Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,222
2	John	1,781
3	William	1,751
4	Robert	1,293
5	George	847
6	Charles	846
7	Joe	745
8	Thomas	611
9	Jack	580
10	Henry	543
11	Frank	524
12	Willie	504
13	Edward	422
14	Jose	418
15	Raymond	411
16	Walter	406
17	Roy	397
18	Joseph	393
19	Albert	360
20	Woodrow	340
21	Manuel	307
22	Arthur	300
23	David	296
24	Richard	287
25	Fred	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	261
26	Louis	261
28	Charlie	258
29	Paul	257
30	Ernest	251
31	Juan	249
32	Harold	237
33	Earl	231
34	Carl	229
35	Jesse	226
36	Cecil	215
37	Jesus	209
38	Herbert	199
38	Marvin	199
40	Johnnie	197
41	Harry	192
42	Alfred	188
42	Lee	188
44	Eugene	186
45	Ralph	185
46	Howard	181
46	Leon	181
48	Floyd	178
49	Clyde	175
50	Jessie	171
51	Vernon	170
52	Alvin	167
53	Samuel	165
54	Oscar	162
54	Sam	162
56	Edwin	155
56	Ray	155
58	Lawrence	150
59	Melvin	149
60	Antonio	146
61	Leonard	145
62	Herman	144
63	Lloyd	141
64	Daniel	140
64	Francisco	140
66	Elmer	139
67	Andrew	132
67	Leroy	132
69	Curtis	130
69	Wilson	130
71	Chester	129
71	Milton	129
71	Pedro	129
74	Homer	127
75	Edgar	123
75	Horace	123
75	Jim	123
78	Ben	120
78	Clifford	120
80	Kenneth	118
80	Luther	118
82	Eddie	115
82	Tom	115
82	Victor	115
85	Leo	114
86	Billy	111
87	Claude	107
87	Jimmie	107
87	Martin	107
90	Hubert	104
90	Travis	104
92	Lewis	103
93	Harvey	102
94	Leslie	101
95	Lester	100
96	Benjamin	94
97	Bill	92
98	Donald	89
99	Carlos	87
100	Earnest	86
100	Hugh	86