Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	590
2	William	485
3	Charles	483
4	Robert	446
5	James	382
6	Harold	314
7	George	309
8	Paul	217
9	Joseph	205
10	Donald	201
11	Kenneth	197
12	Ralph	191
13	Edward	189
14	Raymond	188
15	Richard	181
16	Walter	170
17	Clarence	166
18	Frank	163
19	Harry	152
20	Lawrence	151
21	Carl	142
22	Howard	139
23	Arthur	137
24	Albert	129
25	Earl	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	120
27	Roy	115
28	Henry	111
29	Thomas	110
30	Francis	109
31	Elmer	107
32	Ernest	103
33	Eugene	99
33	Joe	99
35	Floyd	98
35	Lloyd	98
37	Fred	96
38	Glenn	94
39	Leo	93
39	Melvin	93
41	Wayne	88
42	Dale	84
43	Louis	82
44	Leonard	81
44	Victor	81
46	Chester	79
47	Clifford	78
48	Vernon	76
49	Marvin	75
50	David	72
51	Herbert	70
52	Alfred	69
52	Gerald	69
54	Virgil	66
55	Herman	65
56	Lester	63
57	Cecil	61
57	Lewis	61
59	Clyde	60
59	Everett	60
59	Max	60
62	Alvin	59
63	Edwin	58
63	Glen	58
65	Wilbur	57
66	Samuel	55
67	Willard	53
68	Norman	52
69	Bernard	50
69	Lee	50
71	Leroy	48
71	Ray	48
73	Orville	47
73	Russell	47
75	Marion	46
76	Dean	45
77	Jesse	44
78	Ivan	43
79	Claude	42
80	Merle	41
81	Eldon	40
81	Frederick	40
81	Homer	40
81	Theodore	40
81	Warren	40
86	Allen	38
87	Don	37
87	Leslie	37
89	Arnold	36
89	Maurice	36
91	Forrest	35
92	Gilbert	33
92	Loren	33
92	Lyle	33
95	Harvey	31
95	Wesley	31
97	Martin	30
98	Edgar	29
98	Stanley	29
100	Gordon	28
100	Karl	28