Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	593
2	William	500
3	Charles	424
4	Robert	381
5	James	375
6	George	298
7	Harold	283
8	Paul	221
9	Kenneth	202
10	Donald	190
11	Frank	185
12	Joseph	175
13	Ralph	174
14	Richard	165
15	Raymond	162
16	Howard	161
17	Arthur	157
18	Carl	155
18	Walter	155
20	Edward	148
21	Lawrence	141
22	Clarence	138
23	Henry	133
24	Albert	130
25	Harry	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	116
27	Jack	112
27	Roy	112
29	Earl	108
30	Leonard	98
31	Francis	97
32	Floyd	91
33	Lloyd	90
34	Glenn	89
35	Gerald	88
35	Leo	88
37	Ernest	85
37	Fred	85
39	Thomas	83
40	Willard	82
41	Virgil	80
42	Chester	79
43	Cecil	78
43	Elmer	78
43	Melvin	78
46	Wayne	77
47	Lester	76
48	Joe	74
49	Louis	73
50	Marvin	72
51	David	71
52	Clifford	70
53	Dale	65
53	Edwin	65
55	Everett	64
56	Ray	63
57	Clyde	62
58	Glen	60
59	Max	58
59	Victor	58
59	Wilbur	58
62	Alfred	56
63	Vernon	55
64	Alvin	52
65	Lee	50
65	Leroy	50
65	Lewis	50
68	Bernard	49
68	Herbert	49
70	Marion	48
70	Samuel	48
72	Norman	45
72	Orville	45
74	Claude	44
74	Herman	44
74	Jesse	44
77	Russell	43
78	Merle	41
79	Forrest	39
79	Homer	39
79	Lyle	39
82	Edgar	37
82	Warren	37
84	Dean	36
84	Martin	36
86	Leslie	34
87	Ivan	33
88	Loren	32
89	Benjamin	31
89	Stanley	31
91	Andrew	30
91	Leon	30
91	Maurice	30
91	Philip	30
95	Arnold	29
95	Delbert	29
95	Frederick	29
95	Willis	29
99	Daniel	28
99	Gilbert	28
99	Theodore	28
99	Vincent	28