Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	265
2	John	258
3	James	247
4	Robert	218
5	Charles	138
6	Richard	131
7	George	121
8	Joseph	105
9	Thomas	95
10	Edward	86
11	Donald	64
12	Frank	49
13	David	48
13	Paul	48
15	Walter	47
16	Raymond	44
17	Francis	42
18	Harry	40
19	Albert	37
19	Ralph	37
21	Arthur	35
22	Henry	34
23	Louis	30
24	Alfred	29
24	Jack	29

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Lawrence	29
27	Bernard	28
27	Leon	28
29	Eugene	27
30	Herbert	26
31	Clarence	25
32	Melvin	24
33	Howard	22
34	Kenneth	21
34	Samuel	21
36	Ernest	19
36	Milton	19
36	Stanley	19
39	Alvin	18
39	Norman	18
41	Earl	17
41	Leroy	17
43	Fred	16
43	Frederick	16
43	Harold	16
43	Hugh	16
43	Jerome	16
48	Roland	15
49	Daniel	14
49	Edwin	14
49	Leonard	14
49	Lewis	14
53	Carl	13
53	Morris	13
55	Andrew	12
55	Benjamin	12
55	Calvin	12
55	Philip	12
55	Theodore	12
55	Vernon	12
61	Allen	11
61	Leo	11
61	Marvin	11
64	Elmer	10
64	Harvey	10
64	Martin	10
64	Maurice	10
64	Roy	10
64	Wilbur	10
70	Edgar	9
70	Gilbert	9
70	Herman	9
70	Joe	9
70	Lloyd	9
70	Peter	9
70	Russell	9
70	Warren	9
78	Claude	8
78	Gerald	8
78	Laurence	8
78	Wallace	8
82	Alan	7
82	Anthony	7
82	Bill	7
82	Gene	7
82	Jerry	7
82	Marshall	7
82	Michael	7
82	Nicholas	7
82	Rudolph	7
91	Julian	6
91	Oscar	6
91	Percy	6
91	Vincent	6
95	Alexander	5
95	Angelo	5
95	Cecil	5
95	Clifton	5
95	Cornelius	5
95	Dick	5
95	Don	5
95	Everett	5
95	Franklin	5
95	Gordon	5
95	Guy	5
95	Jesse	5
95	Leslie	5
95	Lester	5
95	Nathaniel	5
95	Nelson	5
95	Oliver	5
95	Roger	5
95	Ronald	5
95	Sylvester	5
95	Willie	5