Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	269
2	William	258
3	John	245
4	Robert	213
5	Charles	164
6	Richard	114
7	Joseph	108
8	George	98
9	Edward	96
10	Thomas	90
11	Donald	73
12	Paul	54
13	Raymond	50
14	David	49
15	Francis	48
15	Frank	48
17	Harry	43
17	Walter	43
19	Bernard	38
20	Herbert	36
21	Melvin	32
22	Jack	31
23	Albert	30
23	Eugene	30
25	Clarence	29

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Norman	29
27	Ralph	28
28	Earl	27
28	Lawrence	27
30	Leroy	25
31	Henry	24
32	Harold	23
33	Arthur	22
33	Theodore	22
35	Lloyd	21
36	Alfred	20
37	Carl	19
37	Samuel	19
39	Andrew	18
39	Louis	18
41	Ernest	17
41	Kenneth	17
41	Roy	17
41	Stanley	17
45	Anthony	16
45	Frederick	16
45	Leon	16
45	Milton	16
49	Michael	15
50	Howard	14
51	Calvin	13
51	Harvey	13
51	Vincent	13
54	Edwin	12
54	Leonard	12
54	Philip	12
54	Roland	12
58	Elmer	11
58	Roger	11
58	Warren	11
58	Willard	11
62	Chester	10
62	Daniel	10
62	Joe	10
62	Lewis	10
62	Marvin	10
62	Patrick	10
62	Wallace	10
62	Willie	10
70	Alvin	9
70	Clyde	9
70	Douglas	9
70	Herman	9
70	Horace	9
75	Benjamin	8
75	Curtis	8
75	Fred	8
75	Gerald	8
75	Irving	8
75	Jerry	8
75	Maurice	8
75	Oliver	8
75	Peter	8
84	Billy	7
84	Claude	7
84	Everett	7
84	Jesse	7
84	Jimmy	7
84	Lester	7
84	Nathaniel	7
84	Oscar	7
84	Rudolph	7
84	Victor	7
84	Wilbur	7
95	Alan	6
95	Bob	6
95	Bruce	6
95	Gilbert	6
95	Glenn	6
95	Julius	6
95	Nicholas	6
95	Stephen	6
95	Sylvester	6
95	Wendell	6