Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,614
2	Robert	1,421
3	William	1,233
4	Edward	832
5	George	791
6	Joseph	787
7	Charles	704
8	James	671
9	Donald	644
10	Walter	568
11	Frank	567
12	Harold	528
13	Richard	455
14	Raymond	452
15	Arthur	426
16	Henry	408
17	Stanley	336
18	Harry	335
19	Kenneth	314
20	Paul	309
21	Carl	297
22	Jack	292
23	Albert	287
24	Clarence	261
25	Thomas	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	246
27	Louis	236
28	Leonard	233
28	Ralph	233
30	Lawrence	231
31	Gerald	224
32	Earl	222
33	Leo	209
34	Bernard	200
35	Francis	196
36	Roy	195
37	Fred	194
38	Frederick	193
39	Russell	189
40	Chester	182
41	Peter	172
42	Elmer	170
43	Anthony	168
44	Edwin	167
45	Norman	163
46	Alfred	161
46	David	161
48	Theodore	151
49	Lloyd	143
50	Ernest	138
51	Eugene	131
52	Herbert	130
53	Victor	124
54	Gordon	121
55	Clifford	119
56	Floyd	118
57	Andrew	105
57	Arnold	105
59	Marvin	103
60	Steve	100
61	Joe	99
61	Martin	99
61	Melvin	99
64	Michael	97
65	Willard	95
66	Lyle	93
67	Lester	90
68	Ray	86
69	Herman	85
70	Max	84
71	Harvey	81
72	Lewis	80
73	Milton	79
74	Philip	77
75	Glenn	76
76	Daniel	75
77	Samuel	74
78	Leon	72
78	Vernon	72
78	Wayne	72
81	Vincent	70
82	Edmund	69
83	Alex	68
84	Alexander	67
84	Clayton	67
86	Alvin	66
86	Dale	66
86	Leroy	66
86	Warren	66
90	Douglas	64
90	Maurice	64
92	Stephen	62
93	Julius	60
93	Leslie	60
95	Clyde	58
96	Sam	56
97	Allen	55
98	Benjamin	54
99	Wesley	53
99	Wilbur	53