Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1923

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert4,264
2John2,986
3William2,909
4James2,141
5Charles1,855
6Richard1,774
7George1,442
8Donald1,373
9Joseph1,218
10Paul1,177
11Edward1,146
12Harold926
13Frank839
14Thomas763
15Raymond741
16Jack731
17Ralph634
18Harry612
19Walter608
20Carl600
21Kenneth550
22Albert516
23Arthur477
24Eugene465
25Howard447
RankNameBabies
26David409
27Earl396
28Clarence382
29Henry343
30Louis332
31Leonard324
32Lawrence311
33Fred283
34Russell270
34Stanley270
36Francis258
37Norman251
38Herbert250
39Roy248
40Daniel247
41Ernest241
42Bernard222
43Dale221
44Gerald220
45Elmer219
46Andrew218
46Warren218
48Anthony215
49Glenn207
50Frederick201
51Joe195
52Edwin189
53Theodore188
54Michael185
55Melvin182
56Alfred181
56Ray181
58Wayne179
59Chester174
60Samuel171
61Clifford168
62Floyd161
63Lloyd158
63Steve158
65Herman156
66Lester147
67Clyde146
68Leo142
69Roger140
70Leroy136
71Wilbur135
72Vernon130
73Lewis126
74Don125
75Peter124
76Marvin123
77Victor119
78Virgil113
79Philip112
80Mike110
81Willard109
82Sam103
82Vincent103
84Alvin101
85Gene99
86Wallace98
87Martin94
88Max93
89Franklin87
89Gordon87
91Calvin83
91Homer83
93Marion82
94Harvey77
94Milton77
96Edgar76
97Lee75
98Dean74
98Jerome74
98Maurice74
98Stephen74