Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,405
2	Joseph	1,662
3	William	1,468
4	James	986
5	Robert	982
6	George	979
7	Charles	903
8	Edward	897
9	Frank	623
10	Francis	606
11	Thomas	601
12	Walter	565
13	Arthur	557
14	Albert	497
15	Richard	448
16	Paul	444
17	Henry	438
18	Raymond	389
19	Stanley	388
20	Anthony	344
21	Louis	327
22	Harold	323
23	Alfred	298
24	Frederick	274
25	Donald	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	252
27	David	246
28	Michael	243
29	Leo	238
30	Harry	237
31	Norman	218
32	Peter	213
33	Ernest	211
34	Daniel	189
35	Kenneth	173
36	Philip	171
37	Bernard	170
38	Herbert	165
39	Lawrence	164
40	Carl	162
41	Vincent	156
42	Chester	148
43	Russell	146
44	Leonard	145
45	Manuel	144
46	Eugene	142
47	Roland	140
47	Theodore	140
49	Howard	127
50	Samuel	126
51	Andrew	125
52	Stephen	118
53	Edwin	112
54	Alexander	110
55	Nicholas	109
56	Edmund	100
57	Fred	99
58	Roger	98
59	Benjamin	94
60	Irving	93
61	Wilfred	91
62	Victor	85
63	Warren	84
64	Clarence	82
64	Everett	82
66	Maurice	80
66	Salvatore	80
68	Earl	76
69	Milton	75
70	Antonio	73
70	Armand	73
72	Martin	70
73	Gordon	69
73	Roy	69
75	Antone	65
76	Sidney	62
77	Angelo	61
77	Leon	61
79	Clifford	59
80	Lester	57
81	Gerald	55
82	Elmer	54
83	Dominic	51
83	Jack	51
83	Melvin	51
86	Edgar	50
87	Mario	49
88	Abraham	48
89	Gilbert	47
89	Morris	47
91	Herman	46
91	Max	46
93	Arnold	45
93	Nathan	45
95	Patrick	44
96	Alphonse	42
96	Gerard	42
98	Matthew	40
98	Wallace	40
100	Willard	38