Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	229
2	John	225
3	William	155
4	George	154
5	Charles	150
6	Joseph	142
7	James	124
8	Harold	122
9	Donald	110
10	Edward	102
11	Arthur	100
12	Richard	94
13	Raymond	84
14	Kenneth	82
15	Paul	76
16	Ralph	74
17	Albert	72
18	Lawrence	71
19	Frank	69
20	Philip	66
21	Ernest	64
22	Roland	63
23	Walter	62
24	Herbert	54
25	Henry	52

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Leo	52
27	Alfred	49
27	Norman	49
29	Carl	47
30	Arnold	44
30	Francis	44
30	Frederick	44
30	Stanley	44
34	Louis	42
35	Clarence	41
35	Thomas	41
37	Harry	39
38	Gerald	36
39	Eugene	34
39	Fred	34
41	Clifford	33
41	David	33
41	Wilfred	33
44	Howard	31
44	Leroy	31
44	Maurice	31
44	Roger	31
48	Earl	30
48	Everett	30
50	Lionel	29
50	Lloyd	29
52	Gordon	27
52	Leon	27
52	Lewis	27
55	Edwin	26
55	Roy	26
57	Lucien	25
58	Bernard	23
58	Clyde	23
58	Russell	23
61	Chester	22
61	Malcolm	22
61	Merle	22
61	Peter	22
65	Cecil	21
65	Clayton	21
65	Leonard	21
68	Alton	20
68	Gerard	20
70	Elmer	19
70	Floyd	19
70	Willard	19
73	Carroll	18
73	Daniel	18
73	Vernon	18
76	Benjamin	17
76	Earle	17
76	Victor	17
79	Armand	16
79	Edgar	16
79	Herman	16
79	Irving	16
83	Linwood	15
83	Vincent	15
85	Andrew	14
85	Michael	14
85	Milton	14
85	Ronald	14
85	Stephen	14
85	Theodore	14
91	Claude	13
91	Elwood	13
91	Guy	13
91	Harvey	13
91	Patrick	13
91	Reginald	13
91	Samuel	13
98	Dana	12
98	Emile	12
98	Franklin	12
98	Gilbert	12
98	Lester	12
98	Nelson	12
98	Oscar	12
98	Romeo	12