Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	122
2	William	67
3	George	66
4	Robert	61
5	Harold	59
6	James	52
7	Arthur	51
8	Joseph	47
9	Clarence	43
10	Walter	42
11	Carl	41
11	Edward	41
13	Raymond	39
14	Henry	38
15	Ernest	34
16	Charles	33
16	Kenneth	33
18	Albert	32
18	Donald	32
18	Frank	32
21	Roy	30
22	Leonard	28
23	Lloyd	27
23	Paul	27
25	Clifford	26

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Howard	26
27	Edwin	25
28	Lawrence	24
28	Richard	24
30	Earl	23
31	Alfred	22
31	Alvin	22
31	Elmer	22
31	Fred	22
31	Theodore	22
31	Thomas	22
37	Emil	21
38	Harry	20
38	Ralph	20
40	Jacob	19
40	Marvin	19
40	Peter	19
43	Arnold	17
43	Floyd	17
45	Melvin	16
46	Joe	15
46	Leo	15
46	Louis	15
46	Russell	15
50	Herbert	14
50	Herman	14
50	Norman	14
50	Oliver	14
50	Oscar	14
50	Stanley	14
56	Glenn	13
56	Gordon	13
56	Jack	13
56	Orville	13
56	Reuben	13
56	Vernon	13
62	Andrew	12
62	Bernard	12
62	Francis	12
62	Martin	12
66	Lyle	11
66	Mike	11
68	Chester	10
68	Everett	10
68	Rudolph	10
68	Woodrow	10
72	Eugene	9
72	Harvey	9
72	Leroy	9
72	Lester	9
72	Otto	9
72	Palmer	9
72	Philip	9
72	Samuel	9
72	Sidney	9
81	August	8
81	Cecil	8
81	Daniel	8
81	Glen	8
81	Julius	8
81	Maurice	8
81	Victor	8
81	Wilfred	8
89	Adolph	7
89	Alf	7
89	Anton	7
89	David	7
89	Nels	7
89	Ole	7
89	Ted	7
96	Adam	6
96	Benjamin	6
96	Erling	6
96	Ferdinand	6
96	Forrest	6
96	Frederick	6
96	Hugh	6
96	Leon	6
96	Patrick	6
96	Ray	6
96	Wallace	6
96	Willard	6