Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	238
2	John	237
3	James	188
4	Robert	152
5	Charles	147
6	Joseph	111
7	George	97
8	Richard	72
9	Edward	57
10	Thomas	55
11	Francis	51
12	Harry	50
13	Frank	46
14	Paul	40
15	Bernard	36
16	Raymond	35
16	Walter	35
18	Arthur	34
18	Donald	34
18	Henry	34
18	Ralph	34
22	Albert	33
22	David	33
24	Louis	30
25	Ernest	28

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Jack	28
27	Lawrence	23
27	Norman	23
29	Harold	22
30	Herbert	21
30	Howard	21
32	Frederick	18
33	Carl	17
33	Clarence	17
33	Leonard	17
36	Earl	16
36	Kenneth	16
36	Roy	16
36	Samuel	16
40	Daniel	15
40	Edwin	15
40	Melvin	15
40	Milton	15
44	Benjamin	14
44	Eugene	14
44	Maurice	14
47	Irving	13
47	Lewis	13
49	Leo	12
49	Martin	12
49	Theodore	12
52	Andrew	11
53	Alfred	10
53	Elmer	10
53	Leroy	10
53	Michael	10
53	Stanley	10
58	Claude	9
58	Franklin	9
58	Fred	9
58	Gordon	9
58	Horace	9
58	Leon	9
58	Philip	9
65	Douglas	8
65	Everett	8
65	Jesse	8
65	Julius	8
65	Lloyd	8
65	Morris	8
65	Russell	8
65	Vincent	8
73	Allen	7
73	Anthony	7
73	Clifford	7
73	Edgar	7
73	Julian	7
73	Roger	7
73	Victor	7
73	Warren	7
73	Wilbur	7
82	Carroll	6
82	Marshall	6
82	Nicholas	6
82	Otto	6
82	Patrick	6
82	Willie	6
88	Alvin	5
88	Clifton	5
88	Elwood	5
88	Frederic	5
88	Laurence	5
88	Lee	5
88	Marvin	5
88	Morgan	5
88	Nathan	5
88	Oscar	5
88	Sam	5
88	Stuart	5
88	Woodrow	5