Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,752
2	John	1,578
3	William	1,524
4	Robert	1,152
5	George	738
6	Charles	700
7	Joe	604
8	Thomas	533
9	Henry	527
10	Frank	520
11	Jack	479
12	Walter	424
13	Willie	416
14	Roy	372
15	Raymond	363
16	Jose	357
17	Edward	349
18	Joseph	342
19	Albert	303
20	Paul	287
21	Richard	285
22	David	258
23	Fred	254
24	Manuel	250
25	Clarence	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	247
27	Carl	245
28	Louis	242
28	Woodrow	242
30	Jesse	239
31	Charlie	223
32	Cecil	220
33	Earl	210
34	Juan	202
35	Harold	201
36	Ernest	195
36	Marvin	195
38	Eugene	194
39	Lee	191
40	Herbert	188
41	Johnnie	183
42	Herman	180
43	Oscar	175
44	Alfred	172
45	Clyde	170
46	Jesus	167
46	Samuel	167
48	Ralph	166
49	Harry	161
50	Howard	158
51	Edwin	157
52	Jessie	150
52	Leon	150
54	Floyd	149
55	Lawrence	145
56	Sam	142
57	Daniel	140
58	Alvin	139
59	Elmer	137
60	Leonard	135
61	Ray	132
62	Milton	131
63	Leroy	130
63	Vernon	130
65	Andrew	128
65	Melvin	128
67	Antonio	127
68	Curtis	123
69	Lewis	121
69	Pedro	121
71	Horace	114
72	Lloyd	112
73	Ben	111
73	Clifford	111
75	Edgar	110
76	Chester	109
77	Homer	108
78	Francisco	107
79	Jimmie	106
80	Leo	105
81	Harvey	101
82	Claude	100
82	Eddie	100
84	Bill	98
84	Tom	98
86	Morris	97
87	Jim	94
88	Earnest	93
88	Willard	93
90	Luther	92
91	Lester	90
91	Victor	90
93	Marion	89
94	Travis	86
95	Hubert	85
95	Martin	85
95	Norman	85
95	Ramon	85
99	Allen	83
99	Kenneth	83