Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,807
2	John	2,700
3	William	2,300
4	Charles	1,624
5	James	1,463
6	George	1,219
7	Joseph	1,202
8	Paul	1,017
9	Edward	964
10	Richard	915
11	Frank	901
12	Harold	759
13	Donald	727
14	Walter	661
15	Ralph	618
16	Carl	594
17	Harry	590
18	Raymond	570
19	Thomas	513
20	Albert	484
21	Arthur	481
22	Howard	435
23	Jack	416
24	Louis	377
25	Kenneth	376

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	355
27	Earl	349
28	Henry	340
29	David	302
30	Lawrence	292
31	Eugene	289
32	Stanley	262
33	Fred	260
34	Russell	254
35	Joe	252
36	Elmer	249
37	Herbert	248
38	Roy	247
39	Francis	235
40	Michael	219
41	Andrew	214
41	Bernard	214
43	Anthony	213
44	Steve	209
45	Leonard	206
45	Norman	206
47	Ernest	202
48	Frederick	198
49	Chester	185
50	Mike	182
51	Clifford	177
52	Leo	172
53	Edwin	171
54	Daniel	167
55	Alfred	160
56	Gerald	158
57	Glenn	157
57	Wilbur	157
59	Floyd	155
59	Lewis	155
61	Lloyd	153
62	Samuel	152
63	Peter	150
64	Theodore	147
65	Lester	141
66	Ray	140
67	Willard	139
68	Clyde	136
68	Dale	136
68	Melvin	136
71	Herman	127
72	Martin	125
73	Alvin	115
73	Leroy	115
73	Vernon	115
73	Wayne	115
77	Homer	108
77	Stephen	108
79	Victor	107
80	Virgil	103
81	Vincent	102
82	Philip	100
83	Warren	99
84	Gordon	87
85	Tony	85
86	Allen	82
86	Nick	82
88	Benjamin	79
89	Roger	78
90	Edgar	77
90	Franklin	77
92	Alex	76
92	Woodrow	76
94	Don	74
94	Marvin	74
96	Milton	73
97	Karl	72
98	Harvey	71
99	Marion	70
99	Sam	70