Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	288
2	John	271
3	James	253
4	Robert	187
5	Charles	141
6	Joseph	125
7	George	121
8	Richard	94
9	Edward	93
10	Thomas	77
11	Paul	52
11	Raymond	52
13	Harry	48
14	Frank	47
15	Francis	44
16	Harold	42
17	Arthur	37
18	Albert	35
18	Walter	35
20	Donald	33
21	David	32
21	Lawrence	32
23	Ernest	31
24	Henry	28
25	Jack	27

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Louis	27
25	Ralph	27
28	Earl	26
29	Eugene	25
30	Daniel	24
30	Frederick	24
30	Kenneth	24
33	Samuel	23
34	Herbert	22
34	Norman	22
34	Stanley	22
37	Clarence	20
37	Howard	20
39	Bernard	19
40	Melvin	18
41	Alfred	17
41	Leroy	17
43	Carl	16
43	Edwin	16
45	Lloyd	15
45	Milton	15
47	Phillip	14
47	Theodore	14
49	Leonard	13
49	Roy	13
51	Andrew	12
51	Calvin	12
51	Maurice	12
51	Peter	12
51	Philip	12
51	Wilbur	12
57	Anthony	11
57	Fred	11
57	Leon	11
57	Vincent	11
57	Wallace	11
62	Allen	10
62	Clyde	10
62	Gilbert	10
62	Lewis	10
66	Benjamin	9
66	Harvey	9
66	Irving	9
66	Oscar	9
66	Warren	9
71	Angelo	8
71	Clifton	8
71	Nelson	8
71	Russell	8
75	Emmett	7
75	Everett	7
75	Gordon	7
75	Hubert	7
75	Lester	7
75	Michael	7
75	Morris	7
75	Randolph	7
75	Sidney	7
75	Stephen	7
75	Willard	7
86	Bruce	6
86	Douglas	6
86	Elmer	6
86	Floyd	6
86	Herman	6
86	Horace	6
86	Jerome	6
86	Julian	6
86	Mark	6
86	Martin	6
86	Nathaniel	6
86	Nicholas	6
86	Ray	6
86	Reginald	6
86	Rudolph	6
86	Sam	6
86	Sherman	6