Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	877
2	John	859
3	William	828
4	Robert	556
5	George	431
6	Joe	325
7	Charles	305
8	Willie	291
9	Thomas	277
10	Frank	263
11	Henry	238
12	Jack	227
13	Joseph	220
14	Walter	199
15	Roy	185
16	Jose	181
17	Albert	179
18	Edward	166
19	Raymond	161
20	Clarence	160
21	Richard	155
22	Arthur	154
23	Louis	148
24	Fred	146
25	Woodrow	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	137
27	Oscar	127
28	Manuel	124
29	Carl	122
29	Juan	122
31	Jesse	120
32	Paul	116
33	Ernest	115
34	Cecil	109
35	Howard	108
36	Sam	104
37	David	100
37	Floyd	100
39	Jessie	98
40	Lee	97
41	Herman	96
41	Ralph	96
43	Eugene	94
44	Earl	93
45	Jesus	92
46	Johnnie	90
47	Harry	89
48	Harold	87
49	Pedro	85
50	Andrew	82
51	Clyde	80
52	Homer	79
53	Herbert	77
53	Marvin	77
53	Samuel	77
56	Leon	73
56	Leonard	73
58	Melvin	72
59	Vernon	71
60	Lawrence	69
60	Ray	69
62	Edwin	68
63	Alfred	67
64	Elmer	66
65	Francisco	63
65	Milton	63
67	Alvin	61
67	Ben	61
69	Daniel	60
70	Chester	59
70	Lloyd	59
70	Morris	59
73	Lewis	58
73	Tom	58
75	Horace	56
75	Luther	56
77	Antonio	55
78	Edgar	53
79	Claude	52
80	Leroy	50
81	Clifford	49
81	Curtis	49
83	Bennie	48
83	Leo	48
83	Marion	48
86	Eddie	47
86	Jim	47
88	Clifton	46
88	Harvey	46
90	Guadalupe	45
90	Hubert	45
90	Ramon	45
93	Earnest	44
93	Victor	44
95	Otis	43
96	Bill	42
97	Alton	41
97	Archie	41
97	Benjamin	41
97	Ira	41
97	Lester	41
97	Oliver	41