Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	965
2	John	953
3	William	683
4	George	551
5	Edward	510
6	Joseph	499
7	Harold	479
8	Raymond	428
9	James	393
10	Donald	380
11	Frank	368
12	Walter	357
13	Charles	329
14	Arthur	292
15	Clarence	270
16	Richard	256
17	Kenneth	255
18	Henry	253
19	Carl	245
20	Leonard	217
21	Harry	215
22	Ralph	213
23	Paul	204
24	Lawrence	201
25	Howard	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	196
27	Earl	194
28	Elmer	182
29	Eugene	178
30	Louis	167
31	Francis	162
32	Gordon	157
33	Albert	154
33	Lester	154
33	Thomas	154
36	Leo	149
36	Roy	149
38	Herbert	144
39	Edwin	141
40	Lloyd	140
41	Alfred	138
41	Stanley	138
43	Bernard	137
44	Melvin	136
45	Arnold	131
45	Fred	131
47	Russell	130
48	Frederick	129
49	Chester	126
50	Ervin	123
51	Clifford	120
52	Alvin	114
52	Vernon	114
54	Gerald	113
55	Norbert	111
56	Marvin	110
57	David	104
57	Gilbert	104
59	Harvey	103
60	Peter	100
61	Ernest	98
62	Milton	97
63	Theodore	95
64	Anthony	91
65	Jack	84
66	Victor	83
67	Leroy	79
68	Jerome	78
69	Andrew	77
69	Sylvester	77
69	Willard	77
72	Daniel	76
72	Roland	76
74	Herman	75
75	Lyle	73
76	Emil	72
76	Glenn	72
78	Joe	67
79	Edmund	64
79	Martin	64
79	Orville	64
82	Wallace	62
83	Wilbur	61
84	Michael	57
85	Floyd	54
85	Oscar	54
85	Philip	54
88	Vincent	52
89	Everett	51
89	Roger	51
91	Ray	49
92	Roman	48
93	Anton	47
93	Glen	47
95	Erwin	46
96	Edgar	45
97	Clyde	43
97	Steve	43
99	August	42
99	Wilbert	42