Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1920

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert1,451
2John1,006
3William677
4Harold598
5Donald592
6Edward535
7Raymond526
8George519
9James484
10Joseph447
11Richard378
12Charles340
13Arthur328
14Kenneth326
14Walter326
16Frank302
17Clarence259
18Paul256
19Eugene254
20Howard253
21Henry234
22Earl224
23Ralph218
24Lawrence208
25Harry202
RankNameBabies
26Elmer201
27Leonard200
28Carl198
29Norman188
30Bernard184
31Stanley179
32Gordon178
33Francis173
34Russell172
35Lloyd171
36Thomas167
37Herbert164
38Albert144
38Edwin144
38Ervin144
38Harvey144
42Clifford142
42Lester142
44Marvin141
44Roy141
46Melvin140
47Arnold138
47Leo138
47Vernon138
50Louis135
51Gerald134
52Leroy132
53Warren130
54Frederick129
55Alfred124
56Victor121
57Alvin118
58Chester111
59David106
60Jerome104
61Fred102
61Jack102
63Norbert101
64Theodore99
65Gilbert93
66Milton92
67Daniel89
67Willard89
69Ernest86
69Floyd86
71Peter84
72Orville83
73Anthony82
74Roger79
75Roland76
76Glenn74
76Lyle74
78Leslie70
79Philip67
79Ray67
81Merlin65
82Roman62
83Allen59
83Andrew59
83Martin59
83Wallace59
87Laverne58
87Michael58
89Edmund56
89Herman56
89Sylvester56
92Glen54
93Dale52
94Wayne51
95Douglas49
96Everett47
96Joe47
96Myron47
99Edgar45
100Franklin44
100Wilbert44