Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	329
2	Robert	312
3	William	297
4	James	277
5	Charles	184
6	Donald	153
7	Richard	143
8	Joseph	141
9	George	139
10	Thomas	110
11	David	73
12	Edward	71
13	Paul	54
13	Ronald	54
15	Kenneth	50
15	Walter	50
17	Lawrence	46
18	Raymond	45
19	Michael	42
20	Henry	41
21	Bernard	37
22	Carl	35
22	Frank	35
22	Harry	35
25	Eugene	33

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Harold	33
27	Ralph	32
28	Arthur	31
29	Albert	30
29	Earl	30
31	Frederick	29
32	Jack	28
32	Norman	28
34	Jerry	25
34	Philip	25
36	Francis	24
36	Louis	24
36	Melvin	24
39	Herbert	23
39	Peter	23
39	Russell	23
42	Theodore	22
43	Clarence	21
43	Roger	21
45	Daniel	20
45	Maurice	20
47	Howard	19
47	Leonard	19
49	Anthony	18
49	Stanley	18
51	Alvin	17
51	Larry	17
51	Leroy	17
51	Roland	17
51	Warren	17
56	Bruce	16
56	Edwin	16
56	Ernest	16
56	Franklin	16
56	Gerald	16
56	Samuel	16
62	Gary	15
63	Fred	14
63	Leon	14
63	Lewis	14
66	Alfred	13
66	Allen	13
66	Gordon	13
66	Herman	13
66	Lloyd	13
66	Milton	13
66	Phillip	13
73	Douglas	12
73	Harvey	12
73	Willie	12
76	Jerome	11
76	Marvin	11
76	Patrick	11
76	Reginald	11
80	Andrew	10
80	Claude	10
80	Clyde	10
80	Gilbert	10
80	Oliver	10
80	Roy	10
80	Stephen	10
80	Wayne	10
88	Benjamin	9
88	Karl	9
88	Lee	9
88	Lester	9
88	Sidney	9
88	Vernon	9
88	Vincent	9
88	Wilbert	9
88	Wilbur	9
97	Alexander	8
97	Clifford	8
97	Don	8
97	Edgar	8
97	Elmer	8
97	Floyd	8
97	Hugh	8
97	Joe	8