Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	458
2	Robert	409
3	William	361
4	Charles	262
5	James	247
6	Donald	237
6	Harold	237
8	George	217
9	Edward	198
10	Kenneth	182
11	Richard	172
12	Raymond	167
13	Joseph	153
14	Frank	152
15	Paul	135
16	Walter	126
17	Henry	120
18	Leonard	119
19	Arthur	117
19	Clarence	117
21	Harry	116
22	Ralph	105
23	Lloyd	101
24	Carl	98
25	Fred	94

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Melvin	94
27	Albert	93
27	Howard	93
29	Earl	92
30	Jack	86
30	Louis	86
32	Wayne	85
33	Dale	82
33	Roy	82
35	Gerald	81
36	Elmer	78
37	Marvin	73
38	Floyd	71
39	Bernard	70
39	Francis	70
39	Leo	70
42	Ernest	69
43	Lawrence	68
44	Clifford	66
44	Glen	66
44	Vernon	66
47	Thomas	64
48	Glenn	63
49	Herbert	60
50	Willard	58
51	Arnold	57
51	Victor	57
51	Virgil	57
54	Alfred	54
54	Edwin	54
54	Joe	54
57	Eugene	53
57	Ray	53
59	Lyle	52
60	Stanley	50
61	Chester	49
62	Harvey	48
62	Herman	48
62	Lester	48
65	Alvin	47
65	Everett	47
65	Russell	47
68	Norman	45
69	Lee	43
70	Cecil	42
70	David	42
72	Max	40
73	Gilbert	39
73	Orville	39
75	Wilbur	38
76	Leroy	37
77	Ivan	36
77	Warren	36
79	Keith	35
80	Clyde	33
80	Ervin	33
80	Milton	33
83	Daniel	32
83	Dean	32
83	Gordon	32
83	Martin	32
87	Emil	29
87	Leland	29
87	Lewis	29
87	Merle	29
87	Theodore	29
92	Frederick	28
92	Leslie	28
94	Andrew	27
94	Edgar	27
94	Maurice	27
94	Otto	27
98	Marion	26
99	Lowell	25
99	Roland	25
99	Willis	25