Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	189
2	William	180
3	James	145
4	Joseph	109
5	Robert	107
6	Charles	95
7	George	85
8	Edward	48
9	Francis	42
9	Raymond	42
9	Richard	42
12	Frank	40
12	Harry	40
14	Thomas	37
15	Walter	31
16	David	29
17	Henry	28
18	Bernard	27
19	Earl	23
20	Arthur	22
21	Donald	21
22	Albert	20
22	Paul	20
24	Clarence	19
24	Lawrence	19

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Louis	19
27	Ernest	18
27	Norman	18
27	Ralph	18
30	Frederick	17
30	Philip	17
32	Herbert	15
33	Harold	14
33	Jack	14
33	Samuel	14
36	Alfred	13
36	Elmer	13
36	Leonard	13
36	Vincent	13
40	Alvin	12
40	Carl	12
40	Daniel	12
40	Leroy	12
40	Melvin	12
40	Milton	12
46	Andrew	11
46	Gilbert	11
46	Lewis	11
46	Stanley	11
50	Chester	10
50	Eugene	10
50	Warren	10
53	Harvey	9
53	Howard	9
53	Maurice	9
56	Alexander	8
56	Benjamin	8
56	Herman	8
56	Kenneth	8
56	Theodore	8
61	Edgar	7
61	Morris	7
61	Roy	7
61	Rudolph	7
61	Wilbur	7
66	Anthony	6
66	Curtis	6
66	Julius	6
66	Lloyd	6
66	Michael	6
66	Vernon	6
72	Arnold	5
72	Carroll	5
72	Claude	5
72	Clinton	5
72	Leo	5
72	Martin	5
72	Nathaniel	5
72	Reginald	5
72	Roland	5
72	Russell	5
72	Sidney	5
72	Wilbert	5
72	Willard	5
72	Willie	5