Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,699
2	William	1,715
3	Joseph	1,662
4	Robert	1,594
5	Edward	1,227
6	James	1,226
7	George	1,080
8	Charles	909
9	Richard	725
10	Thomas	677
11	Francis	659
12	Arthur	645
13	Frank	609
14	Walter	591
15	Albert	552
16	Paul	538
17	Raymond	509
18	Henry	450
19	Donald	413
20	Harold	392
21	Stanley	377
22	Alfred	364
23	Anthony	362
24	Ralph	342
25	Louis	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frederick	291
27	David	280
28	Ernest	271
29	Leo	262
30	Peter	261
31	Kenneth	240
32	Michael	235
33	Lawrence	226
34	Norman	225
35	Daniel	216
36	Herbert	202
37	Philip	199
38	Harry	196
39	Bernard	189
40	Roger	185
41	Roland	176
42	Russell	175
43	Warren	172
44	Chester	165
45	Manuel	164
46	Leonard	161
47	Theodore	159
48	Eugene	152
49	Howard	148
49	Vincent	148
51	Fred	145
52	Carl	129
52	Edmund	129
54	Andrew	123
54	Samuel	123
56	Edwin	115
57	Stephen	107
58	Irving	104
59	Alexander	103
60	Earl	101
60	Maurice	101
62	Clifford	98
63	Clarence	95
63	Roy	95
65	Melvin	89
66	Victor	88
67	Salvatore	86
67	Wilfred	86
69	Benjamin	85
69	Gordon	85
71	Antonio	83
72	Gerald	82
72	Milton	82
74	Nicholas	81
75	Martin	77
76	Armand	74
77	Everett	73
78	Angelo	72
79	Gerard	69
80	Sidney	68
81	Antone	64
82	Lester	62
83	Lewis	61
84	Leon	58
85	Wallace	55
86	Matthew	53
87	Arnold	52
88	Alphonse	51
88	Elmer	51
90	Franklin	50
91	Jack	49
92	Edgar	48
92	Patrick	48
94	Harvey	47
95	Douglas	46
96	Dominic	43
96	Edmond	43
96	Malcolm	43
96	Morris	43
100	Allan	40
100	Gilbert	40
100	Timothy	40