Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,291
2	Joseph	1,557
3	William	1,318
4	George	944
5	James	902
6	Robert	852
7	Edward	848
8	Charles	830
9	Frank	582
10	Francis	581
11	Thomas	524
11	Walter	524
13	Arthur	500
14	Albert	446
15	Henry	433
16	Paul	430
17	Richard	409
18	Raymond	369
19	Harold	354
20	Anthony	352
21	Stanley	306
22	Louis	304
23	Alfred	297
24	Ralph	283
25	Frederick	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	249
26	Ernest	249
28	Michael	246
29	Leo	229
30	Harry	215
31	David	203
32	Peter	197
33	Herbert	196
34	Philip	191
35	Daniel	186
36	Norman	181
37	Lawrence	180
38	Samuel	179
39	Bernard	148
40	Kenneth	147
41	Manuel	144
41	Russell	144
43	Chester	143
44	Vincent	136
45	Carl	130
46	Leonard	128
47	Fred	127
47	Howard	127
47	Stephen	127
50	Roland	125
51	Eugene	122
52	Benjamin	114
53	Theodore	112
54	Andrew	110
55	Irving	109
56	Victor	107
57	Warren	103
58	Nicholas	102
59	Edmund	101
60	Alexander	100
61	Edwin	99
62	Roger	92
63	Earl	82
64	Clifford	79
65	Angelo	76
65	Everett	76
67	Gordon	75
67	Milton	75
69	Salvatore	74
70	Clarence	73
71	Antonio	72
72	Elmer	68
73	Gerald	66
74	Arnold	65
74	Leon	65
76	Armand	62
76	Maurice	62
78	Morris	61
79	Sidney	59
80	Roy	57
81	Dominic	55
81	Wilfred	55
83	Lester	53
84	Abraham	51
85	Martin	50
86	Matthew	49
87	Max	48
87	Patrick	48
89	Gerard	47
90	Edgar	44
90	Mario	44
92	Antone	42
92	Herman	42
92	Jack	42
92	Melvin	42
96	Lionel	40
97	Nathan	39
98	Alphonse	38
99	Frederic	37
99	Gilbert	37
99	Leslie	37
99	Malcolm	37