Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	530
2	William	423
3	Robert	292
4	Charles	264
5	George	262
6	Joseph	246
7	Edward	243
8	Frank	225
9	Harold	212
10	James	205
11	Donald	154
12	Walter	148
13	Arthur	137
14	Albert	121
15	Raymond	120
16	Richard	118
17	Henry	113
18	Harry	110
19	Kenneth	109
20	Carl	99
21	Clarence	98
22	Ralph	97
23	Paul	95
24	Howard	93
25	Louis	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	87
27	Stanley	85
28	Lawrence	84
28	Thomas	84
30	Jack	78
31	Francis	75
32	Russell	74
33	Fred	72
34	Frederick	65
34	Leo	65
36	Ernest	64
37	Leonard	62
38	Elmer	60
38	Peter	60
40	Gordon	54
40	Norman	54
42	Roy	53
43	Anthony	51
43	Clifford	51
45	Alfred	50
45	Gerald	50
47	Bernard	49
48	Chester	47
48	Theodore	47
50	Edwin	46
50	Floyd	46
52	David	45
53	Eugene	44
54	Lloyd	42
55	Herbert	39
56	Clyde	37
56	Martin	37
58	Michael	36
59	Alvin	33
60	Milton	32
61	Glenn	31
61	Lester	31
63	Benjamin	30
63	Harvey	30
63	Stephen	30
66	Marvin	29
66	Melvin	29
66	Willard	29
69	Alexander	28
70	Victor	27
70	Wayne	27
72	Daniel	26
72	Lewis	26
72	Maurice	26
72	Ray	26
76	Hugh	25
76	Leroy	25
76	Lyle	25
79	Max	24
79	Samuel	24
81	Herman	23
81	Leon	23
81	Leslie	23
84	Andrew	22
84	Arnold	22
84	Cecil	22
84	Edmund	22
84	Ivan	22
84	Joe	22
90	Alex	20
90	Clayton	20
90	Irving	20
90	Jacob	20
90	Nelson	20
90	Ronald	20
90	Sam	20
90	Vernon	20
98	Julius	19
98	Neil	19
100	Allen	18
100	Claude	18
100	Jerome	18
100	Orville	18
100	Steve	18
100	Vincent	18