Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	241
2	John	223
3	James	181
4	Robert	170
5	Charles	135
6	George	124
7	Joseph	117
8	Edward	86
9	Thomas	72
10	Richard	64
11	Raymond	50
12	Francis	45
13	Harry	43
14	Walter	42
15	Frank	37
16	Paul	34
17	Louis	33
18	Albert	32
18	Arthur	32
20	Bernard	31
21	Jack	30
22	Donald	29
23	Ralph	28
24	Clarence	27
24	Earl	27

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Samuel	27
27	Henry	26
28	David	25
29	Melvin	24
30	Milton	19
31	Alfred	18
31	Frederick	18
33	Carl	17
33	Edwin	17
33	Wilbur	17
36	Benjamin	16
37	Howard	15
37	Kenneth	15
39	Daniel	14
39	Ernest	14
39	Harold	14
39	Norman	14
43	Leroy	13
43	Lewis	13
43	Philip	13
46	Herbert	12
46	Leonard	12
46	Michael	12
49	Andrew	11
49	Sidney	11
49	Vernon	11
49	Vincent	11
53	Eugene	10
53	Lawrence	10
53	Leon	10
53	Roland	10
53	Warren	10
58	Alvin	9
58	Edgar	9
58	Horace	9
58	Lester	9
58	Russell	9
63	Cecil	8
63	Julian	8
63	Roy	8
66	Allen	7
66	Anthony	7
66	Elmer	7
66	Everett	7
66	Fred	7
66	Gordon	7
66	Hugh	7
66	Irving	7
66	Jesse	7
66	Maurice	7
66	Stanley	7
66	Willard	7
78	Chester	6
78	Edmund	6
78	Herman	6
78	Joe	6
78	Lloyd	6
78	Marvin	6
78	Nathaniel	6
78	Victor	6
86	Alexander	5
86	Burton	5
86	Carroll	5
86	Clifton	5
86	Emmett	5
86	Franklin	5
86	Gilbert	5
86	Nick	5
86	Theodore	5
86	Wilbert	5