Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	309
2	William	290
3	Robert	245
4	James	241
5	Charles	134
6	George	119
7	Richard	118
8	Joseph	116
9	Thomas	91
10	Edward	82
11	Raymond	69
12	Donald	64
13	Paul	57
14	David	50
15	Francis	47
16	Frank	46
16	Harry	46
18	Walter	44
19	Ralph	42
20	Jack	38
21	Albert	36
22	Bernard	35
22	Henry	35
24	Clarence	34
25	Arthur	32

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	31
26	Louis	31
28	Earl	30
29	Harold	28
30	Herbert	27
30	Melvin	27
32	Ernest	26
32	Eugene	26
34	Stanley	25
35	Howard	23
36	Milton	20
36	Samuel	20
38	Daniel	19
38	Norman	19
40	Alvin	18
40	Carl	18
40	Frederick	18
40	Gerald	18
40	Leroy	18
40	Philip	18
46	Alfred	17
46	Theodore	17
48	Andrew	16
48	Kenneth	16
48	Leon	16
48	Maurice	16
52	Leonard	15
53	Allen	13
53	Roland	13
55	Calvin	12
55	Jesse	12
55	Warren	12
58	Benjamin	11
58	Lloyd	11
60	Edwin	10
60	Leo	10
60	Russell	10
63	Chester	9
63	Elmer	9
63	Hugh	9
63	Jerome	9
63	Morris	9
68	Anthony	8
68	Herman	8
68	Laurence	8
68	Morton	8
68	Roy	8
68	Rudolph	8
74	Billy	7
74	Carroll	7
74	Edgar	7
74	Everett	7
74	Fred	7
74	Harvey	7
74	Lester	7
74	Oscar	7
74	Reginald	7
74	Ronald	7
74	Stephen	7
74	Sylvester	7
86	Alexander	6
86	Arnold	6
86	Clifton	6
86	Douglas	6
86	Floyd	6
86	Gilbert	6
86	Guy	6
86	Hubert	6
86	Julian	6
86	Lewis	6
86	Martin	6
86	Michael	6
86	Nelson	6
86	Peter	6
86	Ray	6
86	Vernon	6
86	Vincent	6
86	Wilbur	6