Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	119
2	John	116
3	James	115
4	Charles	81
5	George	71
6	Joseph	70
7	Robert	69
8	Thomas	44
9	Edward	40
10	Richard	37
11	Raymond	35
12	Walter	34
13	Samuel	28
14	Henry	25
14	Paul	25
16	Harry	24
17	Francis	23
18	Bernard	20
18	Frank	20
20	Arthur	17
20	Ernest	17
20	Ralph	17
23	Louis	16
24	Earl	14
24	Jack	14

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alfred	13
26	Clarence	13
26	Lawrence	13
29	Albert	12
29	David	12
29	Eugene	12
29	Norman	12
29	Philip	12
34	Elmer	11
34	Frederick	11
34	Harold	11
34	Leroy	11
38	Andrew	10
38	Leon	10
40	Donald	9
40	Everett	9
40	Howard	9
40	Kenneth	9
40	Leonard	9
40	Milton	9
40	Theodore	9
47	Benjamin	8
47	Daniel	8
47	Lewis	8
47	Martin	8
47	Morris	8
47	Sidney	8
47	Warren	8
54	Carl	7
54	Melvin	7
54	Russell	7
54	Stanley	7
54	Wilbur	7
59	Clyde	6
59	Fred	6
59	Herbert	6
59	Herman	6
59	Leo	6
59	Lester	6
59	Luther	6
59	Nathaniel	6
67	Abraham	5
67	Byron	5
67	Edgar	5
67	Edwin	5
67	Hugh	5
67	Maurice	5
67	Oliver	5
67	Oscar	5
67	Peter	5
67	Sam	5
67	Stephen	5
67	Vincent	5