Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,784
2	Robert	1,785
3	Joseph	1,730
4	William	1,647
5	James	1,220
6	Edward	1,211
7	George	1,197
8	Charles	931
9	Richard	769
10	Francis	697
11	Thomas	673
12	Frank	653
13	Arthur	652
14	Paul	567
15	Walter	560
16	Albert	544
17	Raymond	539
18	Henry	487
19	Donald	428
20	Harold	409
21	Anthony	364
22	Alfred	341
23	Stanley	312
24	David	309
25	Ralph	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frederick	290
27	Louis	287
28	Warren	277
29	Ernest	260
30	Norman	259
31	Leo	257
32	Peter	253
33	Michael	241
34	Herbert	225
35	Harry	222
36	Daniel	221
37	Lawrence	217
38	Philip	214
39	Kenneth	205
40	Bernard	201
41	Vincent	177
42	Roger	175
43	Manuel	171
44	Roland	169
45	Leonard	162
45	Russell	162
47	Chester	155
47	Howard	155
49	Eugene	153
50	Theodore	149
51	Fred	141
52	Nicholas	130
53	Andrew	125
53	Carl	125
55	Edmund	124
56	Stephen	123
57	Samuel	116
58	Edwin	114
59	Alexander	108
60	Salvatore	101
60	Victor	101
62	Clarence	98
63	Maurice	95
64	Gerard	93
65	Gerald	91
66	Armand	88
66	Gordon	88
66	Irving	88
69	Antonio	87
69	Roy	87
71	Earl	85
72	Leon	83
72	Wilfred	83
74	Benjamin	82
75	Angelo	80
76	Milton	78
77	Everett	75
78	Antone	74
79	Dominic	73
79	Melvin	73
81	Clifford	71
82	Arnold	67
83	Martin	65
84	Patrick	62
85	Wallace	61
86	Lester	60
87	Douglas	58
88	Jack	56
89	Gilbert	55
90	Sidney	54
91	Mario	49
92	Lewis	46
92	Max	46
94	Alphonse	45
94	Edgar	45
94	Franklin	45
94	Laurence	45
98	Elmer	44
99	Matthew	43
100	Edmond	40
100	Normand	40