Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,593
2	Robert	1,211
3	William	1,137
4	Edward	822
5	George	767
6	Joseph	756
7	Charles	728
8	James	633
9	Donald	557
10	Walter	508
11	Frank	503
12	Harold	478
13	Richard	402
14	Arthur	392
15	Raymond	384
16	Henry	382
17	Stanley	356
18	Kenneth	339
19	Harry	305
20	Albert	293
21	Paul	276
22	Carl	271
23	Jack	264
24	Ralph	262
25	Louis	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	246
27	Thomas	245
28	Clarence	231
29	Gerald	230
30	Leonard	224
31	Russell	215
32	Earl	204
33	Lawrence	198
33	Norman	198
35	Leo	188
36	Elmer	182
36	Francis	182
36	Frederick	182
39	Anthony	180
40	Bernard	178
41	Edwin	169
42	Alfred	167
43	Fred	166
44	Peter	164
45	Ernest	162
46	David	160
47	Chester	153
48	Roy	140
49	Floyd	136
50	Eugene	127
51	Lloyd	122
52	Herbert	121
53	Arnold	119
54	Gordon	117
55	Clifford	116
56	Melvin	112
57	Theodore	107
58	Marvin	104
59	Lester	99
60	Willard	98
61	Andrew	95
62	Herman	94
63	Joe	92
64	Victor	89
65	Harvey	88
65	Maurice	88
67	Glenn	87
68	Milton	85
68	Ray	85
70	Martin	84
71	Michael	82
72	Wayne	78
73	Steve	77
74	Leon	76
75	Alexander	75
75	Daniel	75
75	Max	75
78	Lewis	74
79	Alvin	73
79	Leroy	73
79	Lyle	73
82	Philip	72
82	Samuel	72
84	Alex	65
85	Stephen	62
86	Dale	61
87	Clyde	60
88	Julius	58
88	Wesley	58
90	Benjamin	57
91	Cecil	55
91	Jerome	55
91	Ronald	55
94	Edmund	54
94	Vincent	54
94	Warren	54
97	Sam	53
98	Vernon	52
99	Claude	49
99	Everett	49
99	Lee	49
99	Orville	49