Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,940
2	James	2,848
3	Richard	2,691
4	William	2,682
5	John	2,674
6	Donald	2,252
7	Charles	1,823
8	George	1,114
9	Paul	1,108
10	Thomas	1,002
11	Jack	954
12	Joseph	927
13	Edward	866
14	David	813
15	Harold	730
16	Raymond	676
17	Kenneth	670
18	Frank	623
19	Ralph	570
20	Carl	544
21	Eugene	536
22	Walter	496
23	Harry	429
24	Howard	379
24	Ronald	379

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	371
27	Arthur	362
28	Gerald	331
29	Fred	330
30	Glenn	310
31	Lawrence	294
32	Earl	290
33	Norman	287
34	Clarence	284
35	Gene	272
36	Dale	269
37	Louis	262
38	Don	253
39	Herbert	244
40	Russell	231
41	Joe	230
42	Daniel	222
43	Jerry	221
44	Stanley	220
45	Roy	215
46	Henry	208
47	Roger	201
48	Melvin	199
49	Leonard	198
50	Ernest	196
51	Anthony	193
52	Bill	190
53	Ray	184
54	Bernard	183
54	Marvin	183
56	Francis	166
57	Alfred	163
58	Edwin	160
59	Billy	158
59	Clyde	158
61	Wayne	157
62	Michael	155
63	Theodore	153
64	Leroy	151
65	Frederick	141
65	Samuel	141
67	Clifford	138
68	Floyd	137
69	Elmer	134
70	Andrew	120
71	Philip	116
72	Lloyd	115
73	Wilbur	114
74	Gordon	112
74	Leo	112
76	Steve	111
77	Lewis	108
77	Peter	108
77	Vernon	108
80	Allen	105
81	Tom	104
82	Bob	103
82	Larry	103
82	Lester	103
85	Dean	101
86	Glen	100
86	Virgil	100
88	Chester	98
89	Herman	93
90	Alan	91
90	Willard	91
92	Bruce	88
93	Alvin	87
93	Jim	87
95	Victor	86
96	Gilbert	85
97	Dick	84
97	Marion	84
97	Warren	84
100	Vincent	78