Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	283
2	John	278
3	James	248
4	Robert	242
5	Charles	164
6	George	139
7	Joseph	102
8	Richard	100
9	Thomas	98
10	Edward	75
11	Paul	56
12	Frank	54
13	Walter	49
14	Donald	48
15	David	47
16	Harry	45
17	Raymond	41
18	Bernard	38
19	Eugene	35
19	Francis	35
19	Henry	35
22	Albert	32
22	Louis	32
24	Arthur	31
24	Clarence	31

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Melvin	30
27	Harold	28
28	Jack	27
28	Lawrence	27
30	Norman	23
30	Stanley	23
32	Carl	22
32	Daniel	22
32	Howard	22
32	Theodore	22
36	Alfred	21
37	Calvin	20
37	Earl	20
37	Kenneth	20
37	Ralph	20
41	Leroy	19
41	Samuel	19
43	Frederick	18
43	Leonard	18
45	Ernest	17
45	Fred	17
45	Lewis	17
45	Warren	17
49	Leon	16
50	Rudolph	15
51	Milton	14
51	Russell	14
53	Andrew	13
53	Herbert	13
53	Maurice	13
53	Philip	13
53	Wilbur	13
58	Edwin	12
59	Alvin	11
59	Benjamin	11
59	Matthew	11
59	Reginald	11
63	Hugh	10
63	Peter	10
65	Anthony	9
65	Billy	9
65	Bruce	9
65	Herman	9
65	Oscar	9
65	Roland	9
65	Vernon	9
65	Willie	9
73	Carlton	8
73	Harvey	8
73	Martin	8
73	Morris	8
73	Vincent	8
78	Douglas	7
78	Elmer	7
78	Gordon	7
78	Guy	7
78	Irving	7
78	Jerry	7
78	Jesse	7
78	Nathaniel	7
78	Phillip	7
78	Roy	7
88	Alexander	6
88	Allen	6
88	Clifton	6
88	Gilbert	6
88	Glenn	6
88	Julian	6
88	Julius	6
88	Laurence	6
88	Leo	6
88	Lester	6
88	Lloyd	6
88	Marvin	6
88	Patrick	6
88	Ray	6
88	Roger	6
88	Sidney	6