Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	438
2	Robert	403
3	William	326
4	Harold	295
5	James	270
6	Donald	264
7	Charles	262
8	George	237
9	Richard	201
10	Raymond	185
11	Edward	181
12	Paul	174
13	Kenneth	150
14	Frank	147
15	Joseph	145
16	Walter	138
17	Arthur	137
18	Leonard	127
19	Carl	118
20	Harry	117
20	Howard	117
22	Lawrence	114
23	Lloyd	113
24	Jack	108
24	Ralph	108

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	104
27	Earl	101
28	Clarence	97
29	Albert	96
29	Elmer	96
31	Dale	94
32	Francis	90
32	Melvin	90
34	Ernest	89
34	Gerald	89
36	Leo	80
37	Fred	77
38	Edwin	76
38	Louis	76
40	Bernard	74
40	Thomas	74
42	Vernon	73
43	Roy	71
43	Wayne	71
45	Floyd	69
46	Eugene	68
46	Marvin	68
48	Lester	63
49	Glen	62
50	Lyle	60
50	Russell	60
52	Virgil	59
53	Glenn	58
53	Joe	58
55	Clifford	56
55	David	56
57	Alfred	53
57	Alvin	53
59	Stanley	51
59	Willard	51
61	Herbert	49
62	Clyde	48
62	Herman	48
62	Ray	48
65	Keith	46
66	Arnold	44
66	Max	44
66	Merle	44
66	Warren	44
70	Chester	42
71	Everett	41
71	Leroy	41
71	Victor	41
74	Harvey	40
75	Frederick	39
75	Theodore	39
77	Gordon	38
77	Ivan	38
79	Cecil	37
79	Emil	37
81	Ervin	36
81	Norman	36
83	Orville	35
84	Martin	34
85	Don	32
86	Dean	31
86	Leslie	31
88	Wilbur	29
89	Willis	28
90	Daniel	27
90	Edgar	27
90	Philip	27
90	Roland	27
94	Lee	25
95	Benjamin	24
95	Lewis	24
95	Otto	24
98	Eldon	23
98	Leland	23
98	Milton	23