Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	281
2	William	238
3	Robert	188
4	James	187
5	Charles	182
6	George	161
7	Harold	144
8	Frank	110
9	Ralph	103
10	Paul	100
11	Joseph	97
12	Raymond	94
13	Kenneth	93
14	Clarence	86
15	Edward	80
16	Carl	79
17	Harry	77
17	Richard	77
19	Earl	71
19	Howard	71
21	Lawrence	70
22	Walter	69
23	Albert	65
24	Donald	62
25	Eugene	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	60
26	Henry	60
28	Thomas	59
29	Roy	56
30	Lloyd	55
31	Fred	54
32	Ernest	51
33	Elmer	48
34	Glenn	47
35	Floyd	46
36	Cecil	41
37	Everett	40
38	Edwin	38
38	Francis	38
38	Virgil	38
41	Jack	37
41	Louis	37
41	Melvin	37
44	Herbert	36
45	Clyde	35
45	Leo	35
45	Lester	35
48	Marion	33
48	Ray	33
50	Clifford	32
50	Lewis	32
52	Wayne	31
53	Dale	30
53	Joe	30
53	Leonard	30
56	Alfred	29
56	Norman	29
56	Vernon	29
59	Alvin	28
59	Chester	28
61	Leroy	27
61	Wilbur	27
61	Woodrow	27
64	David	26
65	Glen	25
65	Ivan	25
65	Russell	25
68	Gerald	24
68	Lyle	24
68	Theodore	24
68	Victor	24
72	Claude	22
72	Marvin	22
72	Willard	22
75	Harvey	21
75	Willis	21
77	Martin	20
77	Maurice	20
77	Merle	20
80	Delbert	19
80	Frederick	19
80	Herman	19
80	Samuel	19
84	Andrew	18
84	Loren	18
84	Oscar	18
87	Warren	17
87	Wesley	17
89	Arnold	16
89	Daniel	16
89	Leland	16
92	Dean	15
92	Don	15
92	Edgar	15
92	Homer	15
92	Jesse	15
92	Philip	15
98	Bernard	14
98	Lee	14
98	Leslie	14
98	Orville	14
98	Vincent	14