Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	269
2	Robert	241
3	William	208
4	George	177
5	Harold	151
6	Donald	143
7	Raymond	137
8	James	132
9	Joseph	129
10	Arthur	125
11	Clarence	110
12	Walter	107
13	Kenneth	104
14	Frank	98
15	Albert	94
15	Henry	94
17	Charles	92
18	Edward	86
19	Roy	73
20	Norman	71
21	Alvin	70
22	Lloyd	69
22	Paul	69
22	Ralph	69
25	Gordon	66

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edwin	64
27	Clifford	63
27	Richard	63
29	Herbert	61
30	Fred	59
30	Harry	59
32	Lawrence	57
33	Leo	55
33	Thomas	55
35	Earl	54
35	Howard	54
37	Elmer	53
37	Ernest	53
39	Melvin	51
40	Leonard	50
40	Peter	50
42	Arnold	49
43	Carl	48
43	Russell	48
45	Alfred	46
46	Vernon	43
47	Oscar	41
48	Jack	39
48	Lester	39
50	Eugene	38
51	Floyd	37
52	Francis	36
52	Lyle	36
54	Orville	35
55	Wallace	33
56	Andrew	32
56	Bernard	32
58	Anton	31
58	Gerald	31
58	Joe	31
58	Martin	31
58	Philip	31
63	Glenn	30
64	Leslie	29
65	David	28
65	Emil	28
65	Leroy	28
65	Louis	28
65	Otto	28
65	Willard	28
71	Chester	27
71	Herman	27
73	Allen	26
73	Marvin	26
73	Milton	26
76	Victor	25
77	Daniel	24
77	Ervin	24
79	Jacob	23
79	Stanley	23
79	Wayne	23
82	Maurice	22
82	Theodore	22
84	Frederick	21
84	Glen	21
84	Mike	21
84	Palmer	21
88	Adolph	20
88	Jerome	20
88	Lynn	20
88	Morris	20
92	Adam	19
92	Harvey	19
92	Warren	19
95	Reinhold	18
95	Reuben	18
95	Vincent	18
98	Bennie	17
98	Gilbert	17
98	Oliver	17
98	Ray	17
98	Rudolph	17