Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,657
2	Joseph	1,787
3	William	1,587
4	Robert	1,302
5	James	1,137
6	George	1,088
7	Edward	1,060
8	Charles	965
9	Frank	654
10	Francis	639
11	Arthur	625
12	Walter	603
13	Richard	591
14	Thomas	590
15	Henry	492
16	Albert	478
17	Paul	445
18	Raymond	444
19	Anthony	371
20	Alfred	369
21	Louis	356
22	Stanley	349
23	Harold	336
24	Frederick	331
25	Ralph	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	315
27	Leo	291
28	Peter	265
29	Ernest	262
30	David	248
31	Michael	247
32	Philip	234
33	Harry	224
34	Norman	222
35	Daniel	218
36	Lawrence	211
37	Herbert	204
38	Kenneth	198
39	Manuel	194
40	Bernard	188
41	Chester	172
42	Russell	169
43	Victor	155
44	Theodore	153
45	Fred	146
45	Howard	146
47	Leonard	143
47	Stephen	143
49	Vincent	139
50	Carl	136
51	Samuel	135
52	Roland	134
53	Earl	125
53	Eugene	125
55	Andrew	120
56	Irving	114
57	Edwin	110
58	Alexander	108
59	Edmund	107
60	Warren	104
61	Nicholas	103
62	Everett	102
63	Roger	101
64	Clarence	99
65	Leon	95
66	Gordon	90
67	Salvatore	89
68	Wilfred	88
69	Roy	86
70	Gerald	85
71	Armand	82
72	Martin	81
73	Sidney	79
74	Benjamin	77
75	Lester	76
76	Antonio	72
77	Alphonse	68
77	Angelo	68
77	Milton	68
80	Clifford	66
80	Maurice	66
82	Lloyd	65
83	Edgar	63
83	Elmer	63
85	Antone	62
86	Douglas	61
87	Matthew	60
87	Wallace	60
89	Dominic	59
89	Melvin	59
91	Gerard	58
91	Patrick	58
93	Arnold	56
93	Gilbert	56
95	Jack	55
96	Abraham	49
97	Morris	47
98	Max	45
99	Edmond	43
99	Willard	43