Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1927

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert1,908
2Donald1,161
3John1,134
4James916
5Richard915
6William875
7Kenneth551
8George467
9Edward455
10Charles443
11Raymond441
12Eugene427
13Harold411
14Joseph366
15Gerald323
16Thomas268
17Walter261
18Frank250
19Arthur248
20Ralph240
21Paul235
22David217
23Jack215
24Clarence208
25Leonard200
RankNameBabies
26Earl194
27Lawrence193
28Carl191
29Marvin189
30Howard187
31Jerome184
31Norman184
33Gordon174
34Leroy152
35Francis148
36Harry147
37Bernard146
38Melvin141
39Roger140
40Frederick138
41Daniel136
41Henry136
43Lloyd135
44Ronald134
45Russell131
45Vernon131
47Louis119
48Herbert117
49Clifford116
50Alfred115
51Stanley112
52Harvey111
53Lester110
54Roy109
55Dale108
55Norbert108
57Alvin106
58Albert105
59Gilbert102
60Glenn101
61Edwin98
61Elmer98
61Wayne98
64Arnold93
65Ernest90
66Lyle88
67Roland87
68Fred86
68Wallace86
70Leo84
71Ervin83
72Theodore81
73Allen80
73Anthony80
75Peter78
76Orville76
77Duane74
77Warren74
79Floyd73
79Gene73
81Chester68
82Calvin67
83Milton66
83Victor66
85Douglas64
85Willard64
87Dean62
88Merlin61
89Glen60
90Rudolph58
91Keith56
92Andrew55
93Michael53
93Myron53
95Clayton52
95Martin52
97Herman50
97Wesley50
99Philip49
100Joe46
100Laverne46
100Patrick46