Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,596
2	Robert	1,729
3	William	1,725
4	Joseph	1,648
5	Edward	1,236
6	James	1,227
7	George	1,205
8	Charles	951
9	Richard	767
10	Francis	683
11	Arthur	678
12	Thomas	672
13	Frank	621
14	Walter	588
15	Paul	557
16	Raymond	525
17	Albert	524
18	Donald	495
19	Henry	427
20	Harold	370
21	Alfred	363
22	Anthony	318
23	Ralph	312
24	Louis	302
25	Frederick	293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	286
27	Stanley	284
28	Leo	281
29	Kenneth	249
30	Ernest	244
31	Peter	239
32	Daniel	225
33	Philip	223
34	Norman	219
35	Michael	218
36	Lawrence	199
37	Herbert	192
38	Leonard	191
39	Bernard	187
40	Eugene	183
41	Warren	181
42	Harry	180
43	Fred	168
44	Roger	159
45	Manuel	158
45	Russell	158
47	Edwin	152
48	Roland	150
49	Vincent	147
50	Howard	145
51	Theodore	143
52	Chester	134
53	Carl	127
54	Andrew	119
55	Stephen	109
56	Nicholas	106
56	Samuel	106
58	Gordon	104
59	Edmund	102
60	Roy	101
61	Melvin	96
62	Gerald	95
63	Irving	94
64	Maurice	92
65	Salvatore	91
66	Alexander	87
67	Earl	82
68	Leon	81
68	Victor	81
70	Clarence	78
70	Everett	78
72	Milton	77
73	Angelo	75
73	Antonio	75
75	Clifford	74
75	Gerard	74
77	Wilfred	73
78	Martin	72
79	Wallace	68
80	Antone	67
81	Benjamin	64
82	Arnold	63
82	Mario	63
84	Sidney	60
85	Gilbert	58
86	Patrick	56
87	Dominic	55
88	Armand	53
89	Matthew	51
90	Douglas	49
91	Harvey	48
91	Normand	48
93	Leslie	47
93	Lester	47
95	Herman	46
95	Jack	46
97	Lloyd	45
98	Lewis	44
99	Edmond	43
99	Elmer	43