Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	662
2	Robert	622
3	William	535
4	Charles	446
5	James	439
6	George	387
7	Harold	303
8	Donald	252
9	Raymond	237
10	Paul	219
11	Kenneth	210
12	Edward	201
13	Ralph	198
14	Richard	195
15	Jack	192
16	Frank	184
17	Clarence	181
18	Joseph	175
19	Lawrence	174
20	Carl	159
21	Albert	154
22	Walter	152
23	Harry	143
24	Lloyd	142
25	Arthur	139

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	139
27	Francis	127
27	Fred	127
29	Earl	123
30	Melvin	121
31	Thomas	119
32	Leonard	117
33	Elmer	116
33	Howard	116
35	Wayne	110
36	Eugene	109
37	Ernest	108
37	Henry	108
39	Glenn	101
40	Gerald	100
41	Floyd	99
41	Joe	99
41	Leo	99
44	Dale	94
45	Clifford	93
45	Leroy	93
47	Marvin	90
48	Chester	87
49	Vernon	86
49	Virgil	86
51	Lester	84
52	Edwin	83
53	Clyde	79
54	Alvin	75
54	Louis	75
56	Alfred	72
56	Cecil	72
56	David	72
56	Everett	72
60	Bernard	70
61	Russell	67
62	Wilbur	66
63	Warren	63
64	Max	60
65	Glen	59
66	Victor	58
67	Herbert	57
67	Ray	57
69	Dean	56
70	Merle	54
71	Lewis	53
72	Norman	52
73	Marion	50
73	Orville	50
75	Willard	49
76	Lee	48
76	Lyle	48
78	Jesse	47
78	Theodore	47
80	Harvey	42
80	Loren	42
82	Homer	41
82	Leslie	41
84	Ivan	40
84	Maurice	40
84	Willis	40
87	Claude	39
88	Frederick	38
89	Edgar	37
90	Daniel	35
91	Delbert	34
92	Arnold	33
92	Don	33
92	Eldon	33
92	Gordon	33
92	Oscar	33
92	Philip	33
98	Allen	32
98	Leland	32
100	Gene	31