Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	789
2	John	733
3	William	723
4	Robert	520
5	Charles	395
6	George	388
7	Jack	305
8	Roy	217
9	Paul	211
9	Raymond	211
11	Harold	204
12	Joe	198
13	Thomas	194
14	Carl	191
15	Ralph	189
16	Frank	187
17	Earl	178
18	Walter	175
19	Henry	173
20	Edward	161
21	Clarence	155
22	Albert	153
23	Richard	150
24	Joseph	146
25	Cecil	143

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Floyd	143
27	Kenneth	134
28	Fred	132
29	Lloyd	129
30	Arthur	128
31	Elmer	126
32	Leonard	117
33	Willie	116
34	Ernest	114
35	Howard	113
36	Clyde	112
37	Melvin	111
38	Ray	108
39	Eugene	104
40	Leo	102
41	Vernon	100
42	Clifford	99
42	Harry	99
44	David	94
45	Jesse	93
46	Marvin	91
47	Donald	87
48	Homer	86
48	Leroy	86
50	Woodrow	85
51	Alfred	82
51	Lee	82
53	Leon	77
54	Glenn	75
54	Virgil	75
56	Bill	74
56	Charlie	74
56	Herbert	74
59	Chester	71
59	Lester	71
59	Marion	71
62	Lewis	69
62	Wayne	69
64	Claude	68
64	Everett	68
66	Herman	67
66	Lawrence	67
68	Johnnie	66
69	Louis	65
70	Alvin	64
71	Luther	63
71	Samuel	63
73	Glen	62
73	Willard	62
75	Andrew	60
76	Hubert	56
77	Francis	54
77	Loyd	54
79	Russell	52
80	Edgar	51
80	Jess	51
82	Harvey	50
83	Allen	48
83	Charley	48
85	Jim	47
86	Norman	45
86	Sam	45
88	Oscar	44
89	Gerald	43
89	Hugh	43
91	Otis	42
92	Edwin	41
92	Orville	41
94	Dale	40
94	Delbert	40
96	Curtis	39
96	Jessie	39
96	Milton	39
96	Theodore	39
100	Earnest	38