Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	720
2	William	705
3	John	665
4	Robert	482
5	Charles	372
6	George	371
7	Jack	292
8	Roy	211
9	Harold	203
10	Thomas	202
11	Carl	197
12	Raymond	187
13	Paul	184
14	Earl	180
15	Ralph	169
16	Walter	168
17	Henry	167
18	Frank	164
19	Joe	155
20	Cecil	147
20	Clarence	147
20	Floyd	147
23	Fred	146
24	Edward	143
25	Albert	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ray	126
27	Richard	125
28	Joseph	120
29	Leonard	116
30	Clyde	112
31	Arthur	111
32	Willie	109
33	Elmer	108
34	Eugene	107
34	Woodrow	107
36	Howard	106
37	Lloyd	104
38	Harry	103
39	Marvin	93
39	Vernon	93
41	Ernest	92
41	Kenneth	92
43	Jesse	91
44	Clifford	89
45	Chester	86
45	Lee	86
47	Leroy	84
48	Claude	82
48	David	82
48	Leo	82
48	Louis	82
48	Melvin	82
53	Bill	81
53	Donald	81
55	Leon	77
56	Glenn	76
57	Willard	74
58	Alvin	72
58	Homer	72
60	Marion	69
61	Herman	68
61	Virgil	68
63	Lester	66
64	Allen	64
65	Russell	62
66	Alfred	61
67	Lawrence	60
68	Edgar	58
68	Herbert	58
68	Wayne	58
71	Francis	56
71	Lewis	56
73	Everett	54
73	Oscar	54
75	Orville	52
76	Loyd	50
77	Glen	49
78	Jess	48
78	Samuel	48
80	Luther	47
81	Edwin	46
81	Hubert	46
81	Sam	46
84	Troy	43
85	Dale	42
86	Andrew	41
87	Jim	40
88	Otis	38
88	Tom	38
88	Wesley	38
91	Curtis	37
91	Leslie	37
93	Charlie	36
93	Norman	36
95	Ben	35
95	Charley	35
97	Guy	34
97	Jessie	34
97	Willis	34
100	Hugh	33
100	Warren	33