Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	461
2	John	429
3	William	385
4	George	280
5	James	260
6	Charles	219
7	Donald	173
8	Richard	163
9	Harold	152
10	Jack	151
11	Frank	141
12	Edward	130
13	Arthur	121
14	Walter	114
15	Harry	110
16	Howard	98
17	Ralph	93
18	Joseph	91
19	Kenneth	89
20	Fred	84
20	Paul	84
20	Raymond	84
20	Thomas	84
24	Roy	79
25	Carl	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	74
27	Albert	71
28	Eugene	62
29	Clarence	61
30	Ernest	60
31	Norman	58
32	Earl	57
33	David	56
33	Lawrence	56
35	Francis	55
36	Herbert	53
36	Leonard	53
38	Stanley	52
39	Elmer	47
40	Gordon	46
41	Ray	45
42	Alfred	41
42	Clifford	41
42	Edwin	41
42	Floyd	41
46	Lloyd	40
46	Louis	40
48	Melvin	39
48	Vernon	39
50	Chester	38
51	Frederick	34
52	Alvin	33
52	Lester	33
54	Gerald	31
54	Joe	31
56	Glen	30
56	Wayne	30
58	Russell	29
59	Leo	28
60	Arnold	27
60	Clyde	27
62	Daniel	26
62	Leslie	26
62	Wesley	26
65	Glenn	25
65	Victor	25
67	Andrew	24
68	Harvey	23
68	Philip	23
70	Edgar	22
71	Gilbert	21
71	Lewis	21
71	Oscar	21
71	Ronald	21
75	Bill	20
75	Leroy	20
75	Peter	20
75	Warren	20
79	Hugh	19
79	Lyle	19
79	Max	19
79	Theodore	19
79	Wallace	19
79	Willard	19
85	Bernard	18
85	Claude	18
85	Homer	18
85	Karl	18
89	Delbert	17
89	Everett	17
91	Allen	16
91	Bruce	16
91	Ivan	16
91	Martin	16
91	Marvin	16
91	Maurice	16
91	Vincent	16
91	Virgil	16
99	Gene	15
99	Vern	15