Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	137
2	Charles	93
3	James	89
4	George	87
5	William	85
6	Harold	68
6	Robert	68
8	Frank	60
9	Kenneth	39
9	Ralph	39
11	Donald	38
11	Fred	38
11	Henry	38
14	Raymond	37
15	Carl	36
15	Harry	36
17	Clarence	35
18	Edward	33
18	Roy	33
20	Joseph	32
20	Paul	32
20	Richard	32
23	Earl	31
24	Walter	30
25	Howard	27

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lawrence	27
27	Albert	24
27	Arthur	24
27	Elmer	24
27	Jack	24
31	Cecil	23
31	Virgil	23
31	Wayne	23
34	Eugene	22
34	Thomas	22
36	Francis	21
36	Lloyd	21
36	Orville	21
39	Chester	20
40	Herbert	19
41	Ray	18
42	Russell	17
43	Everett	16
43	Floyd	16
43	Maurice	16
46	Clyde	15
46	Ernest	15
46	Leonard	15
46	Melvin	15
50	Clifford	14
50	David	14
50	Edwin	14
53	Andrew	13
53	Glenn	13
53	Marion	13
53	Samuel	13
53	Vernon	13
58	Alfred	12
58	Joe	12
58	Marvin	12
61	Alvin	11
61	Gerald	11
61	Glen	11
61	Wilbur	11
65	Daniel	10
65	Delbert	10
65	Harvey	10
65	Leo	10
65	Leroy	10
65	Leslie	10
65	Merle	10
65	Norman	10
73	Claude	9
73	Herman	9
73	Homer	9
73	Leon	9
73	Lyle	9
73	Oscar	9
73	Stanley	9
80	Ben	8
80	Benjamin	8
80	Bert	8
80	Gilbert	8
80	Ivan	8
85	Dale	7
85	Edgar	7
85	Jesse	7
85	Loren	7
85	Louis	7
85	Lowell	7
85	Martin	7
85	Orval	7
85	Ronald	7
85	Theodore	7
85	Willard	7
96	August	6
96	Bernard	6
96	Charlie	6
96	Clayton	6
96	Dean	6
96	Don	6
96	Eldon	6
96	Gordon	6
96	Lee	6
96	Lester	6
96	Lewis	6
96	Wesley	6
96	Woodrow	6