Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,686
2	Robert	1,665
3	William	1,407
4	Edward	962
5	George	934
6	James	865
7	Charles	810
8	Joseph	782
9	Donald	730
10	Frank	655
11	Harold	612
12	Richard	547
13	Walter	500
14	Raymond	497
15	Arthur	458
16	Henry	412
17	Jack	409
18	Stanley	393
19	Harry	385
20	Kenneth	364
21	Paul	353
22	Albert	338
23	Carl	336
24	Thomas	314
25	Leonard	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	268
27	Francis	265
28	Howard	257
29	Ralph	256
30	Earl	245
31	Leo	241
32	Lawrence	240
33	Louis	233
34	Bernard	232
35	Gerald	228
35	Russell	228
37	Eugene	220
38	Norman	212
39	Ernest	211
40	Frederick	202
41	Roy	197
42	David	196
43	Alfred	195
44	Elmer	193
45	Chester	187
45	Edwin	187
45	Fred	187
48	Anthony	182
49	Peter	181
50	Herbert	153
50	Lloyd	153
52	Floyd	150
53	Theodore	146
54	Gordon	141
55	Clifford	138
56	Andrew	129
57	Melvin	127
58	Lewis	114
58	Victor	114
60	Arnold	110
61	Max	109
62	Marvin	107
63	Joe	105
64	Lester	104
65	Harvey	103
66	Douglas	100
67	Wayne	99
68	Steve	97
69	Glenn	95
69	Ray	95
71	Willard	89
72	Michael	88
73	Herman	86
73	Warren	86
75	Leon	85
76	Daniel	84
76	Lyle	84
76	Martin	84
79	Edmund	83
79	Philip	83
81	Leroy	81
82	Samuel	80
83	Maurice	78
84	Vincent	76
85	Leslie	75
85	Milton	75
85	Vernon	75
88	Clyde	72
89	Stephen	71
90	Alexander	69
91	Alvin	67
92	Bruce	66
92	Dale	66
94	Alex	65
94	Benjamin	65
96	Roland	64
96	Woodrow	64
98	Clayton	63
99	Cecil	62
100	Don	61
100	Sam	61