Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	291
2	John	287
3	Robert	256
4	James	238
5	Joseph	155
6	Charles	153
7	George	149
8	Richard	102
9	Thomas	92
10	Edward	82
11	Donald	51
12	Paul	47
13	Raymond	46
14	Francis	45
15	David	44
16	Albert	41
16	Frank	41
18	Jack	40
19	Ralph	39
20	Harry	37
21	Walter	33
22	Arthur	32
22	Clarence	32
24	Eugene	29
24	Henry	29

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	28
27	Bernard	27
27	Louis	27
29	Samuel	26
30	Calvin	25
30	Harold	25
32	Melvin	24
33	Daniel	23
33	Herbert	23
33	Stanley	23
36	Earl	22
36	Ernest	22
36	Lawrence	22
39	Norman	21
40	Frederick	20
40	Leonard	20
42	Howard	19
43	Carl	17
43	Theodore	17
45	Fred	16
45	Leroy	16
45	Milton	16
48	Alfred	15
48	Andrew	15
48	Anthony	15
48	Peter	15
48	Warren	15
53	Edwin	14
54	Benjamin	13
54	Michael	13
56	Clifton	12
56	Leon	12
56	Russell	12
59	Alvin	11
59	Philip	11
59	Vincent	11
62	Gordon	10
62	Herman	10
62	Jesse	10
65	Leo	9
65	Lewis	9
65	Maurice	9
65	Roger	9
65	Roy	9
65	Sidney	9
71	Edgar	8
71	Marvin	8
71	Nathaniel	8
71	Oliver	8
71	Reginald	8
71	Roland	8
71	Rudolph	8
78	Alan	7
78	Bruce	7
78	Cecil	7
78	Clifford	7
78	Curtis	7
78	Floyd	7
78	Irving	7
78	Jerome	7
78	Julius	7
78	Larry	7
78	Matthew	7
78	Preston	7
78	Wilbur	7
91	Franklin	6
91	Joe	6
91	Patrick	6
91	Phillip	6
91	Vernon	6
91	Wallace	6
97	Alexander	5
97	Allen	5
97	Chester	5
97	Clyde	5
97	Elliott	5
97	Guy	5
97	Harvey	5
97	Horace	5
97	Lee	5
97	Lester	5
97	Martin	5
97	Morton	5
97	Nelson	5
97	Stephen	5
97	Willie	5
97	Wilson	5