Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	299
2	James	291
3	William	269
4	John	268
5	Charles	187
6	Richard	136
7	George	120
8	Donald	119
9	Joseph	113
10	Thomas	92
11	Edward	91
12	Paul	53
13	David	51
14	Walter	43
15	Frank	42
16	Francis	40
17	Carl	39
17	Raymond	39
17	Ronald	39
20	Eugene	37
20	Henry	37
22	Albert	32
23	Stanley	31
24	Arthur	30
25	Howard	29

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernard	28
27	Harold	27
27	Lawrence	27
27	Louis	27
30	Herbert	26
30	Kenneth	26
30	Ralph	26
30	Theodore	26
34	Jack	25
34	Maurice	25
34	Melvin	25
37	Earl	23
37	Frederick	23
39	Clarence	22
40	Alvin	21
40	Harry	21
42	Alfred	20
42	Norman	20
44	Daniel	19
44	Samuel	19
46	Gerald	18
46	Philip	18
48	Ernest	17
48	Leonard	17
48	Leroy	17
51	Benjamin	16
51	Douglas	16
51	Michael	16
51	Milton	16
55	Leon	15
55	Roland	15
55	Russell	15
58	Gilbert	13
58	Vernon	13
58	Warren	13
61	Anthony	12
61	Franklin	12
61	Fred	12
61	Jerome	12
61	Roger	12
61	Roy	12
67	Allen	11
67	Clifton	11
67	Edwin	11
67	Gene	11
67	Lester	11
67	Morris	11
67	Peter	11
67	Wilbur	11
75	Andrew	10
75	Carroll	10
75	Harvey	10
75	Martin	10
75	Marvin	10
80	Allan	9
80	Calvin	9
80	Edgar	9
80	Herman	9
80	Joe	9
80	Larry	9
80	Leo	9
80	Patrick	9
80	Phillip	9
80	Wallace	9
90	Bruce	8
90	Don	8
90	Hugh	8
90	Jerry	8
90	Laurence	8
90	Lloyd	8
90	Wayne	8
90	Willie	8
98	Alan	7
98	Clyde	7
98	Elmer	7
98	Everett	7
98	Nathaniel	7