Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	284
2	John	240
3	James	239
4	Robert	190
5	Charles	140
6	Joseph	139
7	George	129
8	Edward	78
9	Thomas	73
10	Richard	60
11	Raymond	53
12	Francis	50
13	Walter	48
14	Paul	46
15	Harry	45
16	David	44
17	Warren	41
18	Frank	40
19	Bernard	38
20	Albert	36
21	Henry	34
22	Herbert	32
22	Ralph	32
24	Donald	30
24	Louis	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	28
27	Clarence	27
27	Norman	27
29	Earl	26
29	Melvin	26
31	Arthur	25
31	Carl	25
31	Samuel	25
34	Harold	24
34	Jack	24
36	Ernest	23
36	Lawrence	23
38	Eugene	22
38	Frederick	22
40	Daniel	21
41	Milton	19
42	Alfred	17
43	Fred	16
43	Russell	16
45	Theodore	15
46	Leonard	14
46	Leroy	14
48	Benjamin	12
48	Edwin	12
48	Vincent	12
48	Wallace	12
52	Andrew	11
52	Harvey	11
52	Maurice	11
52	Stanley	11
56	Jerome	10
56	Philip	10
58	Alexander	9
58	Julian	9
58	Kenneth	9
58	Peter	9
58	Wilbur	9
63	Allen	8
63	Clifton	8
63	Ellsworth	8
63	Floyd	8
63	Irving	8
63	Leo	8
63	Lester	8
63	Martin	8
63	Roy	8
63	Wilbert	8
73	Carroll	7
73	Franklin	7
73	Horace	7
73	Lewis	7
73	Marshall	7
73	Oscar	7
73	Phillip	7
73	Roland	7
73	Sidney	7
73	Victor	7
83	Anthony	6
83	Douglas	6
83	Edgar	6
83	Elmer	6
83	Gerald	6
83	Lloyd	6
83	Morris	6
83	Nathaniel	6
83	Oliver	6
83	Sol	6
83	Sylvester	6
83	Vernon	6
83	Willard	6
96	Calvin	5
96	Chester	5
96	Gilbert	5
96	Guy	5
96	Herman	5
96	Hugh	5
96	Leon	5
96	Leslie	5
96	Michael	5
96	Ray	5
96	Roger	5
96	Sterling	5
96	Tony	5