Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	195
2	William	187
3	James	176
4	Robert	127
5	Charles	99
6	Joseph	94
7	George	90
8	Thomas	77
9	Edward	54
9	Richard	54
11	Raymond	47
12	Harry	42
13	Walter	32
14	Frank	30
14	Henry	30
14	Paul	30
17	Albert	27
17	Donald	27
17	Francis	27
20	Milton	23
21	Bernard	22
21	Frederick	22
23	Ernest	19
23	Harold	19
23	Norman	19

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	18
26	Louis	18
26	Melvin	18
26	Ralph	18
30	David	17
30	Herbert	17
30	Lawrence	17
33	Arthur	16
33	Carl	16
33	Clarence	16
33	Daniel	16
33	Eugene	16
33	Samuel	16
39	Fred	15
40	Leonard	14
40	Leroy	14
42	Alfred	12
42	Kenneth	12
42	Theodore	12
45	Benjamin	11
45	Earl	11
47	Andrew	10
47	Franklin	10
47	Leon	10
47	Lloyd	10
47	Vincent	10
52	Harvey	9
52	Howard	9
52	Leo	9
52	Maurice	9
52	Morris	9
52	Philip	9
58	Anthony	8
58	Edwin	8
58	Elmer	8
58	Lewis	8
58	Warren	8
63	Allen	7
63	Carlton	7
63	Chester	7
63	Michael	7
63	Russell	7
63	Stanley	7
63	Stephen	7
70	Alexander	6
70	Herman	6
70	Horace	6
70	Hugh	6
70	Mark	6
70	Martin	6
70	Roger	6
70	Sidney	6
78	Edgar	5
78	Edmund	5
78	Everett	5
78	Gilbert	5
78	Irving	5
78	Nelson	5
78	Roy	5
78	Vernon	5
78	Wilbert	5