Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,431
2	John	1,763
3	William	1,621
4	James	1,053
5	George	970
6	Donald	964
7	Charles	896
8	Edward	894
9	Joseph	740
10	Richard	734
11	Harold	676
12	Frank	606
13	Raymond	552
14	Jack	522
15	Walter	508
16	Arthur	505
17	Kenneth	428
18	Henry	388
19	Harry	380
20	Paul	379
21	Thomas	374
22	Albert	327
22	Howard	327
24	Stanley	314
25	Leonard	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	293
27	Carl	287
28	Lawrence	282
29	Gerald	279
30	Louis	268
31	Eugene	266
32	Earl	265
33	Ralph	250
34	Warren	246
35	Frederick	234
36	Leo	232
37	Bernard	228
38	Francis	222
38	Norman	222
40	Alfred	217
41	Roy	207
41	Russell	207
43	Ernest	204
44	David	198
45	Fred	193
46	Chester	188
47	Edwin	187
48	Elmer	174
49	Theodore	165
50	Anthony	159
51	Herbert	157
52	Gordon	150
53	Peter	145
54	Floyd	142
55	Clifford	138
56	Joe	136
57	Lloyd	134
58	Melvin	131
59	Marvin	124
60	Lyle	118
61	Andrew	114
61	Victor	114
63	Daniel	112
64	Arnold	108
64	Wayne	108
66	Alvin	103
67	Lester	99
67	Lewis	99
69	Dale	98
69	Glenn	98
69	Ray	98
72	Leroy	96
73	Harvey	94
74	Max	93
75	Leon	91
75	Wallace	91
77	Douglas	89
78	Leslie	85
79	Michael	84
80	Martin	83
81	Don	82
81	Keith	82
81	Vernon	82
84	Vincent	80
85	Steve	79
86	Herman	77
87	Milton	75
87	Samuel	75
89	Alexander	73
89	Willard	73
91	Sam	72
92	Edmund	71
92	Maurice	71
92	Wesley	71
95	Gilbert	70
95	Ronald	70
97	Allen	69
98	Clyde	68
98	Roger	68
100	Lee	65