Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	281
2	William	278
3	James	219
4	Robert	197
5	Charles	154
6	George	128
7	Joseph	125
8	Edward	102
9	Richard	81
10	Thomas	69
11	Raymond	61
12	Frank	58
13	Harry	43
13	Paul	43
15	Donald	39
15	Walter	39
17	Louis	38
18	David	37
19	Henry	36
20	Bernard	35
21	Albert	34
21	Arthur	34
21	Clarence	34
24	Francis	33
25	Eugene	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	29
27	Ernest	27
27	Ralph	27
29	Harold	26
29	Howard	26
31	Norman	24
32	Leonard	23
33	Alfred	22
33	Herbert	22
33	Leroy	22
36	Earl	21
36	Kenneth	21
38	Daniel	20
39	Samuel	18
40	Carl	17
40	Elmer	17
40	Frederick	17
40	Melvin	17
44	Calvin	16
44	Philip	16
44	Stanley	16
47	Warren	15
48	Edwin	14
48	Fred	14
48	Roger	14
51	Lewis	13
51	Maurice	13
51	Milton	13
51	Theodore	13
55	Roland	12
56	Anthony	11
56	Benjamin	11
56	Chester	11
56	Harvey	11
56	Lawrence	11
56	Nathaniel	11
56	Wilbur	11
63	Leon	10
63	Russell	10
63	Vincent	10
66	Peter	9
66	Roy	9
66	Stephen	9
69	Andrew	8
69	Clifton	8
69	Edmund	8
69	Franklin	8
69	Herman	8
69	Horace	8
69	Leo	8
69	Michael	8
69	Oliver	8
69	Wallace	8
79	Carroll	7
79	Douglas	7
79	Guy	7
79	Hugh	7
79	Irving	7
79	Jerome	7
79	Lloyd	7
79	Luther	7
79	Rudolph	7
79	Vernon	7
89	Allen	6
89	Alvin	6
89	Claude	6
89	Edgar	6
89	Ned	6
89	Nicholas	6
89	Sidney	6
96	Alan	5
96	Archie	5
96	Austin	5
96	Clifford	5
96	Gilbert	5
96	Gordon	5
96	Hubert	5
96	Jesse	5
96	Joe	5
96	Julian	5
96	Lester	5
96	Marshall	5
96	Martin	5
96	Matthew	5
96	Patrick	5
96	Victor	5
96	Wesley	5