Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	286
2	John	248
3	James	223
4	Robert	189
5	George	132
6	Charles	130
7	Joseph	124
8	Richard	87
8	Thomas	87
10	Edward	64
11	Raymond	50
12	Frank	45
12	Harry	45
14	Francis	42
14	Paul	42
16	Albert	36
17	Henry	35
18	Bernard	34
18	Donald	34
20	Walter	33
21	Jack	31
22	Ernest	30
22	Frederick	30
24	Louis	28
25	Ralph	27

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Warren	27
27	Arthur	26
28	David	25
29	Melvin	24
30	Clarence	23
30	Norman	23
32	Harold	21
32	Samuel	21
34	Daniel	19
35	Benjamin	18
35	Howard	18
37	Leonard	17
37	Milton	17
39	Eugene	16
39	Leon	16
39	Leroy	16
39	Lloyd	16
39	Theodore	16
44	Alfred	15
44	Earl	15
44	Philip	15
47	Carl	14
47	Edwin	14
47	Fred	14
50	Lawrence	13
51	Alvin	12
51	Andrew	12
51	Elmer	12
51	Russell	12
51	Vernon	12
56	Jesse	11
56	Maurice	11
56	Wilbur	11
59	Chester	10
59	Franklin	10
59	Gilbert	10
59	Kenneth	10
59	Leo	10
59	Vincent	10
65	Martin	9
65	Stanley	9
65	Wallace	9
68	Allen	8
68	Anthony	8
68	Harvey	8
68	Oscar	8
68	Reginald	8
68	Roy	8
74	Clifton	7
74	Douglas	7
74	Ellsworth	7
74	Herbert	7
74	Herman	7
74	Lewis	7
74	Michael	7
74	Randolph	7
74	Victor	7
83	Claude	6
83	Clayton	6
83	Clifford	6
83	Clyde	6
83	Edgar	6
83	Hugh	6
83	Irving	6
83	Jerome	6
83	Jerry	6
83	Lee	6
83	Marshall	6
83	Morris	6
83	Roland	6
83	Wayne	6
97	Calvin	5
97	Floyd	5
97	Gerald	5
97	Horace	5
97	Nathan	5
97	Preston	5
97	Wilbert	5