Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1915

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

RankNameBabies
1John2,449
2Robert2,199
3William1,946
4Charles1,391
5James1,313
6George1,126
7Joseph1,093
8Paul947
9Frank821
10Edward795
11Harold732
11Richard732
13Donald645
14Walter623
15Ralph602
16Carl569
17Raymond548
18Harry533
19Albert458
20Howard451
20Thomas451
22Arthur437
23Kenneth409
24Clarence362
25Henry352
RankNameBabies
26Louis321
27Lawrence290
28Earl286
29Stanley278
30Fred271
31Jack269
32David263
33Francis255
34Eugene244
35Elmer231
36Russell230
37Joe218
38Michael213
39Herbert211
40Anthony206
41Leonard204
42Roy201
43Edwin193
44Frederick190
45Bernard188
46Norman184
47Andrew183
48Steve181
49Alfred179
49Wilbur179
51Lester174
52Ernest171
53Chester167
54Leo157
55Floyd156
56Willard152
57Clifford149
58Glenn136
59Dale135
59Daniel135
61Gerald133
62Melvin130
63Lewis129
64Clyde128
65Peter127
66Lloyd125
67Herman123
68Ray122
69Homer120
70Mike117
71Theodore111
71Wayne111
73Samuel110
74Martin109
75Philip106
76Vincent105
77Virgil102
78Franklin101
79Vernon96
79Victor96
81Willis94
82Don93
83Leroy90
84Stephen89
85Karl88
85Marvin88
87Sam85
88Marion84
89Warren82
90Max81
91Tony77
92Everett76
93Roger74
94Cecil71
94Nick71
96Julius69
97Maurice68
98Gordon67
98Orville67
100Edgar66