Most popular boys’ names in Vermont, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	94
1	Robert	94
3	William	72
4	George	61
5	Charles	60
6	James	59
7	Harold	57
8	Richard	55
9	Raymond	51
10	Donald	50
11	Francis	47
12	Edward	46
13	Joseph	44
14	Arthur	41
14	Paul	41
16	Kenneth	39
17	Frank	36
18	Walter	32
19	Bernard	31
19	Howard	31
21	Henry	30
22	Albert	28
23	Ralph	26
24	Frederick	25
25	Clarence	24

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	23
26	Stanley	23
28	Gordon	22
28	Lawrence	22
28	Roy	22
31	Earl	21
32	Thomas	20
33	Leo	19
33	Leonard	19
35	Gerald	18
35	Maurice	18
35	Reginald	18
38	Alfred	17
39	Eugene	16
39	Fred	16
39	Leon	16
39	Norman	16
39	Philip	16
39	Roland	16
45	Ernest	15
46	Everett	13
46	Louis	13
46	Russell	13
49	Floyd	12
49	Milton	12
51	Elmer	11
52	Allen	10
52	Anthony	10
52	Clifford	10
52	Leslie	10
52	Lloyd	10
52	Wayne	10
58	Andrew	9
58	Carl	9
58	Elwin	9
58	Michael	9
62	Arnold	8
62	Chester	8
62	Edwin	8
62	Gerard	8
62	Maynard	8
62	Wendell	8
68	Armand	7
68	Herbert	7
68	Martin	7
68	Roger	7
68	Vernon	7
68	Wilfred	7
74	Alexander	6
74	Allan	6
74	Alton	6
74	Daniel	6
74	David	6
74	Glenn	6
74	Guy	6
74	Lewis	6
74	Loren	6
74	Merrill	6
74	Oliver	6
74	Peter	6
86	Carlton	5
86	Carroll	5
86	Clifton	5
86	Clinton	5
86	Dean	5
86	Douglas	5
86	Edgar	5
86	Emile	5
86	Erwin	5
86	Forrest	5
86	Harland	5
86	Harvey	5
86	Horace	5
86	Hugh	5
86	Irving	5
86	Jack	5
86	Malcolm	5
86	Marshall	5
86	Melvin	5
86	Oscar	5
86	Patrick	5
86	Samuel	5
86	Theodore	5
86	Vincent	5