Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,848
2	Robert	1,584
3	William	1,382
4	Charles	1,070
5	James	879
6	Joseph	864
7	George	825
8	Paul	672
9	Frank	626
10	Edward	608
11	Harold	500
12	Richard	473
13	Donald	434
14	Ralph	414
15	Carl	403
15	Walter	403
17	Raymond	401
18	Harry	396
19	Thomas	334
20	Albert	315
21	Howard	308
22	Kenneth	289
23	Arthur	279
24	Clarence	267
25	Henry	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	233
27	Earl	229
28	Jack	217
28	Lawrence	217
30	Russell	214
31	Stanley	206
32	Fred	193
33	David	182
34	Andrew	163
34	Elmer	163
36	Bernard	162
37	Michael	155
38	Anthony	153
38	Eugene	153
40	Leonard	152
41	Joe	149
42	Francis	147
42	Herbert	147
44	Ernest	142
44	Roy	142
46	Alfred	136
47	Norman	129
47	Steve	129
49	Lester	128
50	Frederick	123
51	Samuel	121
52	Chester	120
53	Edwin	118
54	Clifford	111
54	Glenn	111
56	Melvin	110
57	Clyde	108
57	Wilbur	108
59	Ray	107
60	Floyd	101
60	Peter	101
62	Herman	100
63	Lloyd	98
64	Leo	97
65	Mike	95
66	Gerald	91
67	Theodore	90
68	Stephen	86
69	Daniel	84
69	Victor	84
71	Virgil	77
71	Willard	77
73	Leroy	76
73	Wayne	76
75	Martin	75
75	Sam	75
77	Dale	71
77	Lewis	71
77	Philip	71
80	Vincent	68
81	Homer	66
82	Edgar	64
83	Karl	62
83	Vernon	62
85	Cecil	61
85	Everett	61
85	Willis	61
88	Gordon	59
89	Alvin	58
90	Don	57
91	Warren	55
92	Franklin	54
93	Marvin	50
94	Milton	48
95	Roger	47
96	Maurice	46
96	Tony	46
98	Alex	45
98	Alexander	45
98	Forrest	45
98	Harvey	45
98	Julius	45
98	Ronald	45