Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	598
2	William	548
3	Robert	544
4	James	469
5	Charles	411
6	George	324
7	Harold	320
8	Paul	259
9	Raymond	208
10	Kenneth	199
11	Donald	195
12	Frank	193
13	Joseph	188
14	Richard	181
15	Edward	177
16	Ralph	176
17	Carl	155
17	Clarence	155
19	Walter	154
20	Lawrence	146
21	Roy	140
22	Howard	139
23	Jack	137
24	Harry	133
25	Albert	132

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Earl	132
27	Arthur	126
28	Lloyd	120
29	Thomas	117
30	Elmer	115
31	Melvin	107
32	Francis	106
33	Ernest	101
33	Henry	101
35	Clifford	100
36	Floyd	99
37	Eugene	98
38	Dale	97
38	Fred	97
40	Leonard	96
41	Glenn	94
42	Marvin	91
42	Virgil	91
44	Gerald	89
45	Joe	88
46	Wayne	83
47	Ray	82
48	David	80
49	Vernon	79
50	Leo	77
51	Herbert	75
52	Alvin	74
53	Alfred	73
54	Chester	72
54	Leroy	72
56	Wilbur	71
57	Max	69
58	Cecil	66
59	Edwin	64
59	Marion	64
61	Everett	63
61	Glen	63
63	Ivan	59
63	Louis	59
65	Warren	57
66	Lester	53
67	Bernard	50
67	Clyde	50
67	Lewis	50
67	Merle	50
71	Herman	49
71	Norman	49
73	Orville	48
74	Russell	46
75	Lee	44
76	Harvey	43
77	Loren	42
77	Samuel	42
79	Claude	41
79	Leland	41
79	Lyle	41
79	Victor	41
83	Dean	39
83	Jesse	39
83	Martin	39
83	Maurice	39
87	Homer	38
87	Theodore	38
87	Willard	38
90	Willis	36
91	Milton	35
92	Edgar	34
92	Frederick	34
92	Leslie	34
95	Gilbert	33
96	Arnold	32
96	Delbert	32
96	Vincent	32
99	Philip	31
99	Rex	31