Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	339
2	William	227
3	Robert	191
4	George	153
5	James	147
6	Harold	138
7	Arthur	122
8	Donald	113
9	Raymond	111
10	Edward	110
11	Joseph	108
12	Frank	106
12	Walter	106
14	Henry	103
15	Kenneth	97
16	Albert	92
16	Richard	92
18	Charles	89
18	Clarence	89
20	Edwin	79
21	Herbert	73
22	Ernest	71
23	Carl	70
23	Elmer	70
25	Earl	69

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lloyd	69
25	Paul	69
28	Leonard	68
29	Ralph	67
30	Norman	63
31	Melvin	62
31	Roy	62
33	Lawrence	58
34	Alvin	55
34	Vernon	55
36	Alfred	54
36	Fred	54
38	Arnold	53
38	Francis	53
38	Peter	53
41	Clifford	52
41	Harry	52
41	Leo	52
44	Eugene	46
44	Howard	46
44	Theodore	46
47	Chester	45
47	Floyd	45
49	Gordon	42
49	Lester	42
51	Lyle	41
52	Marvin	40
53	Herman	39
54	Orville	38
54	Stanley	38
56	Thomas	37
57	Frederick	36
58	Emil	35
59	Harvey	33
59	Oscar	33
61	Bernard	31
61	David	31
61	Leslie	31
64	Andrew	30
64	Louis	30
66	Anton	29
66	Jacob	29
66	Joe	29
66	Otto	29
70	Gerald	28
70	Martin	28
72	Willard	27
73	Ervin	26
73	Jack	26
73	Milton	26
76	Maurice	25
76	Ray	25
78	Glenn	24
78	Russell	24
78	Wayne	24
81	Adam	23
81	Leroy	23
83	Everett	22
83	Philip	22
83	Victor	22
86	Benjamin	21
86	Lynn	21
86	Rudolph	21
89	Allen	20
90	Adolph	19
90	Mike	19
90	Reuben	19
90	Samuel	19
90	Vincent	19
90	Wallace	19
96	Daniel	18
96	Michael	18
98	Myron	17
98	Roland	17
100	Erwin	16
100	Kermit	16