Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,480
2	Joseph	987
3	William	880
4	James	666
5	George	634
6	Charles	562
7	Edward	555
8	Robert	492
9	Francis	368
10	Thomas	361
11	Arthur	344
12	Frank	340
13	Walter	325
14	Albert	285
15	Henry	276
16	Richard	240
17	Harold	224
18	Paul	217
19	Raymond	212
20	Alfred	211
20	Stanley	211
22	Anthony	195
23	Louis	194
24	Frederick	189
25	Harry	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	163
27	Ernest	162
28	Leo	160
29	David	150
30	Ralph	149
31	Donald	144
32	Philip	141
33	Peter	129
34	Herbert	128
35	Daniel	126
36	Lawrence	123
37	Samuel	119
38	Manuel	112
39	Bernard	98
40	Howard	95
41	Carl	94
42	Chester	93
43	Kenneth	92
43	Norman	92
43	Vincent	92
46	Theodore	80
47	Russell	79
48	Leonard	76
49	Benjamin	75
50	Roland	74
51	Fred	72
52	Eugene	70
53	Clarence	69
53	Edwin	69
55	Roger	66
56	Edmund	65
56	Stephen	65
58	Andrew	64
59	Alexander	59
60	Earl	57
61	Warren	56
62	Morris	54
63	Irving	53
64	Everett	52
64	Salvatore	52
66	Victor	51
67	Maurice	48
67	Nicholas	48
67	Wilfred	48
70	Armand	44
70	Max	44
72	Angelo	42
72	Hyman	42
72	Jacob	42
72	Roy	42
72	Sidney	42
77	Abraham	40
77	Patrick	40
79	Gordon	39
79	Milton	39
81	Gerald	37
81	Jack	37
83	Martin	35
84	Clifford	34
84	Elmer	34
84	Leon	34
84	Melvin	34
88	Arnold	32
89	Antonio	30
89	Gerard	30
91	Nathan	29
92	Edgar	28
92	Oscar	28
94	Alphonse	27
94	Antone	27
94	Earle	27
97	Herman	26
97	Rudolph	26
99	Dominic	25
99	Hugh	25
99	Lester	25