Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,926
2	William	1,668
3	John	1,640
4	Robert	1,179
5	Charles	757
6	George	750
7	Joe	616
8	Thomas	551
9	Frank	535
10	Jack	527
11	Henry	493
12	Jose	425
13	Willie	422
14	Edward	379
15	Joseph	378
16	Roy	367
17	Walter	366
18	Raymond	332
19	Fred	323
20	Albert	303
21	Richard	285
22	David	282
23	Woodrow	276
24	Louis	275
25	Manuel	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	265
27	Clarence	256
28	Juan	251
29	Paul	235
30	Earl	219
31	Cecil	216
32	Harold	214
33	Charlie	211
34	Howard	207
35	Ernest	206
36	Harry	199
37	Jesse	197
38	Floyd	189
39	Jesus	186
40	Marvin	185
41	Herman	184
42	Carl	181
43	Ralph	176
44	Lee	175
45	Samuel	170
46	Sam	168
47	Eugene	167
47	Herbert	167
49	Oscar	166
50	Leonard	164
51	Clyde	163
51	Jessie	163
51	Melvin	163
54	Alvin	161
55	Alfred	159
55	Johnnie	159
55	Ray	159
58	Edwin	158
59	Leroy	152
60	Antonio	150
61	Vernon	148
62	Leon	142
63	Jim	141
64	Lloyd	139
65	Lewis	137
66	Francisco	136
66	Pedro	136
68	Elmer	133
69	Daniel	132
69	Lawrence	132
71	Edgar	129
72	Horace	124
73	Homer	123
74	Milton	122
75	Eddie	115
76	Tom	113
77	Leo	111
78	Claude	110
79	Luther	108
80	Ben	107
80	Chester	107
82	Hubert	105
82	Lester	105
82	Victor	105
85	Curtis	104
86	Clifford	100
86	Jimmie	100
88	Martin	97
89	Harvey	96
90	Kenneth	94
91	Bill	89
91	Leslie	89
93	Benjamin	88
93	Clifton	88
95	Felix	87
95	Virgil	87
97	Andrew	85
97	Lonnie	85
99	Morris	84
100	Donald	83