Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,613
2	John	2,598
3	William	1,676
4	Richard	1,468
5	Joseph	1,376
6	James	1,220
7	Edward	1,092
8	George	1,010
9	Charles	872
10	Donald	842
11	Paul	726
12	Francis	672
13	Thomas	662
14	Raymond	566
15	Arthur	565
16	Frank	488
17	Albert	465
18	Alfred	442
19	Walter	424
20	David	392
21	Henry	355
22	Anthony	317
22	Harold	317
24	Kenneth	316
25	Norman	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	273
27	Lawrence	255
28	Philip	254
29	Ralph	252
30	Frederick	249
31	Leo	239
31	Louis	239
33	Daniel	238
34	Eugene	224
35	Roger	222
36	Peter	221
37	Ernest	190
38	Stanley	186
39	Leonard	185
40	Bernard	177
41	Gerald	176
42	Michael	169
43	Roland	168
44	Harry	165
45	Russell	154
46	Fred	142
47	Warren	134
48	Vincent	127
49	Ronald	124
50	Howard	118
51	Carl	117
51	Edwin	117
53	Edmund	107
53	Theodore	107
55	Roy	106
56	Gordon	100
57	Andrew	97
58	Maurice	96
59	Chester	90
60	Earl	88
61	Salvatore	87
62	Gerard	84
63	Stephen	82
64	Gilbert	78
64	Manuel	78
66	Arnold	77
66	Nicholas	77
68	Martin	76
68	Melvin	76
68	Samuel	76
71	Alan	74
72	Wilfred	67
73	Armand	66
74	Douglas	64
74	Normand	64
76	Clifford	63
76	Leon	63
78	Victor	61
79	Malcolm	60
80	Irving	59
81	Everett	57
81	Rene	57
83	Clarence	56
84	Alexander	55
85	Angelo	50
86	Allan	49
87	Wallace	48
88	Allen	47
88	Benjamin	47
88	Bruce	47
88	Patrick	47
92	Edmond	46
92	Lester	46
94	Antone	44
94	Edgar	44
94	Rudolph	44
97	Harvey	42
97	Laurence	42
99	Milton	39
100	Lloyd	38