Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	285
2	Robert	275
3	James	266
4	John	259
5	Charles	176
6	George	132
7	Richard	130
8	Joseph	118
9	Donald	104
10	Thomas	92
11	Edward	80
12	Raymond	64
13	Paul	56
14	David	54
15	Frank	53
16	Walter	46
17	Harry	45
18	Francis	38
19	Albert	32
19	Bernard	32
19	Herbert	32
22	Arthur	31
23	Carl	30
23	Eugene	30
23	Kenneth	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	29
26	Harold	29
26	Louis	29
29	Henry	28
30	Melvin	27
30	Samuel	27
32	Jack	26
33	Lawrence	25
34	Leonard	24
35	Ralph	23
36	Alfred	22
36	Ernest	22
36	Howard	22
39	Leroy	21
40	Alvin	20
40	Theodore	20
42	Frederick	19
43	Michael	18
44	Maurice	17
44	Roland	17
44	Stanley	17
44	Vincent	17
48	Anthony	16
48	Earl	16
48	Edwin	16
51	Daniel	15
51	Gerald	15
53	Fred	14
53	Leon	14
53	Philip	14
53	Wilbur	14
57	Calvin	13
57	Lloyd	13
59	Alan	12
59	Elmer	12
59	Hugh	12
59	Jerry	12
59	Norman	12
64	Allen	11
64	Milton	11
64	Roy	11
67	Clyde	10
67	Randolph	10
67	Ronald	10
70	Chester	9
70	Floyd	9
70	Gilbert	9
70	Marvin	9
70	Russell	9
70	Warren	9
76	Benjamin	8
76	Gene	8
76	Gordon	8
76	Harvey	8
76	Herman	8
76	Lewis	8
76	Mark	8
76	Nathaniel	8
76	Peter	8
85	Jesse	7
85	Joe	7
85	Julius	7
88	Andrew	6
88	Billy	6
88	Bruce	6
88	Franklin	6
88	Jerome	6
88	Julian	6
88	Lee	6
88	Leo	6
88	Leslie	6
88	Lester	6
88	Morris	6
88	Morton	6
88	Roger	6
88	Stephen	6
88	Tommy	6
88	Vernon	6
88	Virgil	6