Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1926

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert1,869
2John1,064
3Donald1,050
4William858
5James821
6Richard759
7George478
8Kenneth477
9Edward447
10Raymond440
11Harold405
12Charles398
13Joseph390
14Eugene375
15Thomas268
16Gerald264
16Paul264
18Arthur250
19Ralph249
20Walter245
21Earl235
22Frank233
23Lawrence214
24Jerome206
25Clarence193
RankNameBabies
26Norman183
27Gordon181
28Russell179
29David175
29Henry175
31Carl174
32Marvin173
33Jack172
34Leonard163
35Bernard158
36Francis156
37Melvin149
38Harry146
38Howard146
40Daniel145
41Leroy144
42Lloyd136
43Frederick135
44Louis130
45Vernon128
46Roger126
47Roy125
48Harvey123
49Albert118
49Clifford118
49Stanley118
52Norbert115
53Arnold114
54Glenn112
55Elmer111
55Herbert111
55Leo111
58Alvin106
59Wayne100
60Edwin98
61Fred96
62Warren95
63Lyle94
64Ervin90
65Gilbert89
66Roland84
67Alfred81
67Willard81
69Theodore80
70Milton78
71Lester77
72Dale76
73Peter75
73Wallace75
75Anthony72
76Ernest71
76Floyd71
76Ronald71
79Orville68
80Chester64
80Duane64
82Laverne63
83Allen62
84Calvin60
85Victor59
86Patrick58
86Ray58
88Martin55
88Philip55
90Erwin51
90Leslie51
90Michael51
93Douglas50
94Glen49
95Myron48
95Sylvester48
97Herman47
98Clyde46
98Merlin46
100Edmund44
100Jerry44