Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1924

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	285
3	James	232
4	Robert	227
5	Charles	162
6	Joseph	128
7	George	95
8	Richard	90
9	Thomas	78
10	Edward	73
11	Paul	54
12	David	53
12	Frank	53
14	Bernard	48
15	Albert	47
16	Francis	46
16	Raymond	46
18	Walter	43
19	Donald	42
20	Henry	40
21	Harry	33
22	Lawrence	32
23	Arthur	30
24	Jack	29
25	Clarence	28

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Louis	28
27	Carl	27
27	Ralph	27
27	Samuel	27
30	Howard	26
31	Daniel	25
31	Theodore	25
33	Calvin	24
33	Melvin	24
35	Kenneth	23
36	Ernest	22
36	Harold	22
36	Stanley	22
39	Benjamin	20
39	Herbert	20
41	Earl	19
41	Eugene	19
41	Frederick	19
41	Leonard	19
45	Andrew	18
45	Anthony	18
45	Milton	18
48	Norman	17
49	Elmer	16
49	Fred	16
51	Russell	15
52	Leroy	14
52	Philip	14
54	Alfred	13
54	Edwin	13
56	Edgar	11
56	Marshall	11
58	Clifford	10
58	Lewis	10
58	Maurice	10
58	Roland	10
58	Roy	10
58	Sidney	10
58	Vernon	10
58	Wilbur	10
66	Alvin	9
66	Chester	9
66	Herman	9
66	Leo	9
66	Leon	9
66	Michael	9
66	Stephen	9
73	Franklin	8
73	Gerald	8
73	Gilbert	8
73	Harvey	8
73	Hugh	8
73	Morris	8
73	Sterling	8
80	Allen	7
80	Claude	7
80	Irving	7
80	Matthew	7
80	Peter	7
80	Vincent	7
80	Wallace	7
80	Willard	7
88	Douglas	6
88	Everett	6
88	Floyd	6
88	Lloyd	6
88	Martin	6
88	Nathaniel	6
88	Nicholas	6
88	Patrick	6
88	Sylvester	6
97	Allan	5
97	Clyde	5
97	Gordon	5
97	Homer	5
97	Jacob	5
97	Jesse	5
97	Julius	5
97	Leslie	5
97	Lester	5
97	Morgan	5
97	Phillip	5
97	Reginald	5