Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,117
2	John	1,053
3	William	650
4	Edward	558
4	George	558
6	Raymond	492
7	Harold	488
8	James	460
9	Joseph	455
10	Donald	432
11	Charles	411
12	Frank	377
13	Walter	370
14	Arthur	325
15	Richard	319
16	Clarence	305
17	Kenneth	301
18	Henry	237
19	Ralph	231
20	Howard	227
21	Leonard	224
22	Elmer	217
23	Earl	215
24	Paul	208
25	Eugene	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernard	193
27	Carl	189
28	Norman	187
29	Lawrence	186
30	Harry	182
31	Lester	173
32	Gordon	169
32	Thomas	169
34	Francis	164
35	Herbert	163
36	Roy	162
37	Lloyd	157
38	Louis	154
39	Albert	152
40	Edwin	149
40	Russell	149
42	Melvin	147
43	Stanley	145
44	Arnold	142
45	Clifford	139
46	Leo	135
47	Marvin	134
48	Alfred	133
48	Chester	133
50	Ervin	129
51	Victor	123
52	Alvin	122
53	Harvey	119
54	Frederick	116
55	Vernon	111
56	Gerald	109
57	David	108
58	Norbert	107
59	Peter	103
59	Willard	103
61	Fred	99
62	Leroy	98
63	Jack	97
64	Jerome	96
65	Anthony	95
65	Lyle	95
67	Daniel	90
67	Theodore	90
69	Gilbert	89
70	Ernest	88
71	Orville	86
72	Milton	84
72	Roland	84
74	Glenn	81
75	Floyd	80
76	Martin	75
76	Michael	75
78	Andrew	74
79	Roger	71
80	Philip	70
81	Herman	68
82	Joe	67
83	Sylvester	65
84	Edmund	64
85	Leslie	63
86	Ray	55
86	Rudolph	55
88	Wallace	54
89	Merlin	52
90	Edgar	51
90	Oscar	51
92	Emil	49
92	Erwin	49
92	Wayne	49
95	Allen	48
95	Steve	48
95	Vincent	48
98	Warren	47
99	Wilbur	46
100	Laverne	45