	47
96	Hugh	46
96	Lee	46
98	Hubert	45
99	Anthony	44
100	Benjamin	43
100	Gene	43
100	Roger	43