Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	395
2	James	342
2	John	342
4	William	328
5	Charles	211
6	Richard	174
7	Thomas	154
8	George	153
9	Joseph	143
10	David	137
11	Donald	136
12	Paul	88
13	Edward	82
14	Ronald	73
15	Raymond	66
16	Michael	62
17	Walter	53
18	Arthur	45
18	Frank	45
20	Kenneth	44
21	Harry	39
22	Lawrence	37
23	Earl	36
24	Eugene	35
25	Albert	34

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernard	33
26	Melvin	33
28	Frederick	31
29	Clarence	30
29	Gerald	30
31	Carl	29
31	Henry	29
31	Howard	29
34	Daniel	28
35	Francis	27
35	Ralph	27
37	Alfred	26
37	Harold	26
39	Ernest	25
39	Leroy	25
41	Philip	24
42	Joe	23
42	Leonard	23
42	Norman	23
42	Stanley	23
46	Louis	22
47	Jack	21
47	Jerry	21
49	Fred	20
49	Peter	20
49	Warren	20
52	Samuel	19
52	Theodore	19
54	Anthony	18
54	Benjamin	18
54	Gordon	18
54	Larry	18
58	Douglas	17
58	Vincent	17
60	Jerome	16
60	Martin	16
60	Maurice	16
60	Roy	16
64	Don	15
64	Leon	15
64	Roland	15
64	Wayne	15
68	Lee	14
68	Reginald	14
68	Roger	14
68	Stephen	14
72	Alan	13
72	Allen	13
72	Dennis	13
75	Bill	12
75	Edwin	12
75	Gary	12
75	Gilbert	12
75	Herbert	12
75	Phillip	12
75	Russell	12
75	Vernon	12
75	Wallace	12
84	Andrew	11
84	Everett	11
84	Leo	11
84	Lloyd	11
84	Marvin	11
84	Willie	11
90	Alvin	10
90	Claude	10
90	Floyd	10
90	Lester	10
90	Marshall	10
90	Milton	10
90	Tommy	10
97	Bobby	9
97	Calvin	9
97	Clinton	9
97	Clyde	9
97	Cornelius	9
97	Curtis	9
97	Franklin	9
97	Gene	9
97	Glenn	9
97	Jimmy	9
97	Lewis	9
97	Nathaniel	9
97	Rudolph	9