Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,406
2	Joseph	1,581
3	William	1,389
4	Robert	1,245
5	George	1,071
6	Edward	1,069
7	James	1,035
8	Charles	857
9	Frank	641
10	Arthur	605
11	Walter	599
12	Francis	588
13	Thomas	574
14	Richard	566
15	Albert	491
16	Paul	474
17	Raymond	438
18	Henry	416
19	Alfred	375
20	Harold	368
21	Stanley	350
22	Anthony	345
23	Louis	313
24	Donald	299
25	Ralph	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	260
27	Frederick	251
28	David	250
29	Leo	246
30	Michael	236
31	Peter	231
32	Harry	206
33	Manuel	192
34	Herbert	191
35	Bernard	190
36	Philip	186
37	Norman	185
38	Daniel	181
39	Lawrence	180
40	Chester	173
41	Theodore	171
42	Kenneth	168
43	Howard	164
44	Russell	163
45	Eugene	157
46	Samuel	153
47	Vincent	146
48	Roland	143
49	Fred	140
49	Leonard	140
51	Stephen	138
52	Carl	132
53	Victor	129
54	Edwin	122
55	Andrew	119
56	Roger	117
57	Alexander	111
58	Nicholas	106
59	Earl	102
59	Warren	102
61	Everett	90
62	Edmund	89
63	Benjamin	85
64	Clarence	84
65	Roy	83
65	Wilfred	83
67	Maurice	81
68	Gerald	79
68	Gordon	79
70	Irving	78
70	Leon	78
70	Martin	78
73	Milton	77
74	Gerard	73
75	Salvatore	72
76	Sidney	71
77	Antone	68
78	Melvin	65
79	Armand	64
80	Antonio	60
81	Angelo	58
82	Dominic	56
82	Lester	56
84	Arnold	54
85	Alphonse	53
86	Morris	52
87	Clifford	51
87	Max	51
89	Patrick	49
90	Edgar	46
90	Jack	46
90	Matthew	46
90	Mitchell	46
94	Douglas	45
94	Elmer	45
96	Wallace	43
97	Lloyd	42
98	Mario	41
99	Abraham	40
100	Gilbert	39
100	Lewis	39
100	Ronald	39