Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	286
2	John	265
3	William	262
4	James	221
5	Charles	181
6	Richard	128
7	Donald	111
8	George	107
9	Thomas	104
10	Joseph	103
11	Edward	72
12	David	61
13	Raymond	51
14	Paul	49
15	Walter	43
16	Frank	36
17	Harry	34
18	Clarence	33
18	Francis	33
20	Herbert	31
20	Lawrence	31
22	Arthur	30
22	Bernard	30
24	Carl	29
25	Albert	28

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Eugene	28
25	Kenneth	28
28	Jack	27
28	Norman	27
28	Ralph	27
31	Stanley	26
32	Howard	25
33	Fred	24
33	Henry	24
35	Harold	23
35	Michael	23
37	Louis	22
38	Alfred	21
38	Earl	21
38	Ernest	21
41	Gerald	19
41	Leroy	19
41	Melvin	19
41	Philip	19
41	Roland	19
41	Ronald	19
47	Daniel	18
47	Frederick	18
47	Roy	18
47	Samuel	18
47	Theodore	18
52	Alvin	16
52	Leonard	16
54	Leon	15
55	Jerry	14
55	Maurice	14
57	Allan	13
57	Edwin	13
57	Milton	13
57	Roger	13
57	Rudolph	13
62	Andrew	12
62	Clifford	12
62	Lloyd	12
62	Peter	12
62	Russell	12
67	Allen	11
67	Marvin	11
69	Alan	10
69	Lewis	10
69	Vincent	10
69	Wilbur	10
73	Anthony	9
73	Gilbert	9
73	Herman	9
73	Joe	9
73	Leo	9
78	Billy	8
78	Bruce	8
78	Clifton	8
78	Douglas	8
78	Elwood	8
78	Irving	8
78	Warren	8
78	Willie	8
86	Alexander	7
86	Benjamin	7
86	Calvin	7
86	Gordon	7
86	Guy	7
86	Harvey	7
86	Jesse	7
86	Larry	7
86	Martin	7
86	Vernon	7
96	Arnold	6
96	Bob	6
96	Claude	6
96	Edgar	6
96	Elmer	6
96	Hugh	6
96	Jimmy	6
96	Laurence	6
96	Patrick	6
96	Ray	6
96	Tommy	6