Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	283
2	William	279
3	James	263
4	John	250
5	Charles	187
6	Richard	142
7	Donald	129
8	Joseph	110
9	George	109
10	Thomas	106
11	Edward	91
12	Paul	68
13	David	59
14	Frank	48
15	Ronald	47
15	Walter	47
17	Lawrence	45
17	Raymond	45
19	Eugene	34
19	Harry	34
21	Bernard	33
21	Francis	33
23	Arthur	32
23	Harold	32
25	Kenneth	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	29
26	Samuel	29
26	Stanley	29
29	Ralph	28
30	Clarence	26
30	Earl	26
30	Norman	26
33	Melvin	25
33	Theodore	25
33	Warren	25
36	Herbert	24
36	Louis	24
38	Jack	23
39	Carl	22
39	Daniel	22
41	Gerald	21
41	Leroy	21
43	Albert	20
43	Howard	20
45	Alfred	18
45	Ernest	18
45	Jerome	18
48	Peter	17
48	Philip	17
50	Benjamin	16
50	Franklin	16
50	Russell	16
53	Fred	15
53	Leonard	15
55	Douglas	14
55	Edwin	14
55	Frederick	14
55	Herman	14
55	Larry	14
55	Lewis	14
55	Michael	14
55	Nathaniel	14
55	Roland	14
64	Roger	13
64	Willie	13
66	Alvin	12
66	Arnold	12
66	Harvey	12
66	Patrick	12
66	Reginald	12
71	Leo	11
71	Leon	11
71	Lloyd	11
71	Martin	11
71	Roy	11
71	Vincent	11
71	Wayne	11
78	Alan	10
78	Anthony	10
78	Dennis	10
78	Gordon	10
78	Milton	10
83	Clyde	9
83	Don	9
83	Edgar	9
83	Joe	9
83	Phillip	9
83	Stephen	9
83	Wesley	9
90	Allen	8
90	Billy	8
90	Calvin	8
90	Claude	8
90	Floyd	8
90	Gilbert	8
90	Sylvester	8
97	Andrew	7
97	Gene	7
97	Jimmy	7
97	Lee	7
97	Rudolph	7
97	Sterling	7
97	Wallace	7