Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,986
2	Joseph	1,369
3	William	1,216
4	James	832
5	George	821
6	Charles	752
7	Edward	717
8	Robert	694
9	Frank	512
10	Francis	471
11	Walter	450
12	Thomas	444
13	Arthur	432
14	Albert	381
15	Henry	370
16	Richard	319
17	Anthony	310
18	Paul	305
19	Raymond	293
20	Louis	280
21	Stanley	278
22	Harold	274
23	Alfred	226
24	Frederick	220
25	Leo	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	205
27	Harry	202
28	Peter	197
29	Michael	196
30	Donald	193
31	David	187
31	Ernest	187
33	Philip	171
34	Lawrence	157
35	Daniel	154
36	Samuel	153
37	Herbert	145
38	Chester	140
38	Manuel	140
40	Kenneth	137
40	Vincent	137
42	Norman	123
43	Bernard	122
44	Howard	110
45	Russell	108
46	Carl	107
47	Roland	100
48	Benjamin	99
48	Edwin	99
48	Eugene	99
51	Leonard	97
52	Fred	96
53	Andrew	92
54	Clarence	91
55	Alexander	90
56	Stephen	87
57	Edmund	86
58	Roger	82
59	Irving	81
60	Maurice	80
60	Milton	80
60	Theodore	80
63	Wilfred	76
64	Warren	75
65	Nicholas	72
66	Morris	66
66	Victor	66
68	Armand	64
69	Angelo	62
69	Everett	62
69	Salvatore	62
72	Antonio	61
73	Gordon	60
74	Nathan	59
75	Abraham	57
76	Elmer	55
76	Martin	55
78	Earl	54
78	Gerald	54
78	Patrick	54
81	Max	52
81	Roy	52
83	Clifford	49
83	Leon	49
85	Jack	48
86	Antone	47
86	Lester	47
88	Edgar	46
89	Sidney	45
90	Melvin	42
91	Lloyd	40
92	Alphonse	39
92	Matthew	39
94	Leslie	37
94	Oscar	37
96	Jacob	36
96	Julius	36
96	Mitchell	36
99	Herman	35
100	Hyman	34