Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	503
2	John	427
3	William	400
4	James	274
5	George	237
6	Richard	209
7	Charles	191
8	Donald	173
9	Jack	172
10	Edward	155
11	Harold	151
12	Frank	113
13	Albert	107
14	Walter	103
15	Arthur	101
16	Kenneth	100
17	Joseph	94
18	Paul	90
19	Roy	84
20	Harry	83
20	Henry	83
20	Howard	83
23	Ralph	80
24	Fred	79
25	Carl	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	75
26	Raymond	75
28	David	67
29	Thomas	66
30	Clarence	64
31	Lawrence	61
32	Ernest	59
32	Eugene	59
34	Earl	56
34	Elmer	56
34	Norman	56
37	Gordon	55
38	Leonard	49
39	Herbert	47
40	Francis	46
41	Alfred	44
41	Clifford	44
41	Stanley	44
44	Edwin	43
45	Melvin	41
46	Frederick	39
46	Glenn	39
48	Russell	36
49	Joe	34
49	Lester	34
49	Louis	34
52	Chester	33
52	Floyd	33
54	Leo	32
54	Vernon	32
56	Theodore	31
57	Gerald	29
57	Ray	29
59	Alvin	26
59	Don	26
59	Harvey	26
59	Warren	26
63	Andrew	25
63	Douglas	25
63	Glen	25
63	Samuel	25
63	Victor	25
68	Allen	24
68	Arnold	24
68	Clyde	24
68	Lee	24
68	Marvin	24
73	Leroy	23
73	Leslie	23
73	Milton	23
73	Philip	23
73	Wayne	23
73	Willard	23
79	Bernard	22
79	Bill	22
79	Daniel	22
79	Delbert	22
79	Herman	22
79	Wilbur	22
85	Bruce	21
85	Edgar	21
85	Peter	21
88	Bert	19
88	Claude	19
88	Laurence	19
88	Ronald	19
92	Lewis	18
92	Lyle	18
92	Martin	18
92	Orville	18
96	Gilbert	17
96	Max	17
96	Rudolph	17
99	Ivan	16
99	Ted	16
99	Tom	16
99	Virgil	16
99	Wallace	16