Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,276
2	Joseph	877
3	William	796
4	James	597
5	George	533
6	Edward	503
7	Charles	500
8	Robert	403
9	Frank	354
10	Thomas	341
11	Francis	335
12	Arthur	294
13	Walter	260
14	Henry	241
15	Albert	222
16	Harold	205
16	Paul	205
18	Richard	192
19	Alfred	189
19	Raymond	189
21	Anthony	188
22	Louis	178
23	Frederick	146
24	Harry	145
25	Ralph	135

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	134
27	Michael	133
27	Stanley	133
29	Ernest	128
30	Samuel	124
31	Donald	120
31	Peter	120
33	Leo	115
34	Herbert	111
35	Lawrence	108
36	Daniel	106
37	Philip	94
38	Kenneth	93
39	Howard	87
40	Carl	81
41	Manuel	80
41	Vincent	80
43	Bernard	79
44	Theodore	76
45	Chester	73
45	Eugene	73
45	Fred	73
45	Norman	73
49	Andrew	72
50	Stephen	69
51	Alexander	67
52	Edwin	64
53	Benjamin	61
54	Edmund	57
54	Leonard	57
56	Warren	54
57	Gordon	51
57	Irving	51
59	Maurice	49
60	Wilfred	48
61	Abraham	47
61	Roland	47
63	Clarence	46
63	Everett	46
65	Earl	44
65	Victor	44
67	Gerald	43
68	Patrick	42
68	Russell	42
70	Jack	41
70	Roger	41
72	Morris	38
72	Nicholas	38
74	Edgar	36
74	Leon	36
74	Martin	36
74	Sidney	36
78	Angelo	35
79	Armand	34
79	Milton	34
81	Clifford	33
81	Roy	33
83	Antonio	32
84	Gerard	30
84	Jacob	30
84	Lester	30
87	Elmer	28
88	Matthew	27
89	Leslie	26
90	Arnold	25
90	Dominic	25
90	Lewis	25
90	Salvatore	25
94	Max	24
95	Gilbert	23
95	Herman	23
97	Horace	22
97	Lloyd	22
97	Nathan	22
97	Wallace	22