Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,471
2	Joseph	1,590
3	William	1,519
4	Robert	1,162
5	George	1,035
6	James	996
7	Edward	994
8	Charles	917
9	Frank	679
10	Francis	631
11	Arthur	599
12	Walter	592
13	Albert	544
14	Thomas	531
15	Richard	497
16	Henry	443
17	Paul	420
18	Raymond	413
19	Harold	402
20	Anthony	367
21	Stanley	352
22	Louis	324
23	Alfred	308
24	Donald	304
25	Ralph	300

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frederick	280
27	Michael	251
28	Ernest	237
29	Peter	229
30	Leo	225
31	Harry	221
32	David	215
33	Norman	207
34	Philip	204
35	Bernard	188
36	Daniel	187
37	Samuel	184
38	Herbert	181
39	Lawrence	180
40	Kenneth	177
41	Vincent	175
42	Chester	172
43	Manuel	167
44	Howard	147
45	Russell	134
46	Fred	133
47	Roland	130
48	Leonard	128
49	Carl	127
49	Stephen	127
51	Alexander	126
52	Eugene	121
52	Theodore	121
54	Edwin	107
55	Andrew	105
56	Benjamin	101
56	Clarence	101
58	Nicholas	99
59	Victor	97
59	Warren	97
61	Irving	94
61	Roger	94
63	Wilfred	92
64	Earl	90
64	Edmund	90
64	Maurice	90
67	Leon	85
68	Salvatore	84
69	Gordon	81
70	Lloyd	77
70	Sidney	77
72	Milton	74
73	Martin	73
74	Angelo	72
75	Antonio	70
75	Everett	70
75	Gerald	70
78	Morris	69
79	Gerard	68
79	Roy	68
81	Antone	65
82	Elmer	64
83	Patrick	62
84	Armand	61
85	Abraham	60
85	Arnold	60
85	Clifford	60
85	Gilbert	60
89	Lewis	54
90	Melvin	53
91	Max	49
92	Matthew	47
93	Alphonse	46
94	Leslie	44
94	Lester	44
96	Herman	43
96	Malcolm	43
98	Dominic	42
98	Jacob	42
100	Jack	41
100	Oscar	41
100	Wallace	41