Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,220
2	William	2,834
3	John	2,752
4	James	2,645
5	Richard	2,519
6	Donald	2,066
7	Charles	1,900
8	Paul	1,148
9	George	1,129
10	Joseph	962
11	Edward	948
12	Thomas	929
13	Jack	928
14	Harold	815
15	Frank	684
16	Kenneth	662
17	Raymond	641
18	Carl	609
19	Ralph	595
20	Eugene	572
21	David	555
22	Harry	542
23	Walter	514
24	Albert	403
25	Howard	366

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	362
27	Herbert	361
28	Clarence	350
29	Earl	323
30	Lawrence	315
31	Norman	285
32	Louis	284
33	Ronald	281
34	Fred	280
35	Roy	275
36	Daniel	269
36	Henry	269
38	Russell	267
39	Gerald	259
40	Dale	244
41	Leonard	239
42	Bernard	224
42	Stanley	224
44	Alfred	222
45	Anthony	216
46	Joe	208
47	Don	206
48	Gene	196
49	Elmer	190
50	Ernest	188
50	Roger	188
52	Glenn	186
53	Francis	178
54	Melvin	172
55	Michael	168
56	Leroy	165
57	Clifford	164
57	Floyd	164
59	Ray	163
59	Samuel	163
61	Billy	157
62	Lloyd	151
63	Theodore	149
64	Edwin	148
65	Frederick	147
65	Marvin	147
65	Wayne	147
68	Jerry	144
69	Leo	131
70	Bill	130
71	Andrew	128
72	Wilbur	127
73	Clyde	124
73	Lester	124
75	Peter	121
76	Vernon	120
77	Chester	118
78	Steve	110
79	Alvin	109
80	Philip	107
81	Bob	106
82	Lewis	104
83	Gordon	100
83	Virgil	100
85	Martin	99
86	Allen	95
87	Lee	90
88	Tom	88
89	Edgar	87
90	Glen	86
91	Warren	85
92	Dean	83
93	Bruce	82
93	Herman	82
95	Harvey	81
95	Jerome	81
95	Victor	81
98	Marion	80
99	Willard	79
100	Homer	77
100	Sam	77
100	Stephen	77