Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1928

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert1,874
2Donald1,316
3John1,097
4James1,022
5Richard993
6William913
7Kenneth520
8George466
9Eugene464
10Edward416
11Charles401
12Harold384
13Raymond374
14Joseph344
15Gerald338
16Thomas305
17Ralph267
18David266
19Frank254
20Arthur250
21Paul232
22Gordon226
23Walter224
24Lawrence208
25Jack204
RankNameBabies
26Marvin202
27Jerome198
28Roger194
29Norman190
30Ronald185
31Clarence179
32Carl177
33Earl176
34Francis170
35Bernard166
36Leonard162
37Henry157
38Howard152
39Herbert151
40Leroy144
41Albert142
42Lloyd140
43Harry134
44Melvin133
45Russell130
46Vernon129
47Clifford122
47Glenn122
49Daniel117
49Stanley117
51Roy115
52Peter114
53Elmer113
54Frederick109
55Louis105
56Alfred103
56Alvin103
56Wayne103
59Arnold100
59Harvey100
59Norbert100
59Roland100
63Duane99
64Douglas95
65Lyle93
66Leo89
67Lester85
68Gilbert84
69Dale81
70Warren80
71Theodore79
71Victor79
73Fred78
74Edwin74
75Ernest73
75Milton73
77Gene72
78Philip70
79Floyd69
80Anthony67
81Allen66
82Chester65
82Keith65
84Bruce64
84Wallace64
86Willard63
87Ervin62
88Patrick60
89Glen58
90Orville57
91Don56
91Michael56
93Herman55
93Myron55
95Laverne53
96Jerry52
97Allan51
98Sylvester47
99Martin46
100Leon45
100Merlin45