Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,558
2	Robert	2,475
3	William	2,024
4	Charles	1,485
5	James	1,426
6	Joseph	1,170
7	George	1,159
8	Paul	951
9	Edward	881
10	Richard	865
11	Frank	802
12	Harold	729
13	Donald	677
14	Carl	560
15	Walter	554
16	Ralph	546
17	Raymond	532
18	Albert	499
19	Harry	484
20	Thomas	472
21	Howard	459
22	Kenneth	398
23	Arthur	386
24	Jack	354
25	Clarence	353

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	331
27	Earl	319
28	Stanley	297
29	Henry	295
30	David	286
31	Lawrence	269
32	Eugene	251
33	Fred	244
34	Elmer	239
35	Joe	221
36	Anthony	220
36	Roy	220
38	Russell	217
39	Herbert	216
40	Francis	212
41	Leonard	211
42	Steve	210
43	Norman	206
44	Andrew	197
45	Ernest	196
46	Bernard	186
47	Frederick	182
48	Edwin	181
49	Chester	180
50	Michael	173
51	Leo	165
52	Mike	162
52	Wilbur	162
54	Clyde	156
55	Samuel	155
56	Lester	153
57	Alfred	146
57	Floyd	146
59	Lloyd	145
60	Gerald	143
61	Clifford	142
61	Daniel	142
63	Theodore	138
64	Melvin	133
65	Dale	130
66	Herman	129
67	Glenn	127
68	Vernon	124
69	Lewis	118
70	Ray	117
71	Leroy	114
72	Philip	113
73	Willard	110
74	Peter	107
75	Martin	104
75	Nick	104
77	Victor	103
78	Homer	101
78	Wayne	101
80	Stephen	98
80	Virgil	98
82	Marion	92
82	Warren	92
84	Vincent	91
85	Marvin	89
86	Don	85
86	Sam	85
88	Woodrow	81
89	Edgar	79
89	Gilbert	79
89	Roger	79
92	Franklin	78
93	Alvin	75
94	Gordon	73
94	Julius	73
96	Everett	69
97	Emil	68
97	Willis	68
99	Benjamin	67
99	Maurice	67
99	Orville	67