Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	367
2	William	252
3	George	229
4	Robert	219
5	Joseph	211
6	Edward	196
7	Harold	167
8	Frank	162
9	Raymond	157
10	Walter	154
11	Clarence	150
12	Henry	135
13	Arthur	133
14	James	124
15	Charles	114
16	Elmer	105
17	Donald	92
18	Lawrence	89
19	Harry	87
20	Richard	84
21	Carl	82
22	Earl	78
23	Ralph	77
24	Norman	76
25	Stanley	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	70
27	Herbert	69
28	Thomas	68
29	Edwin	65
30	Howard	64
31	Albert	62
31	Alfred	62
31	Kenneth	62
31	Paul	62
35	Arnold	59
35	Gordon	59
37	Harvey	57
37	Leo	57
39	Roy	56
40	Francis	55
41	Melvin	52
42	Alvin	51
42	Chester	51
42	Lester	51
42	Milton	51
46	Fred	50
46	Leonard	50
48	Victor	47
49	Lloyd	44
50	Frederick	40
50	Martin	40
52	Anthony	39
53	Bernard	38
53	Eugene	38
55	Clifford	37
55	Herman	37
57	Russell	36
58	Floyd	35
59	Ernest	33
59	Theodore	33
61	Gerald	32
61	Gilbert	32
61	Oscar	32
64	Glenn	31
65	Ervin	30
65	Jack	30
65	Vernon	30
68	Lyle	28
68	Marvin	28
68	Peter	28
71	David	27
71	Emil	27
71	Leroy	27
71	Ray	27
71	Roland	27
76	Leslie	26
76	Willard	26
78	Andrew	25
78	Joe	25
78	Michael	25
81	Adolph	24
81	Erwin	24
81	Sylvester	24
84	Daniel	23
84	Jerome	23
84	Philip	23
84	Rudolph	23
84	Vincent	23
89	Edgar	22
89	Norbert	22
91	Anton	21
91	Roman	21
93	Myron	20
93	Orville	20
95	Benjamin	19
95	Edmund	19
95	Julius	19
98	Everett	18
99	Oliver	17
100	Cyril	16
100	Karl	16
100	Stephen	16
100	Wallace	16
100	Wesley	16
100	Wilbur	16