Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	358
2	James	340
3	William	303
4	John	295
5	Charles	223
6	Richard	176
7	Donald	149
7	Joseph	149
9	George	137
10	Thomas	112
11	Edward	81
12	David	78
13	Paul	76
14	Ronald	63
15	Frank	58
16	Walter	53
17	Lawrence	50
18	Eugene	44
18	Raymond	44
20	Michael	39
21	Francis	37
21	Harry	37
23	Kenneth	33
24	Bernard	31
24	Fred	31

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Harold	31
24	Norman	31
28	Frederick	30
28	Ralph	30
30	Arthur	29
30	Earl	29
30	Henry	29
30	Melvin	29
34	Carl	28
35	Samuel	26
36	Albert	25
36	Anthony	25
36	Gerald	25
36	Philip	25
36	Stanley	25
41	Alfred	24
41	Jack	24
41	Leroy	24
41	Louis	24
45	Daniel	22
45	Leon	22
45	Theodore	22
48	Allen	21
48	Peter	21
48	Warren	21
51	Howard	20
51	Larry	20
53	Roy	19
54	Ernest	18
55	Bruce	17
55	Clarence	17
55	Herbert	17
55	Jerome	17
59	Franklin	16
59	Marvin	16
59	Roger	16
62	Leonard	15
63	Alvin	14
63	Jerry	14
63	Joe	14
63	Stephen	14
67	Lloyd	13
67	Phillip	13
69	Lewis	12
69	Milton	12
69	Patrick	12
69	Roland	12
69	Vernon	12
74	Benjamin	11
74	Gene	11
74	Leo	11
74	Maurice	11
74	Vincent	11
79	Andrew	10
79	Bill	10
79	Clifford	10
79	Edwin	10
79	Glenn	10
79	Martin	10
79	Reginald	10
86	Allan	9
86	Carroll	9
86	Claude	9
86	Douglas	9
86	Gary	9
86	Gordon	9
86	Russell	9
86	Wallace	9
94	Alan	8
94	Arnold	8
94	Don	8
94	Guy	8
94	Jesse	8
94	Matthew	8
94	Preston	8
94	Randolph	8
94	Ray	8
94	Willard	8
94	Willie	8