Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,809
2	Robert	2,247
3	William	1,812
4	Joseph	1,658
5	James	1,288
6	Edward	1,279
7	George	1,208
8	Richard	1,004
9	Charles	981
10	Francis	739
11	Thomas	695
12	Arthur	658
13	Paul	639
14	Donald	631
15	Raymond	614
16	Walter	601
17	Frank	588
18	Henry	504
19	Albert	502
20	Harold	431
21	Alfred	396
22	Anthony	390
23	David	353
24	Kenneth	327
25	Leo	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	310
27	Louis	298
28	Norman	297
29	Stanley	289
30	Frederick	270
31	Peter	266
32	Lawrence	263
33	Daniel	262
34	Philip	257
35	Ernest	252
36	Michael	234
37	Roland	225
38	Bernard	214
39	Harry	212
40	Roger	209
41	Herbert	205
42	Leonard	197
43	Eugene	182
44	Russell	162
45	Fred	161
45	Vincent	161
47	Warren	158
48	Howard	152
49	Gerald	147
50	Edmund	146
51	Edwin	145
52	Chester	141
53	Carl	139
54	Manuel	130
55	Theodore	124
56	Earl	117
57	Samuel	113
58	Maurice	109
59	Stephen	102
60	Gerard	99
61	Nicholas	96
61	Roy	96
63	Gordon	93
64	Wilfred	92
65	Victor	90
66	Andrew	89
67	Salvatore	84
68	Melvin	82
69	Irving	81
70	Angelo	80
71	Everett	79
72	Sidney	78
73	Arnold	76
73	Benjamin	76
73	Martin	76
76	Alexander	70
77	Clifford	67
77	Leon	67
79	Milton	66
80	Jack	63
81	Antonio	62
81	Armand	62
83	Clarence	59
84	Calvin	58
85	Allen	57
86	Elmer	56
87	Alan	55
88	Dominic	53
89	Mario	52
89	Patrick	52
91	Rene	50
91	Wallace	50
93	Gilbert	49
94	Allan	48
95	Malcolm	47
96	Hugh	45
97	Herman	44
97	Lester	44
97	Lewis	44
100	Edgar	43
100	Harvey	43