Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,655
2	Robert	1,949
3	William	1,780
4	Joseph	1,738
5	James	1,254
6	Edward	1,244
7	George	1,192
8	Charles	914
9	Richard	865
10	Francis	666
11	Arthur	661
12	Thomas	650
13	Paul	632
14	Frank	588
15	Walter	575
16	Donald	571
17	Raymond	543
18	Albert	527
19	Henry	490
20	Harold	412
21	Alfred	384
22	Anthony	353
23	Leo	329
24	Louis	323
25	David	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	290
27	Ernest	266
28	Stanley	260
29	Frederick	258
29	Kenneth	258
31	Herbert	257
32	Warren	242
33	Peter	239
34	Norman	232
35	Philip	229
36	Daniel	224
37	Michael	223
38	Lawrence	217
39	Bernard	209
40	Harry	207
41	Leonard	197
42	Roland	193
43	Eugene	181
43	Roger	181
45	Vincent	170
46	Howard	155
47	Russell	153
48	Fred	148
49	Edwin	144
49	Manuel	144
51	Theodore	135
52	Chester	130
53	Nicholas	120
54	Edmund	116
55	Andrew	115
56	Samuel	111
56	Stephen	111
58	Gordon	107
59	Carl	101
60	Irving	100
60	Salvatore	100
62	Earl	98
63	Wilfred	97
64	Gerard	95
65	Gerald	94
66	Maurice	91
67	Armand	83
67	Victor	83
67	Wallace	83
70	Milton	81
71	Leon	80
72	Melvin	79
73	Martin	78
74	Roy	74
75	Everett	73
76	Clarence	70
77	Angelo	69
78	Benjamin	68
79	Alexander	65
80	Antone	63
81	Antonio	62
81	Clifford	62
83	Arnold	60
84	Dominic	58
84	Gilbert	58
86	Sidney	57
87	Rudolph	56
88	Lester	55
88	Lloyd	55
90	Edgar	51
90	Normand	51
92	Jack	49
92	Patrick	49
94	Alphonse	45
94	Elmer	45
96	Douglas	44
96	Mario	44
96	Rene	44
99	Lionel	43
99	Ronald	43