Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,264
2	William	2,892
3	John	2,828
4	James	2,493
5	Richard	2,220
6	Charles	1,814
7	Donald	1,696
8	George	1,345
9	Paul	1,163
10	Edward	1,051
11	Joseph	1,021
12	Thomas	925
13	Harold	909
14	Jack	856
15	Raymond	748
16	Frank	682
17	Ralph	660
18	Kenneth	609
19	Carl	579
20	Walter	576
21	Harry	544
22	Eugene	534
23	David	509
24	Albert	474
25	Arthur	431

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	427
27	Howard	378
28	Clarence	347
29	Henry	319
30	Lawrence	310
31	Fred	298
32	Louis	292
33	Gerald	288
34	Leonard	279
35	Russell	274
36	Norman	272
37	Herbert	254
38	Ernest	239
39	Dale	237
39	Roy	237
41	Daniel	232
41	Stanley	232
43	Anthony	228
44	Bernard	216
45	Elmer	210
45	Ray	210
47	Joe	206
48	Francis	203
49	Glenn	189
49	Theodore	189
49	Wayne	189
52	Edwin	185
53	Melvin	182
54	Clifford	180
55	Andrew	172
55	Floyd	172
57	Don	165
58	Marvin	161
59	Chester	160
60	Lloyd	159
61	Lester	150
62	Alfred	149
63	Leroy	147
64	Samuel	146
65	Clyde	145
65	Frederick	145
67	Leo	143
68	Roger	137
69	Michael	136
70	Gene	135
71	Ronald	132
72	Peter	131
73	Billy	127
73	Steve	127
75	Vernon	125
76	Wilbur	122
77	Lewis	121
78	Bill	118
79	Herman	115
80	Martin	113
81	Calvin	111
82	Warren	109
83	Gordon	105
84	Victor	103
85	Homer	102
86	Philip	101
87	Allen	98
88	Willard	97
89	Virgil	96
90	Marion	94
91	Alvin	93
92	Bob	91
93	Harvey	90
94	Franklin	89
94	Glen	89
96	Jerry	88
97	Sam	84
98	Lee	82
98	Nick	82
100	Milton	77